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Brookdale Computer Users Group meeting slated
Brookdale Computer Users Group (BCUG) will sponsor “How Technology Helps Seniors Stay Safe” at 7 p.m. on Sept. 16 at Building MAS, Room 100, Brookdale Community College, 765 Newman Springs Rd., Lincroft. The event is free. Technology now can help seniors safely remain in their homes instead of moving to supervised group settings. In this fast-paced,…
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Matawan High’s 40th reunion slated
Matawan Regional High School Class of 1976 will hold its 40th reunion on Nov. 5 at Palms Plaza, 343 Highway 34, Matawan. The cost is $85 per person. For more information and where to send a check, please contact Maria Cevasco Zeason at [email protected] or Susanne Bordeaux O’Brien at [email protected].
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Statewide Recovery Month Festival coming to Middletown
The Middletown Arts Center, 36 Church St, Middletown, will hold a statewide recovery month event, from 1 p.m.– 6 p.m. on Sept. 18. The event, the “2nd Annual New Jersey Celebrates Recovery” is free and open to the public, but registration is required via www.CelebrateRecoveryNJ.com. The event seeks to remove the stigma associated with substance…
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French club to hold Sept. 20 meeting
Francophonie Metuchen will meet from 7:45-9:45 p.m., Sept. 20, at 243 Amboy Ave., Metuchen. Discussions are in French. Participation is free. Relaxed work meetings with moderate preparations and active participation in discussions are required. For more information, call Sam Van Chama, using French, at 732-767-9372.
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Arts center to host Sutton Foster Sept. 24
DEAL PARK — The Axelrod Performing Arts Center (APAC) will host two-time Tony Award winner Sutton Foster as the guest star for a special gala evening at 8 p.m. Sept. 24 at 100 Grant Ave. “An Evening with Sutton Foster” will benefit the theatrical and cultural programming at APAC. Foster won Tony Awards for her leading roles in…
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Bus trip to Atlantic City slated for Sept. 20
The Altar Society of Sts. Peter & Paul Church will sponsor a bus trip to Resorts Casino in Atlantic City on Sept. 20. The bus will leave at 9 a.m. from the church parking lot, Whitehead Avenue, South River. The cost is $30, with $25 back in slot dollars. See any member for a reservation…
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Area teens run Girls Can Code club at library
EAST BRUNSWICK — Although computer science is one of the fastest growing career areas, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that there is an alarming lack of women in the profession. The number of women who work in computer science is less than 27 percent; computer science classes have similar demographics, according to information…
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Middlesex County, Sansone pilot employment program for veteran inmates
Middlesex County is piloting a Veteran Inmate Employment Program that provides veterans and their immediate families opportunities to engage in full-time, meaningful employment. To qualify for the program —which is sponsored and administrated by Sansone Auto Mall in Avenel — inmates must be military veterans or the immediate family of a veteran and be scheduled…
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Cheers & Jeers
by Damian Holbrook Cheers to Adam Ruins Everything for going Hollywood. The premiere of the Adam Conover-hosted truTV treat spilled showbiz tea on red-carpet stylists, reality-TV fakery and awards-show fixes…with an assist from Crazy Ex-Girlfriend’s Rachel Bloom! Jeers to Kelly Dodd for being a real foul wife of Orange County. Of all the sniping we…
