Category: archives
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WE REMEMBER: Phyllis Berliner remembers 9/11
By Phyllis Berliner I will never forget a minute of 9/11. We were living on Staten Island. It was my 3-year-old daughter Sarah’s first day of preschool. It was a beautiful clear day. I was taking Sarah’s picture in front of the school a few minutes before 9 a.m. I stopped to pick up a…
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Princeton Congregations Aids in Hurricane Cleanup
Sandra Duffy Over the past three weekends, hundreds of volunteers from three Mormon congregations based in Princeton have donned yellow “Helping Hands” t-shirts and vests with thousands of other Mormons throughout the metropolitan New York area and gone out into communities throughout central and northern New Jersey to help aid in the cleanup of Hurricane…
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SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Town hosts annual Jewish culture celebration
By Ed Birch, Special Writer The fourth annual Rejoice Festival, billed as a Jewish Music and Cultural Festival, was held Sept. 18 at Woodlot Park in Kendall Park. The festival drew upwards of 500 people, according to organizers. Musical groups entertained the crowd all day ranging from the Congregation B’nai Tikvah "Sons of Tikvah" in-house…
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Red Cross ends aid to storm victims
In New Jersey, the American Red Cross has closed all shelters and terminated feeding programs in the aftermath of Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee because the people being served now have obtained longer-term housing and are able to prepare meals for their families. As in all disaster situations, the available blood supply is in…
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MONROE: Fire company stresses need for more volunteers
Mario Edini, Special Writer MONROE — They free people from wrecked cars, they clean up spills of hazardous materials, they come to people’s houses when the owner smells smoke, and, of course, they answer the call to fight fires and save lives. Many are paid career firefighters stationed at full-time firehouses. But many are also…
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JAMESBURG: New mural, floor plan revive Jamesburg library
A view of the new children’s section and mural at Jamesburg Public Library
