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National Pancake Day helps children
In celebration of National Pancake Day, IHOP restaurants will offer each guest a free short stack of buttermilk pancakes in an effort to raise awareness and funds for the Children’s Miracle Network hospitals. The free buttermilk pancake day will be held on Feb. 23 from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. For every short stack of…
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Band to perform
The Colts Neck Community Band will be playing at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 11 in the Colts Neck High School auditorium, Route 537 and Five Points Road. The program will include selections from Giovanni and Sousa. Admission is free. Rain date is Feb. 18.
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Newcomers’ ‘Lucky Name’ benefit Feb. 25
The Newcomers’ Club of Rumson-Fair Haven-Little Silver-Shrewsbury will hold its annual “Lucky Name” fundraiser event 6:30-10:30 p.m. Feb. 25 at McLoone’s Pier House, Pier Village, Long Branch. The cocktail reception fundraiser will benefit the Monmouth County Child Advocacy Center, Freehold. The event will feature hors d’oeuvres, various foods, a cash bar and desserts. There will…
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District will assist special needs children
FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — The Freehold Township Elementary and Middle School District is conducting an ongoing community-wide effort to find and help children in need of special education programs due to a physical, emotional or learning difficulty. In order to qualify for the preschool disabled program within the district, a child must be 3 to 5…
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Business Briefs
WinAMortgagePayment.com named the winner of its first monthly Win A Mortgage Payment Sweepstakes. Jeff Segan of Manalapan will receive a check in the amount of his mortgage payment up to $4,000. Not only will the company pay a lucky winner’s mortgage payment each month, but its Internet website provides information and links to financial resources…
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Even the playing field in school negotiations
Guest Column • Dr. Marc Gaswirth No major political figure in the state today other than perhaps the new governor, Chris Christie, appears ready to tackle and finally act on a significant public policy question. Can hundreds of local school boards without the financial, professional and legal resources available to them effectively compete today at…
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‘Shop Marlboro Day’ scheduled for May 22
BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer MARLBORO — Keep your spending dollars in Marlboro to help keep local businesses blooming. That is the message that members of the Marlboro Economic Development Committee (EDC) are stressing to residents of the community. A “shop Marlboro” idea has been around for a while, but to officially kick off the…
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West Point Glee Club to perform in Freehold
FREEHOLD — Military songs — the kind that give you goose bumps when you hear them — will be part of the performance when the United States Military Academy Cadet Glee Club performs in Freehold Borough at 7:30 p.m. March 26. The 70-member glee club under the direction of Constance Chase will bring their resonant…
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Officers square off in hoop challenge
MARLBORO — Representatives of the Marlboro Police Department and the Manalapan Police Department will face off on the court during a charity basketball game on Presidents Day, Feb. 15. The charity game between members of the two local police departments will raise funds for the Police Unity Tour and is a part of a fun-filled…
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