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1970s Fashion: Rock goes soft, disco finds a beat and punk trashes everything
By Ali Datko, ReMIND Magazine Disco fashion rules in “Saturday Night Fever” (1977). By the ’70s, most fashion-related stigmas of the past had been overturned, clearing the way for even more experimentation and expression. This attitude ironically characterizes the three primary fashion subcultures of the ’70s, which are all strikingly different. The hippie look, continued…
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Don’t Stop Dreaming
In theaters now By Paul Hall Dreamers look to the future as a place that is full of endless possibilities. They don’t view today with doomand gloom pessimism; instead, the optimism flows from the dreamer like water rushing down a river with no dam in sight. The future is theirs for the taking, and that…
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Lifetime’s miniseries ‘Marilyn’ reveals the broken heart behind the bombshell
By Lori Acken Everybody knows “Marilyn Monroe” — she of the frothy halo of platinum hair, baby-doll voice and va-va-voom figure, splendidly showcased in her most memorable films. But few people know the real Marilyn Monroe, a.k.a. Norma Jeane Mortenson, a lonely foster child who used her kittenish charm, lush good looks — and, yes,…
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Registration now open for Holmdel day camp
Holmdel Recreation has announced that early registration is available for its Summer Day Camp for Holmdel children who have completed grades K-6. Camp will be held 9 a.m. to noon each weekday at the W.R. Satz School from June 29 to Aug. 7. Camp will be closed July 3. Children can enjoy games, sports, arts…
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Angelini resigns from Matawan council
By KAYLA J. MARSH Staff Writer MATAWAN — Toni Marie Angelini will resign from the Borough Council after serving as a councilwoman for more than five years. Angelini, a Republican, said her family’s move to Wall Township is the reason she is leaving the council. She was first elected to the council in 2009 and…
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Force of 9,000 Catholic school students to mobilize in first annual diocesan Day of Service
BACK TO BUSINESS On May 1, Feast of St. Joseph the Worker, St. Benedict School of Holmdel participated in two Day of Service projects within their walls that will then be sent out into the community. Inspired by St. Benedict School first-grader Mia Indelicato and her mom, who both wanted to start a card-making club…
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5K to help school purchase computers
The Holmdel Foundation for Educational Excellence (HFEE) will host its first 5K Walk/Run and Kids Fun Run Fundraiser beginning at 8:45 a.m. May 31 at the Bell Works site in Holmdel. Participants need to use the Middletown Road entrance. Children under age 11 can participate in the 1-mile fun run at 8:45 a.m., and children…
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Surfers organization makes waves about sharing Anchorage Beach
By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer SEA BRIGHT — Long Branch-based Surfers’ Environmental Alliance (SEA) is requesting that Anchorage Beach remain exclusively a surfing beach. In April, the Borough Council voted in favor of a resolution to begin charging for access to Anchorage Beach on Saturdays and Sundays during the summer beach season. The beach will…
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Yacht club to host charity regatta
The Keyport Yacht Club (KYC) is holding a “Sailing for the Bayshore” campaign to benefit the RAINE (Reaching All In Need Everyday) Foundation in conjunction with KYC’s Bill Volk Regatta, which will be held June 5-7 in Keyport. RAINE is a nonprofit organization in Hazlet dedicated to helping children and families in crisis. The Bill…
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