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Caregivers Support Group meets March 20
Caregivers of elderly loved one often suffer a higher incidence of illnesses than the general public due to stress and neglecting their own health. To reverse this trend, caregivers need to be aware of the dilemma as well as have a tool kit of self-care techniques. Apresentation titled “Caring for the Caregiver” at the March…
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Spotswood students to stage ‘Carousel’
The Spotswood High School Drama Club will present Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “Carousel” March 15-18 at the school, 105 Summerhill Road. Performances on Thursday, Friday and Saturday start at 7 p.m.; Sunday is a matinee beginning at 2 p.m. Tickets are $10 for adults; $6 for students and seniors. To order tickets or for more information,…
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Knights to host Fish-Fry Dinners
Knights of Columbus Council No. 4907 is offering its annual Lenten Fish-Fry Dinners 5-7:30 p.m. every Friday in Lent, throughApril 6 at the council hall, 30 Crescent Ave., Spotswood. Dinners include soup, salad and vegetable bar, soda, dessert and coffee. There will be weekly specials, fried shrimp and flounder, oven-baked tilapia and other choices. Takeouts…
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Comedy show benefits E.B. firefighter
“A Night For Tommie,” a comedy benefit for East Brunswick firefighter Tommie Lukowski, will be heldApril 5 at the East Brunswick PerformingArts Center (Hammarskjold Middle School), 200 Rues Lane. Doors open at 6:30 p.m., with the show at 7:30 p.m. The event is hosted by FDNY firefighter John Larrocchia (ret.) and features Steve Alleva, JJ…
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Survivor of Sobibor uprising to speak
On the evening ofApril 18 at 7:30 p.m., Philip Bialowitz will visit The Young Israel of East Brunswick to discuss his role in one of the most successful and largest uprisings against the Nazis as depicted in the film “Escape from Sobibor.” As one of the eight living survivors, Bialowitz has lectured all over the…
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Jamesburg church set to install new pastor
St. James the Less Church has scheduled the installation of the Rev. Kevin P. Duggan as pastor for March 18 at a noon Mass. The parish is located at 36 Lincoln Ave., Jamesburg.
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East Brunswick to register first-graders
East Brunswick is holding first-grade registration for the 2012-13 school year 9:30-11 a.m. and 1:30-3 p.m. March 21. Parents of entering first-graders who will be new to one of the district’s eight elementary schools should register their children on that day. Parents unable to register on this date are encouraged to call the school office…
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‘Rescuing the River’ screening March 22
A free showing of “Rescuing the River” will be held March 22 at the Raritan Bay YMCATheater, 357 New Brunswick Ave., Perth Amboy. “Rescuing the River” is an hour-long documentary narrated by actor Avery Brooks that traces the history of the lower Raritan as an industrial corridor and looks at both the legacy of contamination…
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Tricky tray March 16 at Franklin H.S.
Franklin Woman’s Club will hold its 19th Annual Tricky Tray March 16 at Franklin High School, 500 Elizabeth Ave., Somerset. Doors will open at 6 p.m. and the auction starts at 7:30 p.m. Admission is $12 in advance, $15 at door, and includes coffee/ tea, dessert bar, door prizes and a sheet of tickets. Prizes…
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