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Local Girl Scout sings her way to a Gold Award
OLD BRIDGE — The concept of using music to combat bullying has led to a local Girl Scout receiving her Gold Award. For her project, Dana Marie Rogers, an Ambassador Girl Scout with Troop 81893 in Old Bridge, created “Stand Up Sing Out,” an anti-bullying campaign that uses music to combat the widespread problem of…
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Grass will be cut at homes unoccupied since Sandy
BY STELLA MORRISON Staff Writer SAYREVILLE — After receiving complaints about overgrown lawns on Weber Avenue properties that have been vacant since superstorm Sandy, the Borough Council has agreed to use borough resources to cut the grass. At the council’s May 28 meeting, Mayor Kennedy O’Brien said he believes it is “incumbent on the borough”…
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Discounted tickets available for carnival
St. Stan’s Carnival 2013 will take place 6-10 p.m. June 19 and 20 and 5- 11 p.m. June 21 (fish fry begins at 5 p.m.) and 22 on the St. Stanislaus Kostka Parish grounds, MacArthur Avenue and Main Street, Sayreville. Discounted ride tickets are available. For more information or to purchase tickets, call the parish…
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Softball-game ticket sale to support SGLL
Sayreville Girls Little League (SGLL) issellingticketstoa7p.m.June22 women’s professional softball game featuring the New York/New Jersey Comets vs. the Akron Racers at TD Bank Ballpark, Bridgewater. Tickets cost $12 each; a portion of the sales will be donated to the SGLL.
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Home gardening workshop June 11
The Friends of the Dowdell Public Library will welcome Kathleen Krug, a master gardener with the Rutgers Cooperative Extension, for a discussion on home gardening tips at 6 p.m. June 11 at the library, 100 Harold G. Hoffman Plaza, South Amboy. For more information, call 732-721- 6060 or email [email protected].
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Tickets on sale for Kelly Miller Circus
The Chamber of Commerce Serving Old Bridge, Sayreville and South Amboy, and the Old Bridge Alumni Path Foundation will sponsor performances of the Kelly Miller Circus 4:30 and 7:30 p.m. June 19 at the Old Bridge Knights Pop Warner Field, Marlboro Road, off Route 18, Old Bridge. Advance tickets are available at Hauser Hill Farms,…
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Lautenberg dead at 89
U.S. Sen. Frank R. Lautenberg, who has represented New Jersey by serving five terms in the Senate since 1982, passed away due to complications from viral pneumonia in the early hours of June 3 at New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center. He was 89 years old. Lautenberg’s office posted news of his passing, describing him…
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CentraState to hold lecture on weight-loss surgery
CentraState Healthcare System will present a free physician lecture on bariatric surgery,“Is Weight-Loss Surgery Right for You?” with Ayotunde Adeyeri M.D., on June 5, 7-8 p.m. at CentraState’s Star and Barry Tobias Health Awareness Center, 901 W. Main St., Freehold. The lecture will discuss who is a candidate for bariatric surgery, weightloss surgery options, what…
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Middle ear disease is a common problem in children
By Kenneth A. Kaplan, M.D. Middle ear disorders in children predominantly presents in two forms, or a combination of both. Risk factors for middle ear disorders include attendance in day care, the presence of cigarette smoke in the household, and the child’s going to bed with a bottle. The first is middle ear infections, a.k.a.,…
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