Author: Central Jersey
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LAMBERTVILLE: Veterans will get center stage in Monday observances
Opdyke, Hambach to be featured in Monday’s parade, speeches By John Tredrea, Special Writer During his tour of duty in the Air Force from 1951 to 1955, Charles R. Opdyke, who will be grand marshal of Lambertville’s Memorial Day parade on Monday, was stationed for three years with at Buttonwood Air Force Base in England…
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MANVILLE: Scouts replace flags on veterans’ graves
Manville Boy Scouts and leaders from Manville Troop 193 at the service activity replacing more than 1,500 torn American flags at local cemeteries.
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Watch for Those Orange Curbing Hunger Bags
Look for the bright-orange Curbing Hunger bags on your recycling bucket.
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CHESTERFIELD CHATTER: May 22
By Nancy Mrzljak The Inn at Fernbrook Farms “Spring into Jazz Dinner” will be held 6-9 p.m., Saturday, May 24 at the Inn at Fernbrook Farms at 142 Bordentown-Georgetown Road, Chesterfield. Cost is $80 per person or $150 per couple. Who needs New Orleans? Let Fernbrook swoon you with the sweet notes of live jazz…
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PLUMSTED BRIEFS: May 22
During the month of May, the Plumsted Youth for Nature and the Environment will be collecting scrap metal, including keys and locks. The scrap metal proceeds will be used to buy food items to help feed the hungry in New Jersey. Drop-off containers to collect keys and locks will be located at the Plumsted Branch…
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MONTGOMERY: Skillman teen sets record in Scrabble event
Eighth-graders Jacob Sass of Texas and Thomas Draper of Montgomery are the winners of the 2014 National School Scrabble Championship held in Providence, Rhode Island. Courtesy photo
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Mercer Raceabout featured in Smithsonian auto exhibit
When the call comes for drivers in this year’s Indianapolis 500 to start their engines, a race car owner from Hamilton will rev the engine of a 1911 Mercer Raceabout that is still making history. The car will be featured in the Smithsonian traveling exhibit appearing May 25 at Howell Living History Farm in Hopewell…
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Honoring those who served
Masons mark Memorial Day with flags on the graves of veterans By Anthony Stoeckert, Packet Media Group On an cloudy spring afternoon, a group of men gathered at Princeton Cemetery to mark Memorial Day the way it’s supposed to be. They moved swiftly, holding batches of small American flags, using a tool to dig holes…
