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    Chase Burrows, 7, enjoys one of the rides at the New Egypt Fall Festival, held Oct. 27 in Plumsted Township. MATT DENTON

  • DINNIGAN’S DIVERSIONS

    Surviving the five-day Sandy ‘hurrication’ LIZZ DINNIGAN Like everyone else along New Jersey’s coastline, my family and I were anxious about Sandy’s approach this past Monday. We live in a historic waterfront town, and our brightly colored colonial, built in 1852, sits just 300 feet from Raritan Bay. This house has withstood numerous storms since…

  • Pal scholarship deadline is Nov. 15

    The Marna Pal Memorial Scholarship Fund will be giving away its first seven scholarships this year. These scholarships are available to all students between the ages of 17 and 25 residing in New Jersey. The student must be a senior in high school or higher and planning on or currently pursuing higher education. The application…

  • Support is needed to help combat pancreatic cancer

    Over the past 30 years, there has been a revolution in science and medicine, resulting in increased survival rates for many diseases but, unfortunately, pancreatic cancer has not benefited from these advances, because historically, there have not been enough people who know about it. As a result, pancreatic cancer is the only one of the…

  • CODA

    We couldn’t imagine such destruction — now we can GREG BEAN The electric power to our neighborhood in East Brunswick, near the Milltown border, went off at around 10 p.m. Oct. 29, a few hours after Sandy made landfall on the Jersey Shore. It was a long, dark night with plenty of big wind, but…

  • datebook 

     Celebrate Veterans Day by viewing the 1955 movie “To Hell and Back” at 1 p.m. Nov. 10 at the Jackson Library. The factual World War II film is about Audie Murphy, the most decorated soldier in U.S. history. The program is free and open to the public, but registration is requested. Details: 732-928-4400. …

  • Relief fund launched for N.J. residents

    Gov. Chris Christie and First Lady Mary Pat Christie have announced the formation of the Hurricane Sandy New Jersey Relief Fund to help residents impacted by the superstorm that wrought damage and destruction in New Jersey on Oct. 29. “As recovery efforts continue, we know that even greater needs will become apparent for our families…

  • Sandy causes blood donation emergency

    New Jersey Blood Services (NJBS), a division of New York Blood Center (NYBC), is asking for post-Sandy emergency blood donations. Although hospital needs were met, and heroic donors found the NYBC facilities that were able to remain open, the unprecedented disruption depleted the blood supply to the point where a significant recovery effort is necessary,…

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