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SMART Carpet and Flooring launches home improvement idea blog
BACK TO BUSINESS News of Greater Media Newspapers’ advertisers They bring thousands of flooring options right to tri-state homeowners, and now SMART Carpet and Flooring is bringing home improvement ideas and advice to homeowners nationwide, thanks to the new SMART Carpet Blogs. Launched in June, SMART Carpet Blogs features design inspiration and how-to articles to…
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Web series: Somewhere between heaven and hell
By MICHAEL NUNES Staff Writer A scene from “Here We Wait,” a web series produced in South River that hits the net in early August. The series has a cast of local and national actors. COURTESY OF OLIVIA BAPTISTA Who would have known that purgatory is a Portuguese bar and restaurant in South River? “Here…
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JCP&L completes 22 circuit upgrades
Jersey Central Power & Light (JCP&L) has completed upgrades to enhance service reliability on 22 major circuits serving nearly 41,000 customers in Burlington, Hunterdon, Middlesex, Mercer, Monmouth, Morris, Ocean and Warren counties. Yearto date, JCP&L has completed more than 40 of 90 planned circuit upgrades across its service area that are budgeted at a total…
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Paper-shredding day is July 25 in Aberdeen
Aberdeen Township will host a papershredding day from 9 a.m.-noon on Saturday, July 25, at Aberdeen Town Hall, 1 Aberdeen Square. This is a free service for all Aberdeen residents. Bring proof of residency. Residents may bring up to 100 pounds of paper to be shredded on site in the mobile truck. The event will…
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Hair Cuttery to donate free haircuts
Hair Cuttery will hold its annual Share A Haircut program Aug. 1-15. For every haircut purchased for children up to age 18, Hair Cuttery will donate a free haircut to a child in need in the community. Monmouth County salons include 455 Route 35, Red Bank. For more information, visit www.haircuttery.com.
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Beatlemania coming to Red Bank Aug. 2
The Beatlemania Stage Show will be presented from 3-5:30 p.m. Aug. 2 at Two River Theater, 21 Bridge Ave., Red Bank. Doors open 2:30 p.m. All proceeds will benefit Housing and United Services Inc., a nonprofit organization that provides independent living services for the blind and disabled. An all-star cast in full costume will perform…
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Library sets programs for adults in August
The Middletown Township Public Library has programs and clubs for adults during August at 55 New Monmouth Road. “Movie Mondays” are held at 2:30 p.m. each Monday. Films to be screened include “The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel” on Aug. 3, “The Imitation Game” on Aug. 10, “Mockingjay, Part 1” on Aug. 17 and…
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Park service in talks on leases for six Fort Hancock buildings
By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer Negotiations and talks are underway with two potential lessees through the pilot phase of the National Park Service’s redevelopment of Fort Hancock. However, Gateway National Recreation Area officials will not report who the potential lessees are. John Warren, the external affairs officer for the Gateway National Recreation Area, said he…
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Chorus invites singers to a Summer Sing
The Monmouth Civic Chorus invites singers to a Summer Sing at 7:30 p.m. Aug. 12 at the Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd, 112 Middletown Road, Holmdel. The Chorus will sing requiems by Gabriel Fauré and John Rutter. The Fauré Requiem, which was written in Paris in 1902, has been called “a lullaby of death”…
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