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Summer fun close to home
Schools & Camps There’s a good chance a carnival will be rolling into town this summer. Summer revelers often take to the skies, rails and waves to embark on a vacation adventure. With the kids out of school and relaxed hours at the workplace, individuals and families generally find that summer is the ideal time…
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Area schools and camps have so much to offer
Schools & Camps Around the Corner Art Center Around the Corner Art Center is anxious for summer to arrive and art camp to begin.The Little Picassos (ages 5-8) and Master Monets (8-13) bring lots of excitement, energy and creativity to the art center. Classes in clay and ceramics, mixed media, drawing and painting, cartooning, fashion…
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Advocates warn urban coast at risk
By KEITH HEUMILLER Staff Writer A s waterfront communities from Long Branch to Union Beach continue to grow and develop, their populations are becoming increasingly vulnerable to future flooding and storm events, according to Monmouth Conservation Foundation Executive Director William Kastning. While superstorm Sandy exposed a host of vulnerabilities in communities throughout the region, local…
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Model behavior
PHOTOS BY STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR Board of Education Vice President Salvatore Di Prima, middle left, helps sophomore Luis Cruz, middle right, with his tie prior to the start of the annual Knight Club Prom Fashion Show at Old Bridge High School in Old Bridge on Jan. 15. The annual event featured 150 high school…
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Blood drive scheduled for Feb. 2 at St. Bart’s
St. Bartholomew Knights of Columbus Council No. 11873 will sponsor a blood drive from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Feb. 2 at St. Bartholomew Parish Hall, 460 Ryders Lane, East Brunswick. Walk-ins are welcome.
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BUSINESS BRIEFS
For every adult or child who visits any Hair Cuttery salon to purchase a haircut from Feb. 4-5, a free haircut certificate will be donated to a homeless person in the community. In partnership with government and nonprofit organizations near each salon location, vouchers are distributed to adults to obtain a free haircut this winter.…
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Centered around kids
PHOTO COURTESY OF HUNTINGTON LEARNING CENTER For the second consecutive year, employees of Huntington Learning Centers across the area participated in the Toys for Tots Holiday Campaign, collecting boxes of unwrapped toys and books over the last few weeks of 2013.
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American Legion sets fish fry for Jan. 24
American Legion Post 25, 4 JFK Blvd., Milltown, will hold a fish fry from 5 to 8 p.m. Jan. 24. Dinner includes fries or macaroni and cheese, plus salad, coleslaw and dessert. Sandwiches will be available. The cost is $9 per person, or $5 per child under 12. Takeout is available for an additional 50…
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ESL conversation to resume at library
The Old Bridge Public Library Main Branch, Route 516 and Cottrell Road, will offer the spring session of its English as a Second Language (ESL) Conversation Group program on Tuesdays for 13 weeks beginning Feb. 25. In-person registration is required and will begin Feb. 3 at the library’s Adult and Information Services desk. Telephone registration…
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