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News Transcript Datebook, Sept. 28
• Companion Animal Rescue and Education (CARE) will hold its next monthly puppy adoption event at Petco, 4345 Route 9 North, Freehold Township, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Oct. 8. To view puppies, visit www.carenj.com • A discussion about “Medicare and You” will be presented by Samantha White, Monmouth County State Health Insurance Assistance…
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Tri-Town News Datebook, Sept. 29
• The Women of St. Monica, 679 W. Veterans Highway, Jackson, are looking for vendors, crafters and flea market sellers for their first craft/vendor fair and flea market to be held on Oct. 15 from 8 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. The vendor and craft tables cost $30 and will be inside St. Monica’s Church Parish…
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Edison Library celebrates 200 years of Frankenstein
Ron MacCloskey owns the largest collection of Frankenstein memorabilia on the East Coast. He has been collecting since he was seven years old. This year is the 200th anniversary of the original story written by Mary Shelley in 1816. It is also the 85th anniversary of the classic Universal movie starring Boris Karloff, made in…
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Better health for mom and baby seminar slated
The Metuchen Public Library will hold a free seminar on mother and baby health from 7 p.m.-8:30 p.m. on Sept. 29. The seminar, held in conjunction with JFK Medical Center, will focus on the importance of early prenatal care, breastfeeding, labor and delivery choices, in addition to well-baby care and adjustments to parenthood. Guest speakers…
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New Jersey’s wine industry enjoying a renaissance
You may be surprised to learn that two New Jerseyans started our state’s wine industry almost two decades before the American Revolution. At the time, Great Britain was thirsting for good wine in the Colonies, and London’s Royal Society of Arts offered a reward to any colonist who could produce wine of the same caliber…
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Marlboro board approves 15 homes on Buckley Road
By Peter Elacqua Staff Writer MARLBORO – Members of the Marlboro Planning Board have granted final approval to an application filed by a developer who plans to build 15 homes on Buckley Road. Representatives of Stillwell Holdings, LLC, appeared before the board on Sept. 21. The board had granted preliminary approval to the application on…
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Jean Riehle
Jean C. Riehle (nee Pye), 80, of Manalapan, passed away peacefully on Sept. 18, after a long battle with Parkinson’s disease. Jean was born on Dec. 30, 1935 in Newark to Hoyt and Bernadette Pye. She is survived by five children, Frederick (Michelle) Riehle, Jeanmarie (Miguel) Laracuente, Joe Riehle, Bernadette Riehle and Christian (Paula) Riehle;…
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Old Bridge teen drums up experience of a lifetime
By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer OLD BRIDGE — Put drumsticks in Nicholas Tucci’s hands and the Old Bridge High School freshman will rock out. And that is exactly what he did when Blink 182’s drummer Travis Barker let him close out the rock band’s show at the BB&T Pavilion in Camden on Aug. 12 in front of…
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Judith V. Quinn
Judith V. Quinn, 89, of Woodbridge, who would have celebrated her 90th birthday Sept. 22, passed away Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2016, at the Raritan Bay Medical Center in Perth Amboy. Mrs. Quinn was born in Carteret to the late Rev. Dr. Charles and Helen (Elias) Vincze and had previously lived in the Magyar Reformed Church…
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