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Chamber to hold business expo May 13
The Greater Ocean Township Chamber of Commerce (GOTCC) will hold its annual Business and Consumer Expo from 5-7 p.m. May 13 at the Jumping Brook Country Club, 210 Jumping Brook Road, Neptune. The event will feature free admission, culinary samplings, exhibitors and door prizes. For more information or sponsorship opportunities, call 732-660-1888 or visit www.gotcc.org.
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State park to host history fair
An opportunity to learn about New Jersey’s history is coming to Battlefield State Park, Route 33, Manalapan. The 11th annual New Jersey State History Fair will offer visitors an experience that covers five centuries of the state’s history. The history fair will be held 11 a.m.-5 p.m. May 9. Admission will be free. Monmouth Battlefield…
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Audubon Society slates bird walks for May
The Monmouth County Audubon Society will lead a bird walk at Allaire State Park in Wall on May 2 and another at the Sandy Hook unit of the Gateway National Recreation Area park on May 3. The walks will provide an opportunity to view a variety of birds during the migration season. Participants in the…
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Woman struck, killed by train in Elberon
— Kenny Walter LONG BRANCH — A 21-year-old woman died after being struck by a NJ Transit train in Elberon on April 16. “At approximately 6:55 p.m. on Friday evening, a North Jersey Coast Line train struck and fatally injured a female trespasser just east of the Elberon rail station,” NJ Transit spokeswoman Nancy Snyder…
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Learn about wool, sheep at historic farm
The Historic Longstreet Farm will host Wool Days/Sheep Shearing from 12-3 p.m. April 25 and 26 at 44 Longstreet Road, Holmdel. Events will include sheep-shearing activities and demonstrations by sheep-herding dogs. Visitors can enjoy wagon rides to a neighboring site, the Monmouth County Historical Association’s Holmes-Hendrickson House, where staff will demonstrate the way wool was…
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Chamber’s scholarship deadline is May 4
The Eastern Monmouth Area Chamber of Commerce (EMACC) is offering educational foundation scholarships to nontraditional students. Applications must be submitted by 5 p.m. May 4 at the chamber’s office at 8 Reckless Place, Red Bank. Awards of $1,250 each will be made based on three categories: Students age 25 and up who are returning to…
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State to buy, raze 14 homes on flood-prone Brookside Ave.
By KENNY WALTER Staff Writer OCEAN TOWNSHIP — Township and state officials have reached an accord to buy out a group of 14 Brookside Avenue homes plagued by recurrent flooding from Poplar Brook. Township Manager Andrew Brannen said last week the state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has agreed to acquire the homes through the…
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Ocean Township council candidates to debate
Ocean Township candidates for all five seats on the municipal council will debate for 90 minutes beginning at 7:30 p.m. May 6 at 163 Monmouth Road, Oakhurst. The forum, which is sponsored by the nonpartisan Ocean Township League of Women Voters, will begin and end with statements from the candidates and include answering questions by…
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Women Build honors partners in rebuilding
By CHRISTINE BARCIA Staff Writer WEST LONG BRANCH — Women Build, an arm of Habitat for Humanity in Monmouth County, will honor partnerships that made a difference after superstorm Sandy. These ties will be honored at the 2015 “From the Glamour to the Hammer” luncheon, set for 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. May 7 at Branches in…
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