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  • Church to host Mother’s Day breakfast

    Church to host Mother’s Day breakfast

    Holmdel Community United Church of Christ will hold a Mother’s Day breakfast from 8:30-9:45 a.m. May 8 at 40 W. Main St., Holmdel. The breakfast will be hosted by the church’s youth group, and proceeds will fund its mission trip to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. For more information, call 732-946-8821 or visit www.holmdelucc.org.

  • Safe boating course set for May 18, 19

    Safe boating course set for May 18, 19

    Coast Boating School will conduct a New Jersey mandatory safe boating course, under the New Jersey State Law, at West Marine Store, Route 35, South Amboy, from 5:30 p.m.-9 p.m., May 18 and May 19. The cost is $75 and includes a $10 gift card. For more information or to register, call 732-279-0562.

  • Register now for workshop on growing strawberries, small fruits

    Register now for workshop on growing strawberries, small fruits

    The Middlesex County’s Office of Extension Services will hold a free workshop entitled, “Growing Strawberries and Small Fruit” 6:30- 8:30 p.m. on May 10 at the EARTH Center, located at Davidson’s Mill Pond Park, 42 Riva Ave., South Brunswick. Extension Services Director and Rutgers Professor Bill Hlubik will discuss the best practices for growing strawberries and insights…

  • Couple who dated at the State Theatre to receive major award

    Couple who dated at the State Theatre to receive major award

    NEW BRUNSWICK – Two North Brunswick residents who first dated at the State Theatre more than 60 years ago and went on to become husband and wife will now be honored with the State Theatre Patron Award. Joan Campbell grew up in East Brunswick and graduated from South River High School. She earned a B.A. degree in elementary…

  • Business brief

    Business brief

    Dr. Martin J. Zakrzewski, a 1982 graduate of Monroe Township High School, continued on to graduate from Rutgers University and Pacific University. He is a neuropsychologist at Vancouver General Hospital in Vancouver, British Columbia, and a psychologist at the Forensic Psychiatric Hospital in Coquitlam, British Columbia. He was recently named director of Psychology at BC Mental Health…

  • Egghead weds hourglass

    Egghead weds hourglass

    By Lucie M. Winborne, ReMIND Magazine A Hollywood blond bombshell who longed to be taken seriously as an actress. A respected playwright who longed to be freed from a failing marriage. At even a casual glance they must have seemed an unlikely pair; in fact, upon their marriage, one headline proclaimed, “Egghead Weds Hourglass.” But…

  • Cheers & Jeers

    Cheers & Jeers

    by Damian Holbrook TV Guide Magazine @damianholbrook Cheers to Empire for its royal return. After a hiatus that felt like forever, Fox’s hip-hop version of Dynasty came back to score big ratings while also setting up a juicy murder storyline that is making us forget that the first half of the season felt a little…

  • John J. Jacobek Sr.

    John J. Jacobek Sr.

    John J. Jacobek Sr., 100, of Burbank, Ill. World War II Army veteran. Beloved husband of the late Dorothy; loving father of Judith Jensen of Howell, George (Lorraine) and John J. (Janice) Jacobek; dear grandfather of Harry M. (fiancé Sara) Jensen IV, Jesse and Erika (Peter) Johnson; dearest great grandfather of Reegan, Nora, Eli and…

  • Ask Matt

    Ask Matt

    WIPEOUT,LAURA AND PERSON OF INTEREST @TVGMMattRoush Question: Has Wipeout been canceled? It’s a dumb, mindless-fun show to watch! Thanks and love your column. — Peter Matt Roush: Thank you. ABC never officially canceled Wipeout, but it’s no longer listed as an ongoing series on their website, and the network seems more committed to reviving classic…