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A Senior Expo will be held from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Oct. 18 at the Jackson Senior Center, 45 Don Connor Blvd., Jackson. The event will include vendors and free screenings for osteoporosis, stroke, blood pressure and more. Door prizes will be given out on the hour and the first 150 people to…
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Signs will warn motorists not to text
Legislation mandating the placement of signs to inform motorists that text messaging while driving is prohibited under state law has been signed into law. Nikki’s Law is named for Nikki Kellenyi, 18, of Washington Township, who died in an automobile accident in 2012. The bill was sponsored by state Assembly Democrats John Wisniewski, Vincent Prieto,…
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Autism services group will benefit from Oct. 5 race/walk
By MAUREEN DAYE Correspondent Friends and Neighbors in Action (FNA), which is based in Millstone Township, will hold its seventh annual 5K race and fun walk on Oct. 5 at Thompson Park in nearby Monroe Township. The event will benefit Parents of Autistic Children (POAC), a group based in Brick Township that provides free training…
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Take a tour of the past at Walnford
UPPER FREEHOLD — The Monmouth County Park System will host Walnford Day from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Oct. 6 at Historic Walnford, Upper Freehold Township. The event will bring local history alive through hands-on activities, demonstrations, exhibits, wagon rides and more. The site’s centerpiece — its 19th century gristmill — will be open for…
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Electrical malfunction cited as cause of Seaside Park fire
By ANDREW MARTINS Staff Writer Days after a fire devastated nearly 50 businesses along the boardwalk in Seaside Park and Seaside Heights in southern Ocean County, the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office cited an electrical malfunction as the cause of the blaze. The Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office’s Fire Investigation Task Force came to the conclusion after…
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Event highlights local products
More than 80 Monmouth County-based manufacturers have signed on for the “Made in Monmouth” exposition to be held 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sept.28 at Monmouth University’s Multipurpose Activity Center on Larchwood Avenue, West Long Branch. Items to be featured include custom furniture, a novel written by a local author, jewelry at every price point,…
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Sunny Gang reaches for the top
By MAUREEN DAYE Correspondent Pictured (l-r) are Sunny Gang members Joe Sap, Marshal, Chris Bacchus and Nate Hitchcock. The members of the AfroPunk band are gaining popularity for their song “Bloc Party.” The members said they want to make music fun again, and become the wildest band out there. ALBERTO LAMA MILLSTONE — Tighten your…
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ON CAMPUS
Fairleigh Dickinson University, Teaneck campus, has awarded degrees to the following local students: from Howell, Cheryl King, Krista Laboy, Meghan Kelly and Richard Robertiello; from Jackson, Victor Solis.
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Redistricting goal will be to balance enrollments
By GREG KENNELTY Staff Writer HOWELL — The people in charge of administering the Howell K-8 School District are beginning to get a better picture of what a redistricting plan for the 2014-15 school year will look like. Demographer Wayne J. Verderber of Applied Data Services on Sept. 10 presented the Board of Education’s Facilities…
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