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Scholarship auction ‘By the Beach’ March 26
Monmouth University (MU) School of Education will host its first Dr. Susan Young Memorial Scholarship gift auction, “By the Beach,” 6-10 p.m. March 26 at McLoone’s Pier House, 1 Ocean Ave., Long Branch. The event will feature a four-course dinner menu. Proceeds will benefit the scholarship fund that provides scholarships to undergraduate MU education majors.…
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Monmouth Museum trips to begin March 25
Monmouth Museum, Brookdale Community College, Lincroft section of Middletown, will offer trips this spring beginning with a trip to “Cezanne and Beyond” at the Philadelphia Museum of Art 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. March 25. Cost is $100 for nonmembers, and $95 for members. A trip to Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton, will be 8 a.m.…
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Birding, fishing, beach sweep at Hook
Gateway National Recreation Area, Sandy Hook, will host “Birding for Beginners,” presented by naturalists from the New Jersey Audubon Society, 10 a.m. April 5. Monmouth County Audubon Society will hold a spring bird walk 10 a.m. April 11. A surf-fishing clinic will be 8 a.m. April 25. Staff from the American Littoral Society (ALS) will…
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Colts give their all, fall short against state’s best team
BY DOUG MCKENZIE Staff Writer When Christian Brothers Academy (CBA) sophomore Joakim Ryan hit the post at the 5:30 mark of the first period of Saturday’s NJSIAA Non-Public final at the Prudential Center in Newark, the sound effectively served as a wake-up bell for the state’s top team. PHOTOS BY CHRIS KELLY staff Above: CBA’s…
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Sports Shorts
The 15th annual three-mile run/walk, hosted by the Monmouth Beach School PTA in coordination with the Jersey Shore Running Club, will be held 9 a.m. May 9. Registration must be completed by April 30 to be guaranteed a T-shirt. The fee is $15 for run/walk and $10 for kid’s races; on race day the fees…
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Spring fever
PHOTOS BY CHRIS KELLY staff Top: Red Bank Catholic’s pitcher Matt Marly, a senior, delivers a strike to a Jackson Jaguar. Above: Jackson’s Nick Shulman, a junior, gets tagged out while trying to steal third at a pre-season baseball game hosted by Jackson H.S. Jaguars on March 21.
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‘Convenience charge’ is not saving New Jersey money
Irecently received my New Jersey automobile registration renewal form via mail. I was given the option of going to a local New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission (NJMVC) office and interact with a clerk for the renewal. My second option was to fill out the paperwork and send it and a check to the NJMVC office…
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Dennis, Jackucewicz win St. Paddy’s 10-Mile Race
Rob Dennis continued his mastery of area road racing on March 22 when he won the Nestle Beverage Co. St. Paddy’s 10-Mile Run. Dennis, a former Red Bank Regional High School state champion runner who went on to excel at the College of William and Mary, covered the 10-mile course that started and finished in…
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Celebrity’s beating paints picture of ‘cycle of violence’
Police reports filed after Rihanna’s beating at the hands of Chris Brown paint a vivid picture of what happens when the “cycle of violence” is allowed to run its course. Unfortunately, the brutal acts that landed the famous couple in the news are going on among “regular” people every day. The pattern takes on a…
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