Category: Suburban Calendar
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Foreign language grant awarded to Old Bridge
By sue m. morganStaff Writer By sue m. morgan Staff Writer OLD BRIDGE — The school district’s two middle schools will split an $18,400 federal grant designed to enhance world languages studies in the middle elementary grades, school officials reported. Old Bridge is one of only 18 districts in New Jersey to receive the grant…
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Community Bulletin Board ‘Sick and Tired’ lecture
slated for Oct. 24 Community Bulletin Board ‘Sick and Tired’ lecture slated for Oct. 24 The Wellness Education Foundation, East Brunswick, will sponsor a free community lecture titled "Sick and Tired of Feeling Sick and Tired" at 7:30 p.m. on Oct. 24 at Borders Books and Music, MidState Mall, Route 18, East Brunswick. Topics will…
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Photo
PHOTOS BY VERONICA YANKOWSKI Peter Heydon, left, admires the paintings and drawings on display during the Old Bridge High School Faculty and Student Art Show, held in the art gallery of the township library Monday night. At right, Sharon Piscitelli (l), an art teacher at Old Bridge High School, shows an original work on display…
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Marion Smith recognized
for contributions to O.B. By sue m. morgan Staff Writer OLD BRIDGE — Lifetime township resident and landowner Marion Smith was honored by the Township Council during its agenda meeting Monday night for her dedication to the community. Officials said Smith, who passed away Sept. 29 at the age of 91, was especially helpful in…
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APFED 5K Walk slated for Oct. 13 in Edison
APFED 5K Walk slated for Oct. 13 in Edison The APFED (American Partnership for Eosinophilic Disorders) 5K Walk for Awareness will take place beginning at 9 a.m. on Oct. 13 at Roosevelt Park, Edison. The event will be held to bring attention to a rare and debilitating disease called Eosinophilic Enteropathy (EE). Some children and…
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Bulletin Board
Bikel set for concertto benefit Pearl Center Bikel set for concert to benefit Pearl Center Theodore Bikel, musician, actor, author and activist, will appear at 8 p.m. on Oct. 19 at the Count Basie Theatre, Red Bank, in a concert to benefit the new Daniel Pearl Education Center at Temple B’nai Shalom, East Brunswick. Proceeds…
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Sacred Heart HSA schedules fall clothing drive
Sacred Heart School HSA, South Amboy, will sponsor a clothing drive on Oct. 19 and 20. Clothing, towels, shoes, belts, sheets and stuffed animals may be brought to Sacred Heart Church parking lot, Washington Avenue, before and after all weekend Masses, 4-6 p.m. on Oct. 19 and 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Oct. 20.…
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Driver charged with DWI after car hits pedestrian
By sue m. morganStaff Writer Driver charged with DWI after car hits pedestrian By sue m. morgan Staff Writer OLD BRIDGE — A township man was in critical condition this week as the result of injuries sustained Sunday morning when he was struck on Route 516 by a motor vehicle whose driver has been charged…
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On Stage
Oct. 10 • Classical and traditional music concert, in honor of slain Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl, 8 p.m., at Temple B’nai Shalom, Fern Road, East Brunswick. Paul Stetsenko on organ and piano, David Glukh on trumpet, soprano Beverly Owens. Works of Handel, Bach, Schumann, Bartok, Copland, Rachmaninoff; Klezmer music; African-American spirituals. Free admission.…
