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Heart disease, nutrition lectures slated
The following lectures will be offered will discuss causes, symptoms, diagnosis free of charge at the Office onAging, South prevention, treatment, screening, stages and Brunswick Senior Center located in the municipal survival rates.complex, Route 522. Programs • “High Blood Pressure,” 10:30 a.m. open to only South Brunswick seniors age April 23, will focus on how…
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Earth Day cleanups planned for area
Kingston Greenways Association will hold Earth Day cleanups on Saturday, April 14. The Rockingham (morning) crew will collect trash around Rockingham and along Laurel Avenue in Franklin Township 9- 10:30 a.m.; meet at the gate to Rockingham Historic Site at 84 Laurel Ave. in Kingston. The Cook (afternoon) crew will concentrate on the Cook Natural…
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Knights to host two fundraisers
Knights of Columbus Council 6345 of St. Augustine Church will hold fundraisers at two locations on two weekends for people with developmental disabilities: • The Kendall Park post office (by St. Augustine Church) on two Saturdays, April 14 and April 21, between 9 a.m. and 1 p.m. • Quick Chek on the corner of Henderson…
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Jump around
Becca Malkin, 8, (r), and her sister, Alex, 7, of Manalapan, have fun in the tornado simulator during an afternoon at jerZjump, a family entertainment center in South Brunswick, on April 7. SCOTT FRIEDMAN
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Youth Art Month
Above: Second-grade student Khushi Anumalla, of Livingston Park Elementary School in North Brunswick, has her multi-media family portrait (bottom picture), inspired by the book “Tar Beach” by Faith Ringgold, hanging in the Statehouse in Trenton as part of a celebration of Youth Art Month. Pictured with her are art teacher Jennifer Peppe (l) and Principal…
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Up in the sky, it’s not a bird, or a plane — it’s The Donald
CODA GREG BEAN There’s a funny battle going on in Colts Neck between the local zoning board and Donald Trump, he of the hair that looks like he’s wearing a weasel pelt on his noggin, dyed orange. Trump, who owns the Trump National Golf Club in that community, really, really wants to put in a…
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In praise of public-school education in America
I am sure that when my grandparents came to the United States ofAmerica in 1910 it was to have a better life all around, not to isolate themselves from other ethnic/religious groups in their neighborhood, but rather to live and grow together. I grew up in the 1960s and 70s. We all had our religious…
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Be alert to signs of cruelty to animals
April is Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Month, and I urge readers to help keep their communities safe for everyone by being alert to signs of cruelty and neglect, and always reporting known or suspected abuse to law enforcement authorities immediately. Animal abusers are bullies and cowards who victimize the defenseless, and their targets often…
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Paying less in taxes just a dream
The other day I was trying to fall asleep. I thought I had a dream that this winter we did not see any snow. I then realized I did not get any sleep. In reality we did have a snowless winter. I tried again to get some sleep. This time I had a dream that…
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