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Take Your Child to Work at the Old Bridge Library
The Old Bridge Library will celebrate the seventh annual National Take Your Child to the Library Day on Feb. 2 with a range of engaging activities which will also highlight the upcoming Lunar New Year. Crafts and activities to commemorate the day will be available from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Program highlights include a Take…
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Cheers and Jeers
by Damian Holbrook Cheers to The Titan Games for its Rock-ing ratings. Like an American ninja warrior on human-growth hormones, the premiere of NBC’s feats-of-strength competition from Dwayne Johnson (pictured) helped the network win Thursday night in viewers age 18–49 for the first time in two years (not including sports programs). That’s some serious muscle!…
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Wonder(ous) Women
By Lori Acken, ReMIND Magazine Who do you think of when you think “wonder woman”? Could she be Lynda Carter’s ’70s-TV superhero, a role that transformed a former Miss World USA into an Amazonian princess? Maybe instead there are real-life wonder women, who used their celebrity and its trappings to do good in the world.…
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Former CFO pleads guilty to theft from nonprofit organization
New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal has announced that the former chief financial officer of a nonprofit organization pleaded guilty on Jan. 22 to stealing nearly $115,000 from the organization for his personal use. Peter Pflug, 56, of Freehold, the former chief financial officer of New Horizons in Autism, pleaded guilty to a second…
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East Brunswick Hadassah announces leadership for 2019
PHOTOS COURTESY OF CHRISTINE SULLIVAN East Brunswick Hadassah announced its new co-presidents for 2019, Elaine Silver, left, and Liz Salston, during its Tu B’Shevat seder and Installation of Officers on Jan. 16.
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American Red Cross to hold blood drive at Metuchen Library Jan. 30
The American Red Cross will hold a blood drive from 2-7 p.m. on Jan. 30 at the Metuchen Library, 480 Middlesex Ave., Metuchen. To make an appointment, visit redcrossblood.org, download the free American Red Cross Blood Donor app, or call 1-800-RED-CROSS.
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Students to present ‘Lion King Jr.’ at Marlboro Middle School
MARLBORO – The students of Marlboro Middle School will present “The Lion King Jr.” on Feb. 8 at 7 p.m. and Feb. 9 at noon and 4 p.m. in the Vincent A. Parinni Auditorium at Marlboro Middle School, Route 520, Marlboro. The community is welcome to attend the performances. Tickets are $10 for reserved seating…
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Middlesex County College student-athletes excel academically during fall term
Forty student-athletes at Middlesex County College (MCC) finished their fall semester with a grade point average of at least 3.0 or higher. Of the 133 Blue Colt student-athletes, 40 had GPAs of 3.0 or above. Seventeen of those had 3.50 GPAs or higher. Two had perfect 4.0 GPAs. “Our primary mission at MCC is for…
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Old Bridge student-athlete excels academically at Middlesex County College during fall term
Forty student-athletes at Middlesex County College (MCC) finished their fall semester with a grade point average of at least 3.0 or higher. Of the 133 Blue Colt student-athletes, 40 had GPAs of 3.0 or above. Seventeen of those had 3.50 GPAs or higher. Two had perfect 4.0 GPAs. Wrestler Michael Botte of Old Bridge is…
