Category: Suburban Calendar
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Library Friends selling coupon savings books
Library Friends selling coupon savings books The Friends of the Spotswood Public Library, 548 Main St., is selling Hometown Savings 2003 books containing discount coupons from many local retailers and large, chain merchants in Spotswood, East Brunswick, Sayreville, South River, Milltown and Old Bridge. Cost is $15. All proceeds benefit the Friends and will be…
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VERONICA YANKOWSKI Hannah Al-Jasin, 20 months old, Sayreville, enjoys a ride on the carousel at Kennedy Park Sunday afternoon.
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Teen Game Day set for Jan. 12 in Old Bridge
Teen Game Day set for Jan. 12 in Old Bridge The Old Bridge Public Library will host a "Game Day for Teens" from 1 to 4:30 p.m. Jan. 12 at the library’s main branch, Route 516 and Cottrell Road. An assortment of games such as Uno, Chess, Scrabble, Scatagories and Dominoes will be on hand,…
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BLOOPERS
ADELEYOUNGAnnual column ADELE YOUNG Annual column ‘bares down’ on the lighter side of the news Our annual bloopers column is our attempt to interject a little levity in the sometimes depressing world of news coverage. It’s a collection of typos and grammatical and usage errors compiled from everything that crosses our desks on their way…
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Weekend checkpoints yield arrests
OLD BRIDGE — Police issued a total of 98 summonses for a variety of non-moving violations and charged four individuals with driving while intoxicated as the result of a police checkpoint set up over the weekend in the township’s Laurence Harbor section. In addition, four persons wanted on outstanding warrants were apprehended at the checkpoint…
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Youth/parent reading club to meet at library
The Middle Grades Book Discussion Club will meet from 7:30-8:30 p.m. on Jan. 20 at the Old Bridge Main Library, Route 516 and Cottrell Road. Youngsters in fifth-eighth grades and their parents will discuss Stormbreaker by Anthony Horowitz. Registration is now going on. Refreshments will be served at the meeting. Interested individuals should register at…
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PHOTOS BY FARRAH MAFFAI Augustine Hernandez (above, r), 4, smiles at his brother, Sergio, 6, after finding a present in his Christmas bag during the Christmas Jamboree at the Faith Fellowship Ministries in Sayreville on Saturday. At right, Faith Johnson, 5, jumps for joy during the Faith Fellowship Ministries Christmas Jamboree in Sayreville on Saturday.
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Man dies in Rt. 9 accident
By jennifer domeStaff Writer Man dies in Rt. 9 accident By jennifer dome Staff Writer SAYREVILLE — A South Plainfield resident died early Thursday after his vehicle struck a van, became airborne and rolled over three times before hitting a tree. Borough police responded to the motor vehicle accident on Route 9 near Chevalier Avenue…
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Community Bulletin Board
Lecture on the Beatlesplanned at O.B. Library Lecture on the Beatles planned at O.B. Library Rock ’n’ roll historian Vincent Bruno will present a lecture on the Beatles at 1 p.m. on Jan. 4 at the Old Bridge Public Library Main Branch, Route 516 and Cottrell Road. Bruno will discuss the Beatles’ career in chronological…
