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Dunk a politician, help the library
A Dunking Booth, featuring former South Amboy Mayor John O’Leary, City Councilman Mickey Gross, South Amboy High School teacher and coach Tony Gonsalves, and George Fuller, drum major for the Col. D.B. Kelly Pipes and Drums of the Ancient Order of Hibernians (AOH) of South Amboy, will be part of the South Amboy Arts Festival…
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Vendors welcome at Giant Flea Market
The St. Thomas Rosary Society, Old Bridge, is seeking vendors for its 22nd annual Giant Flea Market set for 8 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Aug. 18 in St. Thomas the Apostle Church parking lot, Route 18 south, Old Bridge. Rain date is Aug. 25. Spaces cost $15 each, $25 for two. Table-rental fee is $5 per table.…
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Vendors welcome at Giant Flea Market
The St. Thomas Rosary Society, Old Bridge, is seeking vendors for its 22nd annual Giant Flea Market set for 8 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Aug. 18 in St. Thomas the Apostle Church parking lot, Route 18 south, Old Bridge. Rain date is Aug. 25. Spaces cost $15 each, $25 for two. Table-rental fee is $5 per table.…
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Students welcome at E.B. temple school
Temple B’nai Shalom, Fern and Old Stage Roads, East Brunswick, is accepting registration for its 2012-13 Early Childhood Learning Center nursery school and/or kindergarten. Temple membership is not required. The school provides a secular and Jewish education taught by certified teachers. Programs include full and half days beginning at age 2 1/2, full-day kindergarten, kindergarten…
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FBI agent to offer ‘Civil-Rights Topics’
The Brandeis National Committee (BNC), Middlesex County Chapter, and the East Brunswick Public Library will sponsor a program titled “It’s a Felony: Civil Rights Hot Topics” 1 p.m. Aug. 16 at the library, Jean Walling Civic Center. Special Agent Khadijah Davis of the Civil-Rights Squad of the FBI’s Newark Division will present an overview of…
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Police charge South Amboy man with heroin possession
SOUTH AMBOY — A city man was arrested July 21 after police allegedly found him asleep in the driver’s seat of a van with suspected heroin in his possession. Police responded to a report of a man passed out in a van and located the vehicle with its driver, later identified as Darryl Piazzolla, 51,…
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New initiative at CINJ aims to advance personalized cancer treatments
With recent advancements in technology and biomedical informatics, a more personalized approach to prescribing cancer treatment and developing these therapies is preferred over “one-size-fits-all” methods.The Cancer Institute of New Jersey (CINJ) has been on the cuttingedge of this movement and is now launching a more concrete effort that is poised to change the way that…
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The link between vision and learning
By Dr. S. Moshe Roth A ugust has been proclaimed as Children’s Vision and Learning Month by Gov. Chris Christie and many local government officials. Its purpose is to promote the detection of vision problems that affect reading and learning. It is a common misconception that eyeglasses solve all vision problems and that all eye…
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Raritan Bay Medical Center recognized for exceptional stroke care
Raritan Bay Medical Center, with locations in Old Bridge and Perth Amboy, has received the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s Get With The Guidelines — Stroke Silver Plus Quality Achievement Award.The award recognizes the medical center’s commitment and success in implementing a higher standard of stroke care by ensuring that stroke patients receive treatment according…
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