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Master Gardeners to visit Giamarese
The second annual Rutgers Master Gardeners Day at Giamarese Farm, 155 Fresh Ponds Road, East Brunswick, is set for 10 a.m.-2 p.m. May 12, rain or shine. The Master Gardeners will answer questions and provide fact sheets about flowers, vegetables and rain barrels. Guests will learn about “Easy Growing Perennials and Annuals for Sun and…
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Uzi, assault rifles among guns turned in
Middlesex County collected more than 300 guns last month as part of a buyback program designed to keep the streets safer. Middlesex County Prosecutor Bruce J. Kaplan has announced that $22,010 was paid to people who participated in a gun-surrender programApril 21-22. Among the 311 guns surrendered to police, there were 264 handguns and 11…
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GI Go Fund to hold Jeans for Troops Day
The GI Go Fund and the New Jersey Chamber of Commerce will host its third annual Jeans for Troops Fundraising Drive in honor of Memorial Day. OnMay 24 (the Thursday before Memorial Day weekend), employees at participating companies will have the opportunity to donate $5 to the GI Go Fund and wear jeans to work…
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Metuchen seeks female veterans for parade
Each year the Memorial Day Parade Committee in Metuchen invites all veterans and active-duty personnel to be a part of the Memorial Day parade. The committee’s goal is to identify and honor at least one veteran from each of the existing wars. This year’s theme is “Honoring Our Women in the Military,” and the committee…
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County unveils new system for community notification
Residents encouraged to register to get information via phone, text or email The Middlesex County Board of Chosen Freeholders recently introduced a new communication system that can process thousands of contacts per minute for immediate notification. The initial rollout of the Middlesex County Community Notification System is for emergency notifications only, but the capacity and…
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Crusade to support brain tumor awareness
May is Brain Tumor Awareness Month. Brain tumors do not discriminate. Each year 300,000 people in the U.S. are diagnosed with primary brain tumor or cancer. They are the leading cause of solid tumor death in children, the second leading cause of cancer death in young men ages 20-39, and 20 percent of all other…
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Local AARP slates Niagara Falls trip
Edison AARP Chapter No. 3446 will meet at 1 p.m. May 21 at theAmerican Legion Hall, 167 Bower Ave., Edison. Peter Cerrato, who has appeared on NBC TV’s “Let’s Talk Antiques,” will speak on collecting stamps and coins, and exhibit part of his collection. For a nominal fee, appraisals will be part of the program.…
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Say ‘ah’
Anoushka Siddhada, 10, of Edison, takes a fitness test with Matt Lucarello and Julia Lee of St. Peter’s Healthcare System’s Sports Medicine Institute during the April 29 “Move It or Lose It” event at the James Madison Primary School, Edison. SCOTT FRIEDMAN
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Dental facility invites public to open house
Cosmetic Dental Associates is hosting an Open House in celebration of its new office location in Hadley Center, South Plainfield, on Saturday May 12 from 9 a.m. to noon. Everyone is invited to come and meet the doctors and staff, and tour the facility. There will be prize drawings, giveaways, refreshments and visits from several…
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