Author: Greater Media
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C-Town fire is city’s worst in a decade
By JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent SOUTH AMBOY — The city’s only supermarket was the scene of its worst fire in about a decade on Jan. 6. The fire occurred overnight at C-Town Supermarket — formerly Key Food — on Bordentown Avenue. The electrical blaze began in the crawlspace above the produce aisle, according to Fire Chief…
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Tickets on sale for Italian Night benefit
The St. Ambrose Improvement Committee will host its Italian Night 7-11 p.m. Feb. 6 in the St. Ambrose Café at the church, Throckmorton Lane, Old Bridge. Doors will open at 6:30 p.m. Guests will dance to Italian music provided by a DJ. The dinner menu will include Italian bruschetta, spaghetti and meatballs, spaghetti aglio e…
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ABLE Act helps those with disabilities
When your child or loved one has an intellectual or developmental disability, you spend a lot of time worrying about the future. That is why I was very grateful that Congress passed and President Barack Obama recently signed the Achieving a Better Life Experience Act, also known as the ABLE Act. This legislation will allow…
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Three teens earn Girl Scouts Gold Award
RUMSON — Madison McManus, Caroline Peters and Ginger Wardell recently achieved the highest honor in Girl Scouts by earning the Gold Award. The three are members of Girl Scout Troop 1930 in Fair Haven and are seniors at Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School (RFH). To achieve the award, each girl needed to identify an issue…
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Edison couple holds out hope in search for kidney donor
By JESSICA D’AMICO Staff Writer Abe Rosenstein For many, a family is a built-in safety net, assuring help in times of dire need. For township resident Abe Rosenstein — whose parents were his family’s sole survivors of the Holocaust — relying on the kindness of strangers is his only option. Abe needs a kidney. His…
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Latkovich-Johnson
MILESTONES Carolyn Ann Latkovich, Sean Ryan Johnson Carolyn Ann Latkovich of the Neshanic Station section of Branchburg Township became engaged to marry Sean Ryan Johnson of Woodbridge on Jan. 10, 2015. Ms. Latkovich is the daughter of K.J. Latkovich and Donna Kenyon Latkovich of the Fords section of Woodbridge. Mr. Johnson is the son of…
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Middletown library slates its January programs
The Middletown Township Public Library is offering programs and special events during January at 55 New Monmouth Road. Registration is required for all programs by visiting www.mtpl.org unless otherwise indicated. “Friendship Mural” for children age 2- 6 will be at 10 or 11 a.m. Jan. 19. Choose one session. “So You Want to…
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Memorial fund aids military families
Representatives of the Lt. Dennis W. Zilinski II Memorial Fund recently visited the youth center at McGuire Air Force Base to make a special donation of gift cards to aid struggling military families during the holiday season, according to a press release. The fund was created and founded in 2006 to honor Middletown resident 1st…
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STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR A pair of walkers leave footprints on the snow-dusted boardwalk at the Pier Village promenade in Long Branch on a gray Jan. 6 afternoon.
