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‘Blindspot’s’ Jaimie Alexander answers our five quick questions
By Lori Acken Though she has a lithe frame and strikingly delicate features that any model might envy, Jaimie Alexander is happiest playing tough cookies — something she’s done to great effect as Kyle XY‘s Jessi, the Thor movie franchise’s Sif and, most recently, as the tattooed, ass-kicking amnesiac Jane Doe on NBC’s Blindspot. Alexander…
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Saint James in Red Bank receives grant
Saint James Elementary School in Red Bank was named the recipient of the 2016 OceanFirst Model Classroom grant program. The pre-K-8 school, located at 30 Peters Place in Red Bank, was awarded $10,000 to create a science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) lab. The grant will be used to facilitate the school’s STEM curriculum and…
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News Transcript Business Briefs, Nov. 9
On Oct. 19, one winner was selected during a random drawing for a new vehicle at a sweepstakes event at the Forsgate Country Club, Monroe Township. The Valerie Fund and dealers participating in the New Jersey Auto Retailers Unite campaign hosted an event during which 69 finalists present were narrowed down to 10 finalists and…
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Agency receives $7K grant for its Reading Buddies program
LONG BRANCH — Family & Children’s Service (FCS), Monmouth County’s oldest, private nonprofit social service agency, recently received a $7,000 grant from the Church & Dwight Co. Inc. Employee Giving Fund (EGF) to benefit the agency’s Reading Buddies program. The intergenerational childhood literacy program serves more than 1,600 students in kindergarten through second grade in 19…
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Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Fox & Roach, Realtors®/Trident hold 21 annual community service day giving back
Out of their offices and into the communities they serve, sales associates and employees of Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Fox & Roach, Realtors®/The Trident Group spent Oct. 6 lending a hand at more than 150 non-profit organizations. Princeton Junction Office volunteers spent the day at HomeFront, in Lawrenceville, painting, organizing and cleaning up. Each fall, the…
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Weichert ranked one of the ‘Top 100 Franchises for Veterans’
Weichert Real Estate Affiliates, Inc. has been named one of the top franchises in the country for U.S. military veterans according to Franchise Business Review in its “2016 Best of the Best: Top 100 Franchises for Veterans” list, an annual ranking based on franchise owners’ satisfaction with their franchisor. This marks the first time the Weichert® national…
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Book sale set for Nov. 8, 9, 15 and 16
Ocean County Historical Society, 26 Hadley Ave., Toms River, will hold the third annual half-price history book sale from noon-3:30 p.m. on Nov. 8, 9, 15 and 16. Proceeds from the sale will support the Scholarship Fund for post-high school education. Prices for most books range between $2 and $4. For more information, call Jeff…
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‘Dueling pianos’ event includes dinner service
The East Brunswick Jewish Center will hold a sing-along, clap-along, laugh-along event where the audience requests the songs and two “dueling” piano players play them at 7 p.m. on Nov. 19 at the center, 511 Ryders Lane, East Brunswick. Tickets are $80 per person and include buffet of hot and cold hors d’oeuvres will be served…
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Raider marching band is in step for the 2016 season
NORTH BRUNSWICK – The North Brunswick Township High School Raider Marching Band has been hitting all the high notes this season. According to Band Director Danielle Nudelman, the band’s show “Don’t Stop Me Now: The Music of Queen,” scored highly with audiences and judges, in a statement provided by Jamie Egan, supervisor of Music K-12 for the…
