Author: JENNIFER AMATO
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Community Bulletin Board: the Suburban
The Old Bridge middle school soccer teams will host two Pink Out games at 6 p.m. on Oct. 10 to raise money for the National Breast Cancer Foundation. Jonas Salk Middle School girls will play Carl Sandburg Middle School girls while the two middle school boys’ teams will take the challenge at the…
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Community Bulletin Board: the Sentinel
The auxiliary of East Brunswick VFW Post 133 will offer a bus trip to Bally’s Casino in Atlantic City on Oct. 13. Arrive by 8:50 a.m. at the post, 485 Cranbury Road, behind University Radiology, East Brunswick, as the bus will leave at 9 a.m. sharp. Cost is $25 per person, with $20…
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Community Bulletin Board: Criterion Sentinel
St. James Episcopal Church will hold a flea market from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Oct. 12 in Swales Park behind the church, 2136 Woodbridge Ave., Edison. Rain date is Oct. 26. For more information, call Mary at 732-672-2199. Author and psychotherapist Linnda Durre, who grew up in Metuchen, will present…
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Community Bulletin Board: the Sentinel
North Brunswick Public Library Corner: Tuesday Night Book Club: “News of the World” by Paulette Jiles, 7-8 p.m. on Oct. 15. Visit the library to borrow a copy. Crafty ‘Tweens for ages 9-12, 4:30-5:30 p.m. on Oct. 17. Call 732-246-3545 or visit the library to register. Fall Jars with Pat Dahli, 7-8:30 p.m. on…
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Brave Crossroads South student shares story during Suicide Prevention Walk
SOUTH BRUNSWICK – Four years ago, Kris Velez, an eighth grade student at Crossroads Middle School South, lost a person close to him from death by suicide. “That made my depression a lot more present,” he said. For two years, he said it was hard to leave his house. At that point, he said he…
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Agencies train together during simulated emergency in South Brunswick
SOUTH BRUNSWICK – Brooks Crossing Elementary School Head Custodian Helen Beecher did not sound too panicked when she alerted her principal to a crashing sound outside the building on Sept. 25. However, around 1 p.m., while school was in session, Beecher said she began to smell natural gas after the crash. After alerting Principal Jaime…
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Refurbished Parker monument is a ‘symbol of hope’
On Feb. 10, 1905, Francis Eyre Parker, the eldest son of Thomas F. B. Parker, was laid to rest just two days after Thomas passed away. Francis Parker, a lawyer from New York who lived in the New Brunswick area, had suffered two years from an illness that required constant care. He was fortunate enough…
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South River house is 700th Blue Acres purchase
SOUTH RIVER – The N.J. Department of Environmental Protection’s (DEP) Blue Acres residential buyout program has reached a milestone with the completion of its 700th purchase, a house in South River. Located on Henry Street, the acquisition required a short sale accommodation, a situation that arises among about 15 percent of residents in the buyout…
