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First lady welcomes students for gospel music workshop
Monmouth University and Asbury Park High School students met First Lady Michelle Obama and participated in the educational workshop “The History of Gospel Music” at the White House on April 14. The event paid tribute to the fundamental role gospel music has played in the American musical tradition, and the important artists and repertoire that…
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Bulletin Board
– Gala will benefit food bank By Taylor M. Lier The FoodBank of Monmouth and Ocean Counties wants to bring the community together to ensure that every New Jersey family has food on its table. The food bank will host its 2015 Boots and Bling Humanitarian Food Bank Gala on April 24 at the Monmouth…
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Horses arrive at Monmouth Park as training for opener begins
Carrying seven horses for the John Mazza barn, the first van rolled through the Monmouth Park stable gate at 7:05 a.m. April 11, officially kicking off the training season for the 2015 meet, which runs from May 9 through Sept. 27. “We’re always happy to be back at Monmouth,” said Mazza, who’s been winning races…
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Allentown boys have sights set on return to postseason
ALLENTOWN By WAYNE WITKOWSKI Correspondent Allentown High School’s boys lacrosse team knocked off its nemesis last week convincingly with a 12- 3 rout of Princeton High School, the team that beat the Redbirds in the Mercer County Tournament championship game the past two years. This year’s Allentown team is determined to get back there and…
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Tracking the ball
STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR Allentown High School shortstop Brendan Munoz positions himself to make a backhand grab of a grounder during the Redbirds’ April 2 game against West Windsor-Plainsboro High School North in Allentown. The Redbirds won the game, 8-4, and have started the season nicely with a 3-1 record.
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Scholarship applications available
MILLSTONE — The Millstone Township PTSA and PTO, two nonprofit groups of parents, students, educators and community members who work together to support the schools and offer educational opportunities to Millstone’s students, will once again sponsor a scholarship program. The PTSA and PTO will each provide a $1,000 scholarship, according to a press release. The…
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Pupils learn important skills in Millstone snack business
By MAUREEN DAYE Correspondent MILLSTONE — People who have not heard about Team Yoon’s Treats should ask pupils at the Millstone Township Elementary School and the Millstone Township Middle School what it is all about — and it is a sure bet the youngsters would know the answer. Team Yoon’s Treats is a snack business…
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Brighton Beach Memoirs
TOP PICK Center Players, Freehold’s award-winning resident theater company, brings a little bit of old Brooklyn to downtown Freehold with its production of “Brighton Beach Memoirs,” written by Neil Simon and directed by Leslie Hochman of Matawan. This comedy-drama is an autobiographical play set in 1937, when Neil Simon was a teen living in Brighton…
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Three seek two seats in Millstone
By MAUREEN DAYE Correspondent MILLSTONE — Three residents will seek two seats on the Township Committee in November. Incumbent Republicans Nancy Grbelja and Gary Dorfman will seek to remain on the governing body, while Democrat Raymond Dothard will seek to give his party a voice in Millstone Township. The deadline to file a nominating petition…
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