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Shrink with age
At a certain age, losing weight doesn’t provide a great deal of benefits, which is why those over the age of 50 need to achieve and maintain a healthy weight before it’s too late. Here’s how to get started. By Bev Bennett CTW Features Starting a stringent diet to lose weight or manage a health…
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Wednesdays are wing nights at VFW
The Clark-Moetz VFW Post 2319, 45 Broad St., Milltown, will hold its Wacky Wings Wednesday Nights from 5-8 p.m. every Wednesday at the post. Wings are 50 cents each. There will also be poppers, breaded zucchini, potato pancakes and corn fritters.
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‘A Chorus’ Line auditions scheduled
Auditions for “A Chorus Line” will be held at Villagers Theatre, 475 DeMott Lane, Somerset, at 7:30 p.m. July 29-30. Callbacks will be by appointment only on Aug. 1. Performances will be held on Nov. 8-10, 15-17 and 22-24. For more information, contact [email protected].
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Hospital to offer blood-pressure checks
Raritan Bay Medical Center will offer free blood-pressure screenings from 9:30- 11:30 a.m. July 10 at the Old Bridge Senior Center, 1 Old Bridge Plaza, in the municipal complex, Route 516 and Cottrell Road; 10 a.m. to noon July 11 at the South Amboy YMCA, 200 John T. O’Leary Blvd.; and 4- 6 p.m. July…
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Resident of Old Bridge to star in ‘The Music Man’
Jake Shatsky of Marlboro, Serina Figuerias of Old Bridge and Joe Caruso of Holmdel will appear respectively as Tommy Dijas, Zaneeta Shinn and Harold Hill in the revival of “The Music Man,” to be performed at the Count Basie Theatre in Red Bank beginning July 12. Serina Figuerias of Old Bridge will assume the role…
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Permitted-use change could allow drug treatment facility in South Amboy
By JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent SOUTH AMBOY — News that a permitted use change could allow a drug treatment operation to open at the Memorial Medical Center site on Bordentown Avenue brought residents living near the location to the June 19 City Council meeting. Officials made it clear during the meeting that they had fought against…
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Cittadino lands top job in Old Bridge schools
By THOMAS CASTLES Staff Writer David Cittadino OLD BRIDGE — When Andrew Gonzalez was appointed Board of Education president in January, he said his first priority would be to select a new, permanent superintendent. More than six months later, that goal has been realized. After a lengthy interview process, the school board voted June 25…
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Survivors
Dylan Mateyka (l) and Jake Wittey, both young survivors of cancer, cut the ribbon to start the Survivor Lap at the Old Bridge Relay for Life June 22 at Lombardi Field. The event raised $50,000 for the American Cancer Society. PHOTO COURTESY OF LARRY REDMOND
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Celebrate the Freedom of Information Act
This Independence Day marks 47 years since the landmark Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) was signed into federal law. Yet Americans are still distrustful of government. A 2013 Pew Research Center poll showed that only 26 percent of Americans surveyed say they can trust government in Washington “almost always or most of the time” —…
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