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Rabbi feels Ocean is right place for yeshiva
By KENNY WALTER Staff Writer OCEAN TOWNSHIP — With the court overriding the local zoning board, stakeholders for a yeshiva think Logan Road will be the perfect location for the Jewish college. Rabbi Shlomo Lesin said during the Sept. 8 Ocean Township Workshop meeting that the 80 students who will attend Yeshiva Gedola Na’os Yaakov…
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Arts center to host Sutton Foster Sept. 24
DEAL PARK — The Axelrod Performing Arts Center (APAC) will host two-time Tony Award winner Sutton Foster as the guest star for a special gala evening at 8 p.m. Sept. 24 at 100 Grant Ave. “An Evening with Sutton Foster” will benefit the theatrical and cultural programming at APAC. Foster won Tony Awards for her leading roles in…
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Bus trip to Atlantic City slated for Sept. 20
The Altar Society of Sts. Peter & Paul Church will sponsor a bus trip to Resorts Casino in Atlantic City on Sept. 20. The bus will leave at 9 a.m. from the church parking lot, Whitehead Avenue, South River. The cost is $30, with $25 back in slot dollars. See any member for a reservation…
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Area teens run Girls Can Code club at library
EAST BRUNSWICK — Although computer science is one of the fastest growing career areas, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that there is an alarming lack of women in the profession. The number of women who work in computer science is less than 27 percent; computer science classes have similar demographics, according to information…
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Middlesex County, Sansone pilot employment program for veteran inmates
Middlesex County is piloting a Veteran Inmate Employment Program that provides veterans and their immediate families opportunities to engage in full-time, meaningful employment. To qualify for the program —which is sponsored and administrated by Sansone Auto Mall in Avenel — inmates must be military veterans or the immediate family of a veteran and be scheduled…
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Cheers & Jeers
by Damian Holbrook Cheers to Adam Ruins Everything for going Hollywood. The premiere of the Adam Conover-hosted truTV treat spilled showbiz tea on red-carpet stylists, reality-TV fakery and awards-show fixes…with an assist from Crazy Ex-Girlfriend’s Rachel Bloom! Jeers to Kelly Dodd for being a real foul wife of Orange County. Of all the sniping we…
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Affordable housing discussion to continue in Old Bridge
By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer OLD BRIDGE — The discussion on the township’s Fair Share Housing Obligation will continue at the next council meeting later this month. The special counsel on the Council on Affordable Housing (COAH), the Township Council and Mark Remsa, a professional planner, who are assisting the township in regard to Affordable…
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Cougars, Patriots out to win more girls soccer championships
By Tim Morris The Shore Conference A North Division has a well-earned reputation for excellence in girls soccer. Now, with the return of 2015 NJSIAA Group III state champion Colts Neck High School to the division, it has become possibly the toughest in the state with two state champions in the fold. In addition to…
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Teen magazines have fed youthful fan frenzy for decades
By Eric Kohanik,ReMIND Magazine Teen magazines have always capitalized on frenetic fan frenzy. And their business models have always basically been the same: focus on what has long been a coveted demographic — young and primarily female consumers unafraid to swoon over their favorite music and TV idols, and eager to feast on celebrity gossip…
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