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Students set to compete at state leadership conference
NORTH BRUNSWICK – A group of North Brunswick Township High School (NBTHS) students are on their way to a state leadership conference. On Dec. 7, members of the NBTHS Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) competed in FBLA online competitive events. The following students placed in their event and have earned the privilege of competing at…
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City Hall holiday closings and sanitation schedule changes slated
The following City Hall holiday closings and sanitation schedule changes are announced in Long Branch: Dec. 23-Christmas Eve (Dec. 24 is a Saturday); City offices are closed; no change to sanitation schedule. Dec. 26-Christmas Day (Dec. 25 is a Sunday); City offices are closed; no garbage/recycling pickup. Dec. 27-City is open; garbage/paper south pickup. Dec.…
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Linda (Yee) Chu
Linda (Yee) Chu, 54, of East Brunswick, passed away on Dec. 12, 2016. Linda was born on Dec. 13, 1962, in Malden, Massachusetts, to Fee and Mei (Quon) Yee. She was a devoted wife of Richard Chu; loving mother of Kenneth and Carolyn; cherished daughter of Fee and Mei (Quon) Yee; and dear sister…
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Business meeting set for Dec. 21 in Long Branch
The Long Branch Area Business Meeting will be held at 8:30 a.m. on Dec. 21 at Brookdale at Long Branch, 213 Broadway. There will be plenty of parking and light refreshments will be served. For more information, visit www.visitlongbranch.com.
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Center holds book and author event
The Jewish Community Center of Middlesex County, 1775 Oak Tree Road, Edison, will hold author Armando Lucas Correa discussing his book, “The German Girl,” at 9:30 a.m. on Feb. 19. Correa was a 10-year old living in Havana when he first heard about the St. Louis, a luxury ocean liner that set sail from Hamburg,…
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Center announces trip to ‘Jewish Newark’
The Jewish Community Center of Middlesex County, 1775 Oak Tree Rd., Edison, announces a trip to “Jewish Newark” will be held Feb. 15. The trip includes a tour of the “real, working” Manischewitz Factory, and Congregation Ahavas Sholom – the last remaining functioning synagogue in Newark and the home of the Jewish Museum of New…
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Donna Warters of Weichert, Realtors’ East Brunswick office recognized for company award
EAST BRUNSWICK – Carlo Siracusa, regional vice president of Weichert, Realtors, announced that Donna Warters of the East Brunswick office was recognized for exceptional industry performance in November. A top producer, Warters led the entire company for listings sold during the month. Invite this talented neighborhood specialist in to learn about the real estate services…
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Cheers & Jeers
by Damian Holbrook TV Guide Magazine Cheers to reboots that fit right Turns out nostalgia works best when injected with a new attitude (like the high-tech fun of paper-clip cowboy MacGyver), enhanced by a charismatic cast (like Damon Wayans and Clayne Crawford in Lethal Weapon) or embraced as an old friend (Fuller House, Gilmore Girls).…
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Just like the rest of us
A few fun facts about Hollywood celebs By Lucie M. Winborne Poised and put together. Larger than life, with foibles and blemishes carefully airbrushed by the Hollywood publicity machine. That was the image of Hollywood’s classic stars. But no doubt their fans occasionally wondered if, out of the spotlight, the lords and ladies of Tinseltown’s…
