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On Wednesday, Oct. 11, from 7-9:30 p.m., the Westside Community Group will hold its 10th annual Candidates Night at River Street Commons at 49 Catherine St. in Red Bank. The event will take place in the first-floor community room and will feature all four candidates for the two available Red Bank Borough Council seats, as well as the two candidates for mayor. Questions from the audience will be taken. The event will be moderated by the Westside Community Group President Amy Goldsmith.

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Sen. Ellen Karcher (D-Mercer and Monmouth) will be the featured speaker Oct. 13 at an event to help residents of Mercer and Monmouth counties understand how to view claims, track their out-of-pocket expenses on prescription drugs, and get copies of the Explanation of Medicare Benefits. Sen. Karcher will speak from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the VNA of Central Jersey, 141 Bodman Place, Red Bank. To R.S.V.P. or for more information, contact Casie Conlon at (732) 462-8883.

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The Sierra Club Jersey Shore Group will hold a special Open Coffee House, an evening of live acoustic popular and Irish music, on Oct. 20 from 8-11 p.m. at the Unitarian Universalist Meetinghouse at 1475 W. Front St., Lincroft. The annual fundraising event has a suggested donation of $10 per person. For further information, call (732) 780-8678 or visit www.newjersey.sierraclub.org/JerseyShore/.

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The Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in Shrewsbury will hold a Fall Yard Sale on Saturday, Oct. 21, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the parking lot of the Shrewsbury Quaker Meetinghouse, Route 35 and Sycamore Avenue (northeast corner), Shrewsbury.

In case of inclement weather, the event will be held inside the meetinghouse. For more information about this event, call (732) 741-4138 or (732) 775-3670 and leave a message with contact information.

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Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, 150 River Road, Red Bank, will hold its annual garage sale Oct. 28 from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. in the church parking lot. For more information, call (732) 741-9241.

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The 26th annual Red Bank Crop Walk for the Hungry is scheduled for Sunday, Oct. 15. Participants walk 5 miles to help raise funds for hungry people in Monmouth County and around the world.

To find out where to pick up a sponsor sheet or other information, please call (732) 530-7674 and come to Red Bank Regional High School at 1 p.m. the day of the walk to register. The walk will start at 1:30 p.m. Items such as rice, beans and peanut butter can also be brought to RBR the day of the walk for distribution to any of Crop Walk's 14 local partners.

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The Monmouth County Park System will hold its annual Thompson Park Day Oct. 15 from 11 a.m.-5 p.m. at the park at 805 Newman Springs Road, Lincroft section of Middletown.

The event will feature activities such as an "amazing maize maze," climbing wall, wagon rides and pumpkin painting.

There will also be golf evaluations, various foods, a children's costume parade, scarecrow contest, and arts and crafts. Children's races feature a diaper derby, tot trot, pee wee run, and sack races.

Friends of the Parks will hold a "Strut Your Mutt" doggie costume contest. Entertainment will be provided by the Navesink Brass, and Project Packman, and there will also be a magic show, stiltwalker, puppet lady, and Macaroni Anne Cheeze.

Admission and parking are free. For more information, call the Park System at (732) 842-4000. The TDD number is 711.