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Family vacation: the good the bad and the flat ugly
Coda • GREG BEAN When I was a kid, family vacations were a special level of hell reserved for the worst miscreants imaginable. And it wasn’t the Hades we learned about in Bible class, the kind of place you go after a long lifetime of misdeeds. Nope, family vacations were a more immediate form of…
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Roey Hadar, an eighth-grade student at Rumson Country Day School, competed against more than 100 other semifinalists in the New Jersey Geographic Bee competition on April 3. He placed first and will take part in the national competition in May in Washington, D.C. Not only did he place first, but Hadar also won the competition…
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Dedication to Special Olympics spurs race organizer
West Long Branch resident organizes Lincoln Tunnel Challenge BY DANIEL HOWLEY Staff Writer Runners prepare to enter the Lincoln Tunnel during last year’s 22nd annual Lincoln Tunnel Challenge 5K Fun Run/Walk in Weehawken. WEST LONG BRANCH — The Lincoln Tunnel, a 1.5-mile-long subterranean stretch that connects Weehawken to midtown Manhattan, is notorious for its snarled…
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FRANK GALIPO Irina Pavlov (l) and Tamara Chernyakhovska demonstrate a folk dance during an Evening of Ukrainian Folk Dancing hosted by the Monmouth Folk Dancers at Red Bank United Methodist Church on March 24.
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Vans Warped Tour tickets on sale
OCEANPORT — The 15th annual Vans Warped Tour returns to the Jersey Shore for the first time since 2003 when the concert heads to Monmouth Park Racetrack in Oceanport on Sunday, July 19. Tickets priced at $35 went on sale Friday, April 17, through Ticketmaster.com, AEGLive.com, phone charge at 800-745-3000 and the Starland Ballroom box…
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Activites slated at Sandy Hook during May
Gateway National Recreation Area, Sandy Hook, will hold a spring birding walk led by naturalists from the New Jersey Audubon Society at 10 a.m. May 2, beginning at the visitor center. The 400th anniversary of Henry Hudson’s landing at Sandy Hook will be marked at 2 p.m. May 3, beginning at the missile parking lot.…
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23rd annual Red Bank Jazz & Blues Festival
RED BANK — The 23rd annual Red Bank Jazz & Blues Festival will take place June 5-7 this year. The festival is staged in Marine Park on the Navesink River and offers three full days and nights of jazz, blues, food, crafts and family fun. The festival is produced by the Jersey Shore Jazz and…
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Motorcycle raffle will benefit Ronald McDonald Camp
LONG BRANCH — Harley-Davidson/ Buell of Long Branch and the Jersey Shore HOG (Harley Owners Group) Chapter will raffle off a motorcycle this summer, with proceeds going to Ronald McDonald Camp for children being treated for cancer. The motorcycle can be seen at the dealership, located at 671 Broadway in Long Branch, during a “Rockin’…
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THE RULES OF THE GAME – Teaching young people to get the most from sports – Advertorial
By Gloria Averbuch Advertorial THE RULES OF THE GAME – Teaching young people to get the most from sports By Gloria Averbuch Sports participation offers a seemingly infinite number of "life lessons." The more you learn, the more you realize there is to gain. As a parent, coach, educator or other adult influencer, you can…
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