Author: Greater Media
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Big or small?
Q&A with Sharon Peters Q: Bigger tires or smaller tires for a new SUV I’m buying? It can go either way. I won’t be off-roading or anything like that. What’s your preference? A: Smaller. They’re better from a fuel-economy perspective, and they’re almost always quieter. They cost less, too. Q: My brakes feel a lot…
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Middlesex County clerk named VP of Constitutional Officers Association
Middlesex County Clerk Elaine M. Flynn has been sworn in as the vice president of the Constitutional Officers Association of New Jersey (COANJ). The COANJ includes all registers, surrogates, sheriffs and county clerks in the state. The officials work together to promote the best practices in each county office and also submit and advocate legislation…
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Making a difference, one car at a time
Route 18 Chrysler Jeep Dodge Ram has teamed up with The Breast Center at Saint Peter’s University Hospital, New Brunswick, in the fight again breast cancer. Route 18 Auto donated a portion of its proceeds for every car sold in September and October to Saint Peter’s Breast Center, an effort that culminated in an $11,750…
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Big Chill 5K slated for Dec. 5 at Rutgers
Registration is open for The Rutgers Big Chill, a charity 5K run/walk that will be held by Rutgers Recreation, a department within the Division of Student Affairs at the university’s New Brunswick campus. The race begins at 9 a.m., Dec. 5, at the Rutgers University College Avenue gym, 130 College Ave., New Brunswick. Packet pickup…
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FYI
Items for Community Bulletin Board may be emailed to [email protected]. They also may be faxed to 732-780-4192 or mailed to Edison Metuchen Sentinel, P.O. Box 950, Manalapan, NJ 07726.
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Joys of adoption are shared by many at ceremony
By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer Ten-month-old Gianna Gonzalez of Perth Amboy, left, wears a “Team Jacob” shirt in support of her newly adopted brother, Jacob, 18 months old, during the annual Adoption Day ceremony. For Sylvia Soto and Osilis Gonzales, of Perth Amboy, their journey to adoption began with the loss of a son. “After…
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YMCA of Metuchen, Edison, Woodbridge and So. Amboy earns NAEYC Accreditation
The YMCA of Metuchen, Edison, Woodbridge and South Amboy has earned accreditation from the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) — the nation’s leading organization of early childhood professionals, at three of their locations: Ken Shirk Early Learning Program, 455 Old Post Road, Edison; Our Savior’s Learning Center, 50 Calvert Ave., Edison;…
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Metuchen Library to hold workshop Dec. 1
Metuchen Public Library, 480 Middlesex Ave., Metuchen, will hold a Healthy Bodies, Healthy Minds Workshop, especially for parents and teens, on eating and body image, from 7-8:45 p.m. on Dec. 1. Susan Gutwill is the presenter, with over thirty years of experience as a psychotherapist, and has developed programs and taught classes in this area.…
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County awards $6 million grant for arts center
By KENNY WALTER Staff Writer WOODBRIDGE — The developers of a proposed arts district have been awarded a $6 million grant from the county. Mayor John McCormac said the developers would receive the $6 million grant from the Middlesex County Cultural and Arts Trust Fund that will help fund several arts-related improvements at the former…
