Festival in Manalapan to celebrate Asian culture
     Manalapan Parks and Recreation announced an inaugural regional festival celebrating May as Asian Heritage Month.
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Self-defense training seminar for women April 26
     Freehold Township Parks and Rec-reation will present a self-defense training seminar for women April 26, 6:30-9:30 p.m., at the Freehold Town-ship Senior Center, Jackson Mills Road.
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Silent auction April 19 at Marlboro High School
     Marlboro High School's Octagon Club will hold a silent auction at 6:30 p.m. April 19 at the school's cafeteria. All proceeds will go to Camp Quality, a nonprofit retreat for children with cancer. Tickets, which will be sold at the door, are $5, $10 and $20.
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Komen Breast Cancer Foundation seeks helpers
     Volunteers are needed for "NJ Race for the Cure," a fundraiser to benefit the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foun-dation of Central and South Jersey.
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Met Museum's floral designer to give lecture
     The Two Rivers Antiques Show and Garden Tour will welcome Remco Van Vliet from New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art to speak at the 2006 Garden Lecture and Luncheon, May 17 at the Navesink Country Club, Middletown.
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Freehold YMCA seeks summer camp counselors
     The YMCA Community Center, Free-hold Borough, is in need of counselors for its summer recreation camp, which will run from June 26 through Aug. 25 from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Counselors will be provided training. Call the YMCA to arrange an interview, (732) 845-5273.
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Vendors sought for YMCA's yard sale
     The YMCA of Western Monmouth will hold its annual yard sale May 13 (rain date May 20) from 9 a.m to 2 p.m. at the Monmouth County Hall of Records parking lot, Lafayette Street, Freehold. Area residents are invited to come sell their treasures. For more information, call (732) 845-5273.
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'55 Alive' driving course offered at senior center
     The Manalapan Township Senior Citizen Center, 211 Route 522/Freehold Road, has scheduled the "55 Alive Safe Driving" program, sponsored by AARP, to run May 3 and 4 from 9 a.m to 1 p.m.
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Two square off in bid for Howell board seat
FRHSD has two races uncontested; Leimbach, Kraft seek Howell post
BY LARRY HLAVENKA JR. Staff Writer
     Regular observers of the Freehold Regional High School District should recognize all of the names on the April 18 Board of Education election ballot.
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Hispanic group to hold Mother's Day dance
     The League of United Latin American Citizens will sponsor a Mother's Day dance from 7 p.m. to midnight May 12 at Gibbs Hall, Fort Monmouth.
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