‘Keeping a Garden Journal’ talk Jan. 23
      The Monmouth County Park System will offer “Keeping a Garden Journal” 10-11:30 a.m. Jan. 23 at Deep Cut Gardens, Red Hill Road, Middletown.
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Handwriting specialist will speak at society’s meeting
      Michael Krakowski, a forensic document examiner and handwriting identification specialist, will be the featured speaker at the Battleground Historical Society’s meeting to be held at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 22 at the historic Village Inn, 2 Water St., Englishtown.
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Local music students win ABRSM awards
      Charles Tang, 9, and Kaylee Wong, both students at Monmouth Academy of Musical Arts, were each presented with two awards from the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music (ABRSM) for their outstanding marks on the associations exams.
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Local students win award for going green
      Four eighth-graders from Howell Middle School North received a Benefit to the Community criteria award in this year’s national eCYBERMISSION competition. The “Going Green Team” team, comprised of students Jazmine Lacson, Angela Arguson, Kelli Mosca and Erika Lau and led by Team Advisor Susan Wylie, will each receive a $2,000 U.S.
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Marching Braves will take over hair salon
      The Manalapan High School (MHS) Marching Braves will host a haircut-athon from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Jan. 31 at Salon Cémone, in the Towne Point Shopping Center on Route 9 in Manalapan. All proceeds will benefit the Manalapan High School Marching Braves finance a spring trip to Disneyworld.. Members of the marching band and color guard will manage the salon the day of the haircut-a-thon.
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Audubon Society to meet
      The Monmouth County Audubon Society will meet at 8 p.m. Jan. 13 at Trinity Episcopal Church, White Street, Red Bank. The public is welcome; admission is free. Guest speaker, biologist MacKenzie Hall, will present “Bats — Denizens of the Night.”
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Freehold Borough will send out email notices
      Freehold Borough Mayor Michael Wilson has announced that Freehold Borough is commencing an email news blast initiative for residents.
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Jersey Shore Rose Society slates meeting
      The Jersey Shore Rose Society, an affiliate of the American Rose Society, will hold a meeting from 1:30-3:30 p.m. Jan. 23 at the Hamilton First Aid Building, 3600 Route 33, Neptune. At the meeting, Pat Bilson will discuss rose arrangements. A beginners’ clinic conducted by consulting Rosarians will be held from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m.
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Substance abuse conference Feb. 4, 5
      The Association of Student Assistance Professionals of New Jersey (ASAP-NJ) is presenting its 24th annual conference, “Joining Together: Shaping, Affecting, Changing Lives,” Feb. 4 and 5 at the Hyatt Regency in New Brunswick.
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Hadassah chapter seeks sponsors for ball
      HaDor Haba, of Marlboro, a young women’s chapter of Hadassah, is gearing up to hold its first major fundraising event in March — The Matzah Ball, a couples dinner dance with DJ entertainment and a gift auction. The event will be held March 11 at Palms Plaza Catering in Matawan.
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Datebook
      • A Martin Luther King celebration sponsored by the Freehold Clergy Association will be held at the Bethel AME Church, 3 Waterworks Road, Freehold, Jan. 18 at 7 p.m. All are welcome. Free will offering. Details: 732-462-0826.
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