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Girl Scouts earn Bronze Award
The Girl Scouts of the Jersey Shore recently honored 251 Girl Scouts from Monmouth and Ocean counties with the Girl Scout Bronze Award at the Girl Scouts’ Program Activity Center, Howell. Girl Scouting’s highest awards – the Bronze, Silver and Gold awards – are a girl’s chance to make a lasting difference in the world. The…
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TBS’s interplanetary laugher, ‘People Of Earth,’ gets weird in the best of ways
By Lori Acken Ozzie Graham is seeing things. Well, one thing, really. A deer — just like the one he smacked with his car outside of teensy Beacon, N.Y. Only the buck didn’t stop there. He randomly reappears. And sometimes multiplies. And sometimes talks. The situation leaves crack reporter Ozzie (played with delicious deadpan by…
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What do you think of ‘Speechless?’
Question: I am now three episodes into Speechless, but I must say that I find myself cringing every time Minnie Driver as the mom opens her mouth. And don’t even get me started on the garbage collecting, anti-social dad. I like JJ, the caregiver and the younger brother, but I am very close to giving…
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Schoolhouse Songwriter Series in Metuchen Nov. 5
The Metuchen Arts Council will sponsor the Schoolhouse Songwriters Series, an evening of live, acoustic music, which includes cafe-style seating and refreshments, at 7:30 p.m. on Nov. 5, at The Old Franklin Schoolhouse, 491 Middlesex Ave., Metuchen. It will be the 10th installment of the quarterly music event, which is hosted by Metuchen based singer-songwriter…
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Female soldier crosses cultural boundaries around the world
By JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK — Following a dream that began when she was in the eighth grade, Sarah Anne Levy is now a 27-year-old prominent member of the United States military — and an influential woman who has helped bridge gender gaps in Afghanistan. Just over 10 years ago, Levy began the process…
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Art exhibition call for entries announced
WEST LONG BRANCH — Monmouth University Center for the Arts and Autism Speaks announce a call for entries for the juried art exhibition Art + Autism, showcasing the talents and abilities of artists living with Autism Spectrum Disorder. The submission period is now open and will run until the deadline on Dec. 15, 2016. An…
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Reader urges votes for Peng
My name is Bin Chen. I have been living in Edison since 2004. In the past two months, I participated in the campaign for Shannon Peng, a candidate for the Edison Board of Education. I am deeply touched and inspired by Shannon and the way her campaign carried out. As an independent candidate, all…
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‘Lace Race’ campaign raises $32,000 for Alzheimer’s organization
JAMESBURG – Following a fundraising campaign that included a walk through Thompson Park in Jamesburg, Chelsea Senior Living raised more than $32,000 for Alzheimer’s New Jersey. All 13 of Chelsea’s New Jersey senior living communities held fundraising activities during September and October toward a goal of raising $1,000 each. Those efforts, plus other donations, and a match…
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Twin Lights will donate proceeds to VFW post
The Twin Lights Historical Society will honor our nation’s heroes this Veterans Day by contributing 100 percent of the day’s donations from lighthouse visitors to VFW Post 6902 in Highlands. The post was unable to afford much-needed work after superstorm Sandy and, four years later, can no longer put off basic repairs to the deteriorating…
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