Notes Around Town

Boy Scout Troop 70 of Oakhurst held its Spring Court of Honor March 14 and recognized Adam Ardakanian, James Devine, Jeffrey Hunt and Greg Johnson for earning the rank of Eagle Scout in 2005. Ardakanian refurbished the equipment storage room and restocked it with athletic equipment and games for the Boys & Girls Club of Asbury Park. Devine collected bicycles and had them refurbished and shipped to underdeveloped countries as a means of primary transportation. Hunt built a retaining wall and landscaped along the border of the parking lot of his church. Johnson organized and implemented the design and creation of a scale model display of Sandy Hook and Fort Hancock as it stood during World War II.

The Women's Guild of St. Stepanos Armenian Church on Ocean Avenue in the Elberon section of Long Branch will hold a rummage/white elephant sale on April 22 at the church hall from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

For more information, call Dorothy at (732) 224-0220.

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St. Luke's United Methodist Church on Broadway will host a free Easter Community Dinner on April 16 from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m.

For more information or to volunteer, call Avery Grant at (732) 229-9398. To make a donation, call Chef Jerome at (732) 979-8720.

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The Long Branch Concerned Citizens Coalition will host a Candidates' Forum for Long Branch city elections on April 17 at 7 p.m. at Salem Baptist Church on Third and Chelsea Avenues.

For more information, call (732) 229-9398.

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Long Branch Councilman Anthony Giordano has been elected to the Foundation Board of Directors at Kean University, Union. A 1987 graduate of the university, Giordano is currently executive vice president and chief financial officer at Central Jersey Bank.

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The Monmouth County Retired Educators Association is sponsoring a bus trip to the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark on June 8. Cost is $78 and includes a visit to the Newark Museum, lunch and a performance of "Thoroughly Modern Millie."

The bus will leave Ocean Township Recreation Center on West Park Avenue at 9 a.m. and return at 5:30 p.m.

For more information or to make a reservation, call Eleanor Widdis at (732) 222-5772.

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St. Luke's United Methodist Church on Broadway in Long Branch will host a free Community Easter Dinner on April 16 from 12:30 to 4:40 p.m. For more information call (732) 222-1341.

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The Long Branch Coalition of Condominiums Association will meet April 10 at 7 p.m. at the Harbor Mansion community room at 675 Ocean Ave. Issues to be discussed include city lighting and snow removal refunds; condominium bill S-2016; the upcoming municipal election; the arbitration board; and 2007 property reassessments. For more information, call (732) 571-5024 or (732) 222-0472.

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The Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office and the Monmouth County Superintendent of Schools Office hosted a gang-awareness program at the Ocean Place Resort & Spa on Ocean Boulevard in Long Branch on March 29 and 30. The purpose of the program was to educate parents, teachers, students, law enforcement officials, community leaders and others on the increasing gang presence in Monmouth County, according to a press release from the Prosecutor's Office.

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Mikey Mania, a fundraiser to help a local child with quadriplegic spastic cerebral palsy, will be held at the Headliner, Route 35 in Neptune on April 27. Doors open at 7 p.m. and there is a $10 cover. The event will include a gift auction and live music by Hollander and Chik-A-Boom. For more information or ticket sales, call The Michael Angelo Fund at (732) 663-0667 or go to the Web site www.mikeymania.com.

To send a gift or monetary donation, mail to: The Michael Angelo Fund, 450 Shrewsbury Plaza No. 185, Shrewsbury, NJ 07702.

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The Oakhurst Ladies Auxiliary is having breakfast with the Easter Bunny on Sunday, April 9, from 8:30 a.m.-noon at the Oakhurst Firehouse located at 72 Larkin Place.

Breakfast includes pancakes, eggs, sausage, juice, coffee or tea. Cost for adults is $5 and $3 for children. Photos with the Easter bunny will be available for $3.

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The Greater Township of Ocean Democratic Club will hold its monthly meeting on April 20 at 7:30 p.m. at the Oakhurst Meeting Room at Firemen's Field on Memorial Parkway (off Larkin Place). Call (732) 493-3417 for directions or information.

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The April 28 meeting of the Fort Monmouth Reuse Committee (FMRC) has been postponed until Monday, May 8, at 2 p.m. at the Eatontown Borough Hall, 47 Broad St. A major portion of that meeting will be dedicated to a presentation by graduate students from University of Pennsylvania's land use and planning program on possible new uses of Fort Monmouth's property. The meeting, to be held in the council chambers on the second floor of the borough hall, is open to the public.

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Monmouth University's Epsilon Omicron Chapter of Sigma Tau Gamma fraternity received three awards at Sigma Tau Gamma's regional conclave. Those awards, the Edward H. McCune Distinguished Chapter Award, The Ellis Chapter Scholarship Award, and the Hembre Leadership Award were presented to Epsilon Omicron at the February regional conclave.