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Library membership offered to Helmetta
The Jamesburg Public Library, 229 Gatzmer Ave., is offering memberships to Helmetta residents at a cost of $30 a year. Fee will include participation in the Libraries of Middlesex County Consortium, allowing members to borrow print books, audio books, CDs, DVDs and magazines from other member libraries as well as the Jamesburg Library. For more…
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S.R. Office on Aging sets events, programs
The South River Office on Aging/Senior Center, 55 Reid St., offers a variety of activities 9:45 a.m.-3 p.m. Mondays-Fridays. The August schedule is as follows: fitness room, Mondays-Fridays, 9:45 a.m.-2:30 p.m.; membership photo-identification cards, daily, noon-2 p.m.; chair-exercise classes, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 10 a.m. (no class Aug. 2); haircuts, Wednesdays, 10…
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Activities, programs slated at senior center
A variety of upcoming programs will be offered at the Monroe Township Senior Center, 1 Municipal Plaza, Perrineville Road. It is necessary to register in advance for all featured programs and activities. Individuals who are 55 years of age and older, who reside in Monroe Township and who are registered members of the Monroe Senior…
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E. Brunswick to finance new District 3 firehouse
Councilwoman questions whether 19 voters represent ‘the will of the people’ BY ADAM JOSEPH DRICI Staff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK — In an effort to help Fire District No. 3 with the financing of its new firehouse, the Township Council will hold a public hearing on a $2 million bond ordinance for the Riva Avenue facility.…
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CODA
Even Club Fed doesn’t have a golf course for inmates GREG BEAN One thing is pretty sure: Where Peter F. Burnham, the disgraced ex-president of Brookdale College, is likely going, they won’t have a golf course. Burnham, who pleaded guilty July 24 to a number of the charges against him for siphoning money from the…
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Don’t exploit national tragedy for political reasons
There are many different ways to express our grief at a national tragedy such as the massacre in Colorado. Some might send notes of condolence or offer up prayers for the speedy recovery of the victims. Others, such as the cartoonist for Greater Media Newspapers, express their “anguish and empathy” by creating an editorial cartoon…
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Grateful for aid from family, community
Our son has asked to be present while our home, destroyed by Hurricane Irene, is demolished. I am unsure if seeing the home in which we raised our children torn down is how I want to close this year, but our son, too, has had a hard year, and we will honor his request. We…
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New Ford Avenue plan allows for 350 residences
Resident raises concerns about occupancy restrictions and an influx of schoolchildren BY JAMES McEVOY Staff Writer MILLTOWN — Plans to redevelop Ford Avenue are moving forward with the Milltown Borough Council’s unanimous adoption of an amended redevelopment plan on July 23. The council had introduced the ordinance in June. The plan was amended from the…
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