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Sponsors needed for 5K run, kids’ run
The first annual Community Twilight Challenge, a 5K run/walk and one-mile kids’ fun run, will be held June 6 in Upper Freehold. The event is sponsored by the Upper Freehold Regional Education Foundation, a nonprofit coalition of private, business and civic sectors dedicated to promoting quality education by establishing, supporting and enhancing programs of the…
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Egg hunt, breakfast to be held in Millstone
The Millstone Township Women’s Organization (MTWO) will host its seventh annual pancake breakfast and egg hunt April 5 at the Millstone Township Middle School, 5 Dawson Court, in the Perrineville section of Millstone. The all-you-can-eat breakfast will be served 9-11 a.m. and includes pancakes, bagels, bacon, juice, coffee and tea. An egg hunt for kids…
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Millstone MOMS Club to meet April 9
The MOMS Club of Millstone Township will hold its next monthly meeting 10 a.m. April 9. The group will be discussing low- or nocost monthly calendar activities for all age groups, ranging from newborns and up. They include local day trips, educational sessions, playgroups, local events and seasonal outings, holiday parties, book club, walking club,…
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Garden club to host rose expert April 9
The Allentown Garden Club will hold its next meeting at 7 p.m. April 9 at the Allentown Methodist Church, 23 Church St. Noted rose expert Joseph D’Orio will share his considerable knowledge of roses and will also answer questions and provide timely tips for healthy, robust roses. All are welcome to attend. For more information,…
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Breza Road parcel not nearly a dud
I am writing in response to the letter from Patrick Nolan in the March 5 edition of the Examiner that called the Phase II Breza Road preservation a dud. While I hold the same concerns as Mr. Nolan regarding the level of the pollution found at the site and the remediation measures proposed by the…
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Racetrack slots would provide much-needed revenue
What are the issues that matter to New Jersey residents? Time and again, voters have supported open space initiatives on the ballot. In these difficult economic conditions, new revenue sources are desperately needed. Why then, is the current administration refusing to consider the installation of video lottery terminals (VLTs), or slots, at the state’s racetracks,…
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Bring history back into Monmouth County’s schools
Back in the early 20th century no high school education was complete without a senior class trip to George Washington’s home, Mount Vernon, Va. Those pilgrimages are documented in the Monmouth County Historical Association’s archives with photographs from the 1920s of Freehold High School senior classes posed on the lawn at Mount Vernon. On a…
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Where’s the help for N.J. small businesses?
The financial crisis that began on Wall Street and spread to Detroit and corporate America has officially found its way to Main Street. The tsunami battering our economy has now breached the largest and most important segment of our economy — America’s entrepreneurs. Small-business owners are hunkering down, worrying about sales, cutting back on investment…
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Sport Shorts
The Allentown Upper Freehold (AUF) Lady Hawks fifth-grade girls travel basketball team captured the 2008-09 Central Jersey Youth Winter League Girls Fifth Grade Championship on March 8 by beating Pennsbury 23-21, and completing an11- 1 campaign. The Lady Hawks led the contest from the opening tap and never relinquished control of the lead throughout the…
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