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ERIC SUCAR staff Careyln Catone, Brick, enjoys the music of the B Street Band at the first Summerfest event of the season on July 2 at Windward Beach.
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Summertime tax tips from IRS
Summertime may be get-away time, but you can’t get away from the tax implications that accompany most financial matters. “Enjoy the summer but be careful not to miss out on tax breaks and address any tax issues now,” said New Jersey’s IRS spokesman Gregg Semanick. The IRS offers tips for teachers, small business owners and…
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Freedom Fest Fair
Horse Farm of NJ, Upper Freehold Fishing Friendzy, open continuously with the fair The Harness Horse Youth Foundation will be in the Ag Arena all week 1:00 p.m. Door Prize Drawings Ag Arena 2:00 p.m. KimYarson and the Volunteers Main Stage 2:30 p.m. Racing Pigs 3:00 p.m. Mr. Ray Main Stage 4:00 p.m. Kids Mini-Tractor…
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Freedom Fest 2009: bigger and better
BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer The seventh annual Freedom Fest will be almost twice as large as last year, and will run an extra day. That’s according to Nick DeMauro, Upper Freehold, who has been chairman of the event since its inception. Freedom Fest runs Tuesday through Sunday, July 7-12, at the Horse Park of…
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Swine flu claims life of Jackson youngster
BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer JACKSON — A 6-year-old boy who recently completed the first grade at Jackson’s Holman School has died from the swine flu. The Ocean County Health Department confirmed last week that the boy, who was admitted to a hospital on June 25, died on June 27. He became the first Ocean…
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Longtime Brick football club locked out of BTHS snack stand
BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer Members of the Brick Township High School Dragons Football Club have been running the snack stand at the football field for more than half a century, starting when the high school opened in 1958. But 51 years of grilling hot dogs, hamburgers, ringing up Cokes and potato chips have…
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Summerfest season
Left: Little Jaxson Simon of Brick wriggles to the music of the B Street Band at the first Summerfest event of the season on July 2 at Windward Beach. Above: Lead vocalist Glenn Stuart of the B Street Band belts out a song. PHOTOS BY ERIC SUCAR staff
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County health dept. mobilizes against swine flu
BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer The strain of influenza that has produced swine flu is a “moving target,” Ocean County Health Department officials said. “We are still all hoping for the best situation, but planning for the worst,” Daniel Regenye, Ocean County assistant public health coordinator said at a press conference on Monday. Health…
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New patterns lessen traffic on Chambers Bridge Rd., Rte. 70
More green-light time at intersections has eased congestion BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer So far, so good. That pretty much sums up the first two weeks of major changes in traffic patterns at the intersection of Route 70 and Chambers Bridge Road. “It just takes a little while to get used to it,” police…
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