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PBA to host motorcycle ride
MANALAPAN — The Manalapan PBA Local 229 and Old Bridge Township Raceway Park will host a motorcycle charity ride on May 24. The event will honor veterans of the Vietnam War, according to a press release. The motorcycle ride will leave from Raceway Park, Pension Road, Old Bridge, and proceed through rural parts of Manalapan,…
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N.J. native follows calling to wildlife sanctuary
By CHUCK O’DONNELL Correspondent As the director of Mass Audubon’s Felix Neck Wildlife Sanctuary on Martha’s Vineyard, Suzan Bellincampi watches over gardens, nature trails and wildlife at the 320-acre preserve. Her new book serves as a field guide and a love letter to nature. Suzan Bellincampi spent one recent sun-splashed morning pounding stakes into the…
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Litter pulled from waterways
MILLSTONE — Over two weekends, volunteers from 12 communities joined with the Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed Association and area municipalities to remove 11,664 pounds of trash from local streams and lakes as part of the watershed association’s eighth annual stream cleanup, according to a press release. In Millstone Township, 58 volunteers from schools, businesses and homes…
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CentraState to host Walk MS
Participants in the annual Walk MS event will raise money to assist more than 13,000 New Jersey residents who are living with multiple sclerosis (MS). Walk MS will kick off in New Jersey on April 27 at 10 a.m. at sites throughout the state, including the CentraState Medical Center Wellness Center, 901 W. Main St.,…
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Film shows work as path to adulthood
By GREG KENNELTY Evan, a participant in The Arc of Monmouth’s Achievement Zone program, is shown working at a screen printing shop in a scene from “Believe and You Can Achieve.” For Nicholas, holding down a job at the East Brunswick Stop & Shop is a huge opportunity that has boosted his self-esteem and propelled…
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Special Kays kick off season with awards
Special Kays — a nonprofit, nationally recognized competitive dance team of the New Jersey Center of Dance and Performing Arts — received numerous high-level awards at the Groove Regional Dance Competition (Millstone) on March 14-16 and at the VIP Regional Dance Competition (East Brunswick) on March 21-23. At Groove, the team received four platinum awards…
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Art events set for May 3
FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — The Freehold Art Society and the Freehold Township Heritage Society, in conjunction with “Weekend in Old Monmouth,” will sponsor two art events at the Oakley Farmstead, 189 Wemrock Road, Freehold Township, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. May 3. “Art Exhibition 2014: Life in Monmouth,” an exhibit and sale, will be held…
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Millstone pupils’ artwork recalls Rwandan genocide
By MAUREEN DAYE Correspondent MILLSTONE — Several pupils from the Millstone Township Middle School have works of art on display in an exhibit titled “100 Days of Silence,” a dynamic initiative that commemorates the 20th anniversary of the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda, Africa. The Center for Holocaust, Human Rights and Genocide Education…
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ARE WE THERE YET
The secret of Easter dinner is in the list Lori Clinch Just last week, as I prepared for Easter dinner, I did as any woman would do. I fell to my knees and prayed for strength. Then I compiled a list. There is nothing quite like the Easter dinner list. It is all-inclusive, all-important, and…
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