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Foundation offering letters from Santa Claus
The Arthritis Foundation, New Jersey Chapter, Iselin, is offering personalized letters from Santa Claus this holiday season. For an $8 donation, the foundation will send a child, adult, or pet a personalized letter and token gift from Santa Claus. Proceeds benefit programs and services for adults and children with arthritis in New Jersey. To send…
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Movies, turkey on Half Century Club agenda
The Holmdel Half Century Club will sponsor a trip to a movie at Hazlet Multiplex Cinema at 1 p.m. Nov. 2. Cost is $2 for the film, popcorn and soda. The club’s Nov. 3 meeting has been moved to Nov. 5 at noon. The speaker will be Betty Rod from the Census Bureau. Tony Saliba’s…
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Committee candidates vow to keep Hazlet affordable
Incumbents cite record, but challengers say there’s still fat BY TOM SHORTELL Staff Writer Joseph Belasco Candidates for both parties running for two seats on the Hazlet Township Committee agree that battling expenses in a down economy is the top priority as they enter the final week of campaigning before Election Day, Nov. 3. James…
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Register by Oct. 30 for Hazlet kickboxing class
Hazlet Recreation Commission is sponsoring adult cardio-kickboxing for 16 lessons 7-8 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays, beginning Nov. 2. Cost is $80, with a $15 late fee after Oct. 30. Needed are a mat/towel, water bottle and light (3- to 5-pound) hand weights. “Me Without Mommy” for 3-year-olds will be offered 9:30-11 a.m. for 10 Wednesdays,…
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‘Bias and Hate Crimes’ talk at Brookdale
MIDDLETOWN — “Bias and Hate Crimes in our Backyard” will be the subject of a presentation by Detective David D’Amico of the Bias Crimes Unit of the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 9,, at Brookdale Community College’s Navesink Room, Warner Student Life Center. The program is co-sponsored by the Red Bank…
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Approve proposition 1, preserve natural resources Nov. 3
Here is a question all New Jerseyans should ask: “Where are we going?” New Jersey’s voters should ponder this when picking a governor Nov. 3. Even more importantly, they should firmly establish the state’s direction by approving Proposition 1, the Green Acres, Clean Water and Farmland Preservation Act that will provide $400 million to the…
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Celebrate the arts for Arts & Humanities Month
Although this year is mostly described as an off-year election in most of the country, here in New Jersey it’s an important election year, as three very different candidates vie for the governor’s office. Interestingly, October (when the campaigns will run hottest) is also National Arts and Humanities Month. For more than two decades, the…
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Local gridiron teams eyeing postseason berths
BY DOUG McKENZIE Staff Writer The scramble is officially on for high school football teams jockeying for a spot in the upcoming state tournament. With just two weeks to play before the cutoff, the next two games will help shape the sectional tournament brackets, with only teams with a .500 record or better and enough…
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Eagles look to regain momentum
BY WARREN RAPPLEYEA Staff Writer The Middletown High School South field hockey team will be looking to bounce back in the NJSIAA North 2 Group III tournament in the aftermath of a first-round loss to Holmdel in the Shore Conference tourney. Coach Sarah Boyce’s Eagles entered the tournament as the eighth seed and hosted ninth-seeded…
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