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CASA Step Up for a Child 5k Aug. 29
Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) for Children of Monmouth County, Eatontown, and members of Jersey Shore Running Club will team up for Step Up for a Child 5K and fun walk Aug. 29. The event will be at Joe Palaia Park, Ocean Township. Registration is 8 a.m., and the 5k run/walk 9 a.m. For information,…
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‘Let’s Talk Adoption’ conference Nov. 7
The 28th annual “Let’s Talk Adoption” conference will take place 9:15 a.m.-4:45 p.m. Nov. 7 at Busch Campus Center, Rutgers University, Piscataway. The conference is sponsored by Concerned Persons for Adoption, N.J. Interagency Adoption Council and Rutgers’ School of Social Work, Institute of Families. It is in tended for pre- and post-adoptive parents, social workers,…
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Health care reform will preserve choice of doctors
As health care continues to be one of the most talked about issues today, I hope that consumers are not being misled by some of the myths that have been circulating. Like the myth that health care reform means a government takeover — here are the facts: Health care reform means guaranteeing all Americans a…
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Kickoff, Bike for Basie to be Sept. 25, 26
A kickoff reception for Bike for the Basie, a fundraiser for Count Basie Theatre, Red Bank, will be 6-10 p.m. Sept. 25 at Ichabod’s, Ocean Avenue, Sea Bright. It will feature complimentary food and beverages to cyclists taking part in the biking event Sept. 26 at Fort Hancock, Sandy Hook. Registration will be 8-9 a.m.,…
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Middletown GOP doesn’t deserve credit for flood plan
Once again, members of the Middletown Republican Party are looking to take credit for something that they had no part in. I am speaking of a letter written by Cathy Rogers — an active member of the Middletown Republican Party — who serves as the District 36 Republican committeewoman in Port Monmouth and whose husband…
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Middletown plans 9/11 remembrance ceremony
MIDDLETOWN — The township will hold a remembrance ceremony on Friday, Sept. 11, at 6:30 p.m. at the Middletown World Trade Center Memorial Gardens in memory of the 37 residents who died in the World Trade Center tragedy eight years ago. The evening will include a wreath-laying ceremony followed by a reflective walk through the…
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Frank Pallone, what are you going to do now?
(An open letter to Rep. Frank Pallone Jr., D-6th District) As recently as 13 years ago, you were promoting development of a convention center/resort at Sandy Hook (as reported in a local newspaper). You even said you would seek a $150,000 appropriation to do a feasibility study that never happened. Well, six years later, when…
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‘Women on the Move Luncheon’ Sept. 22
The New Jersey Metro Chapter of The National Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Society will host the “Women on the Move Luncheon” noon Sept. 22 at the home of Victoria and William Marraccini, Locust section of Middletown. The event will feature silent and live auctions of jewelry, tickets to various events, and other items. Host and emcee…
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Sports Shorts
Monmouth Women’s Basketball League, a competitive/recreational league, is looking for individual players and teams for the fall/winter 2009-10 season. All games are played Sunday night at the SalvationArmy community Center gym in Red Bank October through March. All players must be 18 yrs. old by Oct. 1, 2009. Call 732-213-8216 or email MWSL2002@ yahoo.com for…
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