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Seniors offer trip to winery, Smithville
Sayreville AARP Chapter No. 4853 will sponsor a June 13 trip to Renault Winery, Egg Harbor City, and to the town of Smithville. The bus will depart from the Sayreville Senior Center, off Main Street. The package will include bus transportation, wine tasting with lunch and a visit to Smithville. Cost is $50 per person,…
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St. Ambrose students take top prizes
The Academic Teams from St. Ambrose School, Old Bridge, brought home firstplace trophies after excelling at the Hammarskjold Academic Challenge. The competition is designed to provide academically talented students with a forum to excel and demonstrate their abilities. Altogether, 24 teams made up of gifted sixth-, seventh- and eighth-graders from eight schools throughout New Jersey…
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Real reform: School staff should pay more for benefits
The assault on charter schools continues. It’s not bad enough that the East Brunswick School District Board of Education is wasting thousands of taxpayer dollars in legal fees fighting the Hatikvah charter school. Now the East Brunswick Township Council supports a bill thatwould require public approval of new charter schools. Residents getting a chance to…
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Monroe missed opportunity with denial of plan
I t was with great sadness that my husband and I read the news that the Francis E. Parker Memorial Home’s application to build in Monroe Township was denied. When my family moved to Monroe in 1953 we became acquainted with the Parker facility when our school and church choirs sang there for the residents.…
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Writer asks: What position will columnist take?
Congratulations are in order to your columnist Greg Bean on the occasion of his and his wife’s long successful fight for the rights of returning military servicemen and servicewomen to receive counseling for mental stress and suicide prevention. I wonder how Mr. Bean would feel if the federal government decides to abruptly rescind this law…
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Local towns challenge water rate hike proposal
Middlesex Water seeks to increase rates by 17.5% BYADAM JOSEPH DRICI Staff Writer Several local municipalities are working together to intervene on a proposal by Middlesex Water Co. to increase water rates by about 17.5 percent. East Brunswick, Old Bridge and South River are among the towns intervening in the rate hike request, filed earlier…
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Kiwanis to hold dinner-mystery fundraiser
The Kiwanis Club of Old Bridge will host “My Alma Murder,” a dinner-mystery event, 7-11 p.m. April 14 at the Friendly Sons of the Shillelagh, 15 Oak St., Old Bridge. The play centers on a 1965 high school class reunion. (Period dress is optional.) Dinner will feature a hot and cold buffet. There will be…
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O.B. police seek suspect in carjacking
OLD BRIDGE — Police are continuing to investigate a carjacking that occurred last week at the Gateway Shopping Center on Route 9. The incident took place around 5:57 p.m. March 15 near the entrance to the Robert Wood Johnson Fitness & Wellness Center at the back of the shopping plaza. According to police, the female…
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