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Talk set on impact of natural gas facility
Citizens for Informed Land Use (CILU) will host Clean Ocean Action’s Zachary Lees at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 16 at the Holmdel Community Center, 4 Crawfords Corner Road. The talk is free and open to the public. Lees is Clean Ocean Action’s ocean and coastal policy attorney. He will discuss the environmental impact of Port Ambrose,…
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Mary “Jane” Staeger
Mary “Jane” Staeger, 84, of the Cheesequake section of Old Bridge Township, left this world peacefully at her home on Sept. 16 and is now volunteering for the greater good. Born to the late Walter and Gertrude Staeger, Jane was a lifelong resident of the township. She attended Matawan High School and was employed for…
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Kickstart
STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR Carli Lloyd runs a drill with a group of students at the soccer and basketball ProCamp held at Middletown High School South Oct. 14. More than 400 fourth- and fifth-grade students in the Middletown Township School District participated in the free joint soccer and basketball camp led by New Jersey natives…
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Christmas story set on church grounds
The 31st annual A Drive Through the Christmas Story, an outdoor display of 10 life-size Bible scenes including live costumed characters, animals and holiday music, will be presented Nov. 27, 28 and 29 and Dec. 4, 5 and 6, 7:30-9:30 p.m. Fridays, 5-9:30 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays, on the grounds of Sayre Woods Bible Church,…
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Perfect form
STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR Jay Williams runs a drill with a group of students at the soccer and basketball Pro- Camp held at Middletown High School South Oct. 14. More than 400 fourth- and fifthgrade students in the Middletown Township School District participated in the free joint soccer and basketball camp led by New Jersey…
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Scrap metal converted to food bank donations
By ANDREW MARTINS Staff Writer While one man’s trash may be another man’s treasure, one teenager’s plan to turn scrap metal into donations for a food bank has paid dividends. More than 40 people participated in the Scrap Hunger Walk-a-Thon at Christian Brothers Academy, Lincroft, on Oct. 24 and raised about $2,455 for the FoodBank…
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Library to host ‘Read to a Dog’ Nov. 18
The Middletown Public Library will host “Read to a Dog” on Nov. 18 at 4 p.m. The program is open to children who are independent readers, grades kindergarten through fifth. Reading to a dog is a great way to improve the literacy skills of children. It encourages them to read by providing a non-judgmental listener…
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Pediatrician supports purchase of tobacco at 21
According to the American Heart Association, smoking is responsible for killing more than 480,000 Americans annually – including 11,800 New Jerseyans – making it the number one cause of death. It’s no secret smoking results in heart disease, stroke, cancers and many other devastating health issues. Yet smoking remains a crisis in the Garden State,…
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SCOTT FRIEDMAN Tasty homemade apple pies tempt visitors attending the 50th Apple Festival sponsored by the Madison Township Historical Society, Old Bridge, on Nov. 8.
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