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New Year’s Day at Holmdel’s newest park
HOLMDEL — Start off the New Year with a walk in Holmdel’s newest park – a wooded area along the Waackaack Creek next to Allocco Park recently acquired by the township. A woodchip-covered trail has been constructed by the Friends of Holmdel Open Space and participants in the Holmdel Volunteers in Parks program. The trail…
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Middletown Organization Day set for Jan. 3
MIDDLETOWN — The Township Committee will hold its annual Organization Day meeting at 11 a.m. Jan. 3 at town hall, 1 Kings Highway. On the agenda will be the swearing-in of the 2010 mayor and deputy mayor. Under the township’s form of government, the Township Committee designates two members to serve as mayor and deputy…
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Greg Mortenson to speak at Brookdale
Best-selling author and philanthropist Greg Mortenson will visit Brookdale Community College, Lincroft, 9-10:30 a.m. Jan. 27 for a meet-and-greet with the college community. Brookdale’s Alumni Association and PTK Honor Society have raised $35,000 in support of Mortenson’s work building public schools in war-torn Afghanistan and Pakistan, for which he was nominated for a Nobel Peace…
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Audubon Society meets Jan. 13
Monmouth County Audubon Society will meet 8 p.m. Jan. 13 at Trinity Episcopal Church, White Street, Red Bank. The public is welcome; admission is free. The guest speaker will be biologist MacKenzie Hall, who will present “Bats — Denizens of the Night.” The program will introduce New Jersey’s bats and highlights the amazing lives of…
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‘Aging With Grace’ Feb. 4 at Middletown Sr. Center
Middletown Senior Center, 900 Leonardville Road, Leonardo, will present “Aging With Grace,” a videobased presentation focusing on the positive side of aging presented by the Monmouth County Office on Aging, on Feb. 4. A Valentine birthday party will be held Feb. 11. Attendees may dress in a red outfit for possible selection as the center’s…
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Holmdel Hornets 12U fall softball champs
The Holmdel Hornets: Standing (l-r) Peter Wong, Jacqueline Wong, April Licato, Michael Germinario, Victoria Cardaci, Jennifer Unanski, Joseph Ponisi, Cassandra Germinario and Kelly Guerin. Kneeling (l-r) Ashley Wong, Rebecca Haverlin, Nicole Ponisi, Amanda Foreman, Aimee Mnich and Lauren Haverlin. Holmdel’s 12-and-under softball team went 11-0 in the fall season, capturing the All-Shore Softball Association title…
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Pantry extends thanks for Thanksgiving effort
The Matawan Community Food Pantry would like to thank the following groups for making Thanksgiving 2009 brighter for some local families. Boy Scout Troop No. 66 in Matawan, Boy Scout Troop No. 92 in Hazlet, Cross of Glory Nursery School in Aberdeen, Girl Scout Troop No. 896 inAberdeen, members of First Presbyterian Church in Matawan…
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BCC men improving daily on hardwood
BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer Near misses don’t carry a lot of weight with coaches. However, Paul Cisek could find a lot to be pleased about when his freshman-dominated Brookdale Community College men’s basketball team took the No. 1-ranked Division III team in the country, Bergen, to the wire on Dec. 17 Thomas Jones, one…
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Resident wants to keep Keyport moving forward with Bolte
My wife and I grew up in the Bayshore area, then after getting married we moved to New York City. We knew that someday we would return to the area and, having lived in NYC, we wanted to live in a walkable community with a culturally diverse population, and to live in an area that…
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