Greg’s List: Things to do in Monmouth County this weekend, January 3-5, 2014

By Greg Kelly

Friday, January 3

• Health Care Reform: An Overview for Seniors (Shrewsbury) – MORE INFO

• Yoga for Adults (Red Bank) – MORE INFO

• Play Mah Jongg (Shrewsbury) – MORE INFO

• The Underpants at First Ave Playhouse (Atlantic Highlands) – MORE INFO

• Open Skating (Red Bank) – MORE INFO

• jsaPLAY Kids Night Out! (Atlantic Highlands) – MORE INFO

• College Women’s Basketball: Monmouth U vs. Fairfield (WLB) – MORE INFO

The seals are back in Spermaceti Cove on Sandy Hook to sun themselves on the sandbars for the winter.
Photo Courtesy of Paul Scharff Photography

• Chemtrail at The Saint (Asbury Park) – MORE INFO

• Billy Hector Band at The Wonder Bar (Asbury Park) – MORE INFO

• Blood Drive at Freehold Raceway Mall – MORE INFO

• Ballroom, Latin, Swing, and Salsa Dancing (Sea Girt) – MORE INFO

• Blood Drive (Keyport) – MORE INFO

• Free Sandy Financial Recovery Assistance (Keansburg) – MORE INFO

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AP Top Stories December 31 P

AP Top Stories December 31 P (via AP Video)

Here’s the latest news for Tuesday, December 31, 2013: People around the world celebrate the New Year, Colorado prepares for the legalization of marijuana, Obama’s health benefits take effect tomorrow, and the Australasian researchers wait to be rescued…

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As N.J. prepares to hike minimum wage, experts still disagree on advantages

As N.J. prepares to hike minimum wage, experts still disagree on advantages (via NJ.com)

TRENTON — In two days, more than 250,000 workers making minimum wage in New Jersey will get a raise — but what that means for the state’s future depends on whom you ask. On Wednesday, nearly two months after voters approved it, the state’s minimum…

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Remains Discovered on Sandy Hook Not Human

Remains Discovered on Sandy Hook Not Human (via Middletown Patch)

The remains were found near Gateway National Recreation Area on Saturday. The remains discovered in Sandy Hook bay on Saturday were not of human origin, New Jersey State Police Sgt. Brian Polite said Sunday. The remains were found near the Gateway National…

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Today in History for December 29th

Today in History for December 29th (via AP Video)

Noblemen in Russia murder Gregory Rasputin; Wounded Knee massacre takes place; Texas joins the United States as the 28th state; Dissident playwright Vaclav Havel is elected president of Czechoslovakia; First YMCA opens in Boston. (Dec. 29)

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Tom Kean Jr. in a fight he just can’t win: Moran

Tom Kean Jr. in a fight he just can’t win: Moran (via NJ.com)

It was Christmas season, a light snow covered the ground, and all across New Jersey children were mailing letters to Santa Claus swearing they had been good. But in the state Senate, a political brawl was breaking out, one that guarantees the New Year…

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Greg’s List: Things to do in Monmouth County this weekend, December 27-29, 2013

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By Greg Kelly

Courtesy of Teddy Bears by the Shore

Friday, December 27

• Hunger Games Meets the Olympics (Lincroft) – MORE INFO

• A Wind in The Willows Christmas at TRT (Red Bank) – MORE INFO

• Open Skating (Middletown) – MORE INFO

• The Nutcracker Extra Performance (Atlantic Highlands) – MORE INFO

• Growing History for the Holidays (Freehold) – MORE INFO

• “A Day OFF from School is a Day ON at the MAC” (Middletown) – MORE INFO

• Monmouth County Parks Weekend Things to Do – MORE INFO

• Library Lego Party (Long Branch) – MORE INFO

• After-Holiday Sales at Jersey Shore Premium Outlets (Tinton Falls) – MORE INFO

• Open Swim (Middletown) – MORE INFO

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Home for Christmas: Brick soldier surprises mother with early return from Afghanistan

Home for Christmas: Brick soldier surprises mother with early return from Afghanistan (via NJ.com)

BRICK — When Leslie Ann Ruggiero unsealed a red envelope this morning she thought contained a card from the Santa Claus sitting on a bench behind her, she put her hand over her mouth and started to cry. “It’s my baby,” she said, holding a postcard…

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Today in History for December 25th

Today in History for December 25th (via AP Video)

George Washington crosses the Delaware River; Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev resigns; Ousted Romanian leader Nicolae Ceausescu and his wife are executed; James Brown dies. (Dec. 25)

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Raw: Pope Celebrates First Christmas Eve Mass

Raw: Pope Celebrates First Christmas Eve Mass (via AP Video)

Pope Francis has begun celebrating his first Christmas Eve Mass as pontiff by placing a baby Jesus statue in a replica of a manger in St. Peter’s Basilica. (Dec. 24)

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