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Grammy Museum Experience presents ‘Ladies and Gentlemen … The Beatles!’
Grammy Museum Experience Prudential Center, Newark, has announced its newest traveling exhibit, “Ladies and Gentlemen … The Beatles!” The exhibit will run from Nov. 18 through June 25. Curated by the Grammy Museum and Fab Four Exhibits, “Ladies and Gentlemen … The Beatles!” brings visitors back to the early 1960s when rock and roll was…
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Monmouth County News Briefs, Oct. 19
A Middletown resident has been indicted for laundering money on behalf of the Cape Town Zone of Black Axe, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced. Andrew Suarez, 29, is charged by indictment with money laundering conspiracy, substantive money laundering counts and aggravated identity theft, according to a press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office. According…
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Former Gov. James Florio was a conservation trailblazer in New Jersey
By Alison Mitchell The pristine wilderness of the New Jersey Pine Barrens may seem worlds apart from the state’s polluted industrial sites in need of cleanup and restoration. But one thing they had in common was James Florio in their corner. Florio – a former New Jersey governor, U.S. congressman, state assemblyman and chair of…
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Kelsey Theatre to present ‘Something Rotten!’ with local cast
Maurer Productions OnStage will present the “hilarious Shakespeare-inspired musical comedy” “Something Rotten!” at Mercer County Community College’s Kelsey Theatre. The show runs from Oct. 21 through Oct. 30 with a streaming option Oct. 28-30. “Audiences are sure to roll in the aisles,” said M. Kitty Getlik, artistic director of Kelsey Theatre. Set in the 1590s,…
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Officials recognize Hillsborough Middle School Lacrosse Team for undefeated season
The 2022 Hillsborough Middle School Girls Lacrosse Team went undefeated during a very successful season due to their “hard work and dedication.” The team received a proclamation from the township at a Township Committee meeting on Oct. 11. Eleven different players scored for the team and six players had more than 12 goals during their…
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New COVID-19 bivalent booster shots available at Bordentown Senior Center
Bordentown Senior Center is one of the locations children as young as 5 years-old can receive the new COVID-19 bivalent booster shots during Burlington County Health Department’s weekly vaccine clinics. The new updated boosters from Pfizer and Moderna offer stronger protection against severe illness from the BA.4 and BA.5 Omicron subvariants that are now the…
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ESCNJ appoints Cranbury Schools’ superintendent to board of directors
The Educational Services Commission of New Jersey, the largest educational service commission in the state, announced the appointment of Cranbury Schools’ Superintendent/Principal Jennifer Diszler to its board of directors. Diszler, the former assistant superintendent of curriculum, instruction and administration for the South Brunswick School District, was named the new chief school administrator and principal of…
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Health Matters: How to Talk to Children When the News is Scary
By Chirayu Parikh, DO With an uptick in reports of violence in communities across the United States and real-time accounts of foreign wars and natural disasters delivered on television and online, it is more and more difficult for parents and caregivers to shield their children from news and images associated with tragic events. While parents…
