Keyport business group lists calendar of events
     The Keyport Business Alliance has announced its 2003 calendar of events, to begin with the Memorial Day parade May 25.
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Holmdel salon to host fund-raiser April 27
     DNA the Salon, 2145 Route 35 north, Holmdel, will host a fund-raising event for The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society April 27 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Proceeds from services provided to clients will go to the charity.
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Brookdale students make good on loans
     Brookdale’s Office of Financial Aid recently released information to show that almost 96 percent of Brookdale’s students repay their student loans.
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Amanda’s Easel to open first art expo April 22
     Amanda’s Easel, the art therapy program of 180, Turning Lives Around, Hazlet, will host a month-long art exposition April 22-May 30 at the Townsquare Gallery at Seabrook, 3000 Essex Road, Tinton Falls.
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     VERONICA YANKOWSKI Little Jessica Mandelbaum, 6, of Middletown gets a chuckle out of Funny Bunny the Clown at Middletown’s Spring Eggstravaganza held at Croydon Hall on Saturday.
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     JEFF GRANIT Dassen, a live penguin, looks remarkably similar to the stuffed animal penguins he’s standing next to on a table during a Holmdel Library children’s program at the Holmdel Community Center on Saturday.
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     JEFF GRANIT A crowd of children listen intently to Angela Pizza, from Jenkinson’s Aquarium, Point Pleasant, while she talks about Dassen, the penguin she brought to the Holmdel Community Center Thursday.
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Legion’s Americanism Award winners announced
     The Monmouth County American Legion Executive Committee recently announced its Americanism and Children & Youth award winners for 2003. The announcement was made by Joseph Gugliuzza, Eatontown.
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Earth Day, Mother’s Day events at Poricy Park
     Poricy Park Nature Center, Oak Hill Road, Middletown, will hold an Earth Day celebration April 27 from 1-3 p.m. The free event will feature colonial games, a puppet show, Milo the clown, face painting, and basket-making (small fee for some crafts).
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     ELAINE VAN DEVELDE When it rains, water pours into trash cans inside the Hazlet police station. Police have hooked up a makeshift plastic spout from the roof to a trash can on the floor to ease flooding inside.
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Volunteers needed for Aberdeen beach cleanup
     The township of Aberdeen is seeking volunteers for its Earth Day beach cleanup April 26 from 9 a.m. to noon at Cliffwood Beach. The cleanup will begin at the parking lot on Lakeshore Drive (near the Whale Creek bridge).
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     VERONICA YANKOWSKI Cassandra Bennet, Andrea Bennet and Emma Fawcett model prom clothing at Puttin’ on the Ritz on West Front Street in Keyport on Saturday.
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Volunteers needed for Aberdeen beach cleanup
     The Township of Aberdeen is seeking volunteers for its Earth Day beach cleanup April 26 from 9 a.m. to noon at Cliffwood Beach. The cleanup will begin at the parking lot on Lakeshore Drive (near the Whale Creek bridge).
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Two new Eagle Scouts
honored in Lincroft troop
     Lincroft Boy Scout Troop No. 110 re­cently held an Eagle Scout Court of Honor to honor new Eagle Scouts Bradley Hayes and Michael Soldiviero, who are Eagle Scouts No. 157 and 158 in the troop’s his­tory.
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