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The Bayshore Companion Dog Club Spring Agility Trial will take place from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. May 29, 30 and 31 at the East Freehold Showgrounds, 1500 Kozloski Road, Freehold Township. All are welcome to attend the event. The Jackson Library, 2 Jackson Drive, will present “Frank Sinatra in the 1960s” at…
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Honor the meaning of national holidays
Memorial Day has become the traditional beginning of summer. Originally, and more importantly, Decoration Day, as Memorial Day was previously known, was established to commemorate the Union and Confederate soldiers who died in the Civil War. By the 20th century, Memorial Day had been extended to honor all Americans who died while in military service.…
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Sick teen put last efforts into helping others
Last May, in the midst of a blossoming spring, I wrote about my son, Alex. I was looking forward to the promise of the new season with hope shining in my heart. Alex had been diagnosed with brain cancer, medulloblastoma, the year before. His prognosis was so encouraging and his disease under control. Or so…
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Here’s to next 60 years of special education
The year 2015 marks the 60th anniversary of special education in New Jersey and the 40th anniversary that special education is guaranteed to children in the United States through the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). The person who spearheaded special education in New Jersey was the late Sen. Alfred Beadleston. As such, New Jersey…
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FRANK GALIPO Brightly colored flowers were for sale when the Shrewsbury Garden Club conducted its annual Gardeners Market at the Shrewsbury gazebo.
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Howell to host Camp Invention
HOWELL — Camp Invention is coming to Howell Memorial Middle School the week of July 13. The weeklong day camp is for students entering grades one through six. Camp Invention encourages inventive young minds through science, technology, engineering and mathematics and incorporates outdoor activities as part of its curriculum, according to a press release. This…
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Author gives tips to students
PLUMSTED — New Egypt Middle School students recently had an opportunity to listen to the Plumsted Township School District’s newly published author and motivational speaker. Darnell Williams, a paraprofessional at the Dr. Gerald H. Woehr Elementary School, visited Caitlin Lynch and Liz Saulnier’s classes to give the students a boost with their current writing project,…
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Former Howell resident allegedly left scene of fatal crash in 2014
A Monmouth County grand jury has returned a two-count indictment against a former Howell resident who was charged in the 2014 fatal hit-and-run of a 58-year-old Spring Lake man, Monmouth County Acting Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni announced. Abraham Chapnick, 84, formerly of Howell and now living in Pennsylvania, is charged with one count of knowingly…
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Free drawing offers week at riding camp
PLUMSTED — Reindancer Therapeutic Riding Center is giving children ages 6- 18 and collegiate riders the chance to win a free week at one of three summer horseback riding camps. The riding center at 31 Archertown Road will hold a free drawing for the camp experience, open now through June 19.. One entry will be…
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