VNACJ golf tournament
nets more than $50,000
     The Visiting Nurse Association of Central Jersey (VNACJ), Red Bank, recently welcomed more than 120 golfers at its 15th annual golf classic on Aug. 6 at Shore Oaks Golf Club, Farmingdale. The event netted more than $50,000 for the nonprofit organization, which provides in-home and community health s...
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Community Bulletin Board
     • Members wanted for new singles club which is now forming for men and women age 55 and over in Jackson and surrounding areas. For more information, call (732) 408-9097 (anytime) or (732) 928-4529 (after 5:30 p.m. weekdays and anytime weekends).
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     JERRY WOLKOWITZ Malory Jasmin, 9, works on her drawing during the third annual Sidewalk Chalk Art Contest held at Aldrich Plaza, Howell, on Oct. 20. The event was sponsored by the Howell Community Alliance, the Howell Chamber of Commerce and the Ramtown School PTO.
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In Brief
Evangelical church to
host Faith Family Friday
     The Faith Evangelical Free Church in Monmouth County is launching a new weekly program, Faith Family Friday, to be held at 7:30 p.m. each Friday. The church, 875 Route 33, near Five Points Road, is on the Freehold-Howell border. There will be an Adventure Club for children in kindergarten through fi...
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Builder will address well
issue if problems surface
     FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — The Plan-ning Board has voted to approve Toll Brothers’ application for the construction of Riviera at Freehold, an age-restricted community to be built at Jackson Mills and Bergerville roads.
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Lakewood youths help girl after WTC tragedy
     Deborah Sheik’s fourth-grade class at Clifton Avenue Grade School in Lakewood has "adopted" an 8-year-old girl from North Jersey who lost her mother in the World Trade Center attack on Sept. 11. The children in the class have been communicating with the girl, her siblings and their family ...
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Auditions to be held for cabaret show in Howell
     Proteus Productions Inc. is seeking local residents who might have a hidden or not-so-hidden talent. The theater is seeking talented individuals for its upcoming cabaret shows. Auditions are being held on Oct. 26 from 6-8 p.m. Call (732) 730-8505 for more information. Proteus Productions Inc. is loc...
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State park service offers calendar of events
     The state park service’s fall and winter calendar of events is now available free of charge at all state parks, forests, recreation areas and historic sites throughout New Jersey.
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Board revises discipline policy to ensure pupils’ safety
     HOWELL — Students in Howell schools are expected to be safer and administrators will have more leverage, enabling them to enforce uniformity in school discipline now that existing policies have been revised by the Board of Education.
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     JERRY WOLKOWITZ Chance Englebrook, 4, keeps himself amused while waiting for the hay ride to return and pick him up during the Lakewood Halloween Fest, Oct. 20 at Pine Park.
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