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Sports Shorts
The third annual Bocce Invitational Tournament will be held 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. at Colonial Park, Mettlers Road, in Somerset, June 20. Hundreds of amateur and professional bocce players are expected to compete in the daylong event that features matches in both amateur and professional categories. The New Jersey Bocce Invitational is an Italian-American…
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Castro makes Father’s Day his day at Monmouth
BY DOUG McKENZIE Staff Writer Eddie Castro certainly enjoyed his Father’s Day. As one of Monmouth Park’s top jockeys, Castro is no stranger to the winner’s circle. However, Sunday’s effort will likely be one that Castro remembers for quite some time, as he equaled a track record in winning six races on the 11-race program.…
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Fusion on the court
Clockwise from top left: Members of the Red Bank Jersey Fusion and the Whitehall Lazers run through warm-up routines before the start of their game June 20. Lazers guard Davineia Payne drives to the hoop during the first quarter of the game played in the gymnasium at the Red Bank Salvation Army. Fusion’s Geneva Livingston…
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Parade for Guard was great day for state’s citizens
On June 12, 2,800 New Jersey National Guard troops had a homecoming parade on State Street in Trenton. The start of the parade took place in front of the N.J. Statehouse across the street from the World War II Memorial. The event was kicked off with a 19-0 gun salute by the 112th Artillery howitzers…
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Captain thanks volunteers for help during alley fire
There were many people working “behind the scenes” on the fire that consumed Memory Lanes Bowling Alley in Shrewsbury June 5. Besides the courageous front-line work of the fire, police, public works and EMS of Shrewsbury and the surrounding towns; Office of Emergency Management (OEM); and the Jersey Coast Chapter of the American Red Cross,…
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National parks shouldn’t be corporate parks
President Obama promised more transparency in his administration, but not surprisingly the National Parks Service (NPS) apparently missed the memo. Hence, details of James Wassel’s long-overdue funding plans to rehabilitate 36 Fort Hancock buildings for commercial use at Sandy Hook are considered “propriety information.” We taxpayers have a right to know how Wassel’s inexperienced company…
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‘The American Landscape’
Beacon Fine Arts Gallery will preview an exhibit of landscape paintings by six artists June 27 beginning at 5 p.m. at the gallery at 61 Monmouth St. in Red Bank. Nick Berger “The American Landscape” preview will feature works by Steve Alpert, Nick Berger, Lisa Hannick, Sharon Hathaway, Ted Jeremenko and Lou Messa. Those planning…
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Annual garden tour to be held July 14
The Garden Club of Brick will host its seventh annual garden tour along with a “Tea in the Garden” at 3 p.m. July 14. Gardens grown from generation to generation, an original blueberry farm, a 200- year-old home and a vegetable garden planted by the children at Drum Point Elementary School are among the featured…
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Talk on plant-based diet slated at library
“Food for Life: Benefits of a Plant- Based Diet,” sponsored by the Ocean County Library’s Health and Wellness Committee, will be presented by Food for Life director Suzanne Dragan at 7 p.m. July 2 at the Ocean County Library, 101 Washington St., Toms River. A cooking demonstration and tasting with vegan chef Nancy Bonta Voiko…
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