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To cook a turkey — first find the darned giblets
Coda • GREG BEAN In our family, there are lots of stories we like to tell around the Thanksgiving table. Most of them are funny — to us — and most of them involve disasters, some going back generations. There’s the story about my grandmother’s sister, Gladys, who had her eye on a skinny young…
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Hearth cooking will be discussed Dec. 12
Learn about the flavors, the fads and the fundamentals of hearth cooking at “What Was For Dinner?” to be held 2-3 p.m. Dec. 12 at Historic Walnford, 62 Walnford Road, Upper Freehold. The non-cooking class will discuss how tastes and technologies have changed during an informal discussion of historic food ways. For more information, go…
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Annual Harvest Dance fundraiser slated
The Joshua Harr Shane Foundation (JHSF) will host its third annual Harvest Dance on Nov. 19 at the Grand Marquis in Old Bridge. The evening’s festivities will include a silent auction, a live auction, prizes, raffles, cocktails, a three-course dinner, dancing, and music by Freehold-based Mission Dance. Last year’s event welcomed more than 100 local…
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Christmas trees, gifts sought for military
Crossroads Assembly of God Church, 7 Main St., Englishtown, is seek donations of artificial Christmas trees, lights, ornaments and decorations, tinsel and garland as part of its “Operation Christmas Tree!” drive. The donations will be delivered via military sleds to the troops overseas and to military families in New Jersey. Donations of gifts for the…
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Scholarship offered to 4-H and FFA members
The New Jersey Equine Advisory Board has announced a new $1,000 scholarship to help 4-H or FFA members pursue equine activities. The first Sara Dubinin Scholarship, in memory of Sara Dubinin, who loved horses, will be presented at the New Jersey Bred Equine Breeder Awards Dinner on Jan. 31, 2010. Dubinin, a resident of Sayreville…
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Equine Science Center update slated Dec. 8
The Rutgers University Equine Science Center (ESC) will host its annual Equine Science Update 6-9 p.m. Dec. 8 at the Cook Campus Center of Rutgers University, New Brunswick. The Update, geared to equine professionals, horse owners, farm owners and managers, science teachers, students, 4-H participants, educators and equine enthusiasts, will include presentations on the ESC’s…
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Allentown Art Guild will host exhibit
The Allentown Art Guild will host Visions of Hope, an art exhibit that will run through Jan. 7 at the Laurita Winery, 35 Archertown Road, New Egypt. The exhibit will feature works of art that will include paintings in oil, watercolor and acrylic as well as mixed media, mobiles, stained glass, jewelry, photography and ceramics.…
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CCC’s 30th season will include Radio City
The Community Christian Choir (CCC) will open its 30th season at 6 p.m. Nov. 29 with “Light of Hope” at Robbinsville Seventh Day Adventist Church, Robbinsville. A program of music celebrating the Christmas message, “Light of Hope,” will feature performances of both the Community Christian Children’s Choir and the adult CCC. The concert is free…
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Plants for Pollinators program to be offered
Freehold Soil Conservation District is piloting a new free program for teachers in Middlesex and Monmouth counties titled “Plants for Pollinators in the Classroom.” The program is designed to help students discover the importance of native pollinators and to study the relationship between plants and pollinators. Pollinators such as bees, hummingbirds, moths and birds play…
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