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Look for turtles, egrets, herons, ospreys and other wildlife in their natural habitat during a boat tour of the Monmouth County Park System’s Manasquan Reservoir. Led by a park system naturalist, these 45-minute tours leave from the Visitor Center, Windeler Road, Howell. Tours are offered at the top of the hour from 2-5 p.m. on…

The Freehold Borough Human Relations Committee is inviting the public to participate in a town-wide beautification contest. Projects for the contest include property repairs, painting, landscaping or cleaning up a residential or commercial property. The committee will award prizes for first, second and third place in residential and commercial categories. Residents or commercial property owners…

CentraState Healthcare Foundation will host its 43rd annual Band Aid Open “Golf Fore Kids” event at The Ridge at Back Brook, Ringoes, on June 10. The event will benefit CentraState Healthcare System’s enhanced pediatric services at CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township. The Chairman’s Sponsor for this year’s event is the Medical and Dental Staff of…

Manalapan MRC-CERT will accept donations of clothing and household items from 9-11 a.m. May 11 at Manalapan town hall, Route 522. Manalapan MRC-CERT will receive a payment from a vendor for the items it collects. The following items may be donated: all articles of clothing, garments and accessories; shoes; stuffed animals; linen – including towels,…

Applications are now being taken to reserve a plot in the Freehold Borough Community Garden on Lloyd Street. Plots are 100 square feet ($25). Also available are 48-square-foot plots and raised beds ($15). The community garden strives to develop a community of citizens who work together to create a successful community garden and improve their…

The friendship of two songwriters, one a Jewish American and the other a Muslim Palestinian, has developed into an effort to bring greater understanding, unity and perhaps peace to the historically divided people of their homelands. This pursuit of harmony, on the musical and political stages, prompted them to form the Pursuit of Harmony. The…

Freehold High School will honor its newest inductees into the Freehold High School Hall of Fame in a celebration to be held at 6 p.m. May 9 at the American Hotel, Freehold. The honorees are artist, teacher and philanthropist Mary-Elaine Smith Tashjian, Class of 1955 (posthumously); baseball athlete Bruce Carney, Class of 1971; soccer athlete…

The Monmouth County Master Gardeners will host the fourth annual Home Garden Symposium on March 30 from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Monmouth County Agriculture Building, 4000 Kozloski Road, Freehold Township. Master Gardeners will present workshops about numerous topics including landscape shrubs, garden planning for vegetables, butterflies and hydrangea care. Participants will be…

Monmouth County Freeholder Gerry P. Scharfenberger was recently welcomed to the Habitat for Humanity of Monmouth County (HFHMC) Board of Trustees. Scharfenberger previously worked with the nonprofit housing organization during his tenure as a freeholder and while he served as the mayor of Middletown. Scharfenberger will aid the HFHMC Board of Trustees with fundraising initiatives…