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OLOL open house on tap for April 14
Our Lady of Lourdes (OLOL) School, 44 Cleveland Ave., Milltown, will host an open house 10 a.m.-2 p.m. April 14. Faculty and school parents will be on hand to greet guests. Tours will include visits to the computer lab, classrooms, gymnasium and cafeteria. The pre-K building will be open. Crafts and refreshments will be available.…
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Oak Tree School seeks help to create garden
Parents and members of the public are invited to join the students of Oak Tree Elementary School, 226 Applegarth Road, Monroe, in constructing the school’s first community garden at 11 a.m. April 14. Rain date is April 20. Participants should bring their own gloves. Crafts and activities are planned for students. Members of the school’s…
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Singer-musician to appear at library
Louis Landon, Steinway artist, recording and touring musician, will perform at 2:30 p.m. April 13 at the Old Bridge Public Library Main Branch, Route 516 and Cottrell Road. Landon will play and sing jazz standards and some of his own compositions. The program, which is aimed at a family audience, is free of charge and…
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E. Brunswick to present performance poet
The East Brunswick Department on Aging, in conjunction with the State Theatre Artist-in-Residence Program, will present performance poet Glenis Redmond at 1 p.m. on April 22 at the East Brunswick Senior Center, 3 Jean Walling Civic Center, East Brunswick. East Brunswick residents ages 60 years and older are invited. For more information, call 732-390-6896.
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Construction beginning on new Walmart stores
‘Supercenters’ being built on Route 18 in Old Bridge and East Brunswick BY THOMAS CASTLES Staff Writer The former Sam’s Club on Route 18 in East Brunswick is being demolished to make way for a new Walmart supercenter that is slated to open next year. THOMAS CASTLES I n the face of the recession that…
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School breakfast is a simple solution
I n New Jersey, we spend billions of dollars each year on public education. Yet we fail to do a simple and inexpensive thing that can help thousands of children succeed in school — feed them breakfast. Despite the existence of a federal school breakfast program and the undisputed benefits of breakfast, New Jersey ranks…
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CODA
Rutgers president bears burden of blame for Rice GREG BEAN Like nearly everyone else in New Jersey, I’ve been angered and appalled by the disgusting and abusive behavior of the now-disgraced and unemployed former Rutgers men’s basketball coach Mike Rice. But newspaper coverage over the weekend had both my temper and my BS detector reacting…
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Preservation society seeks to chronicle history of South River
BY JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent SOUTH RIVER — A new scholarship opportunity could help both a student and the borough’s historical society. Students interested in applying for one of the two available $500 scholarships through the Richard K. Meyers South River History High School Essay Contest must write an essay of at least 1,000 words about…
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