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Knights to host Fish-Fry Dinners
Knights of Columbus Council No. 4907 will offer its annual Lenten Fish-Fry Dinners 5-7:30 p.m. every Friday in Lent, Feb. 24-April 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.…
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Inaugural Winter Market a ‘buy local’ opportunity
Numerous vendors to set up shop, selling everything from the organic to the exotic BYADAM JOSEPH DRICI Staff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK — The Community Arts Center will play host to the township’s first Winter Farmers Market on March 10. By last week, local vendors and groups had already reserved 31 spaces for the Friends of…
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Program to address salamander migration
The Friends of the East Brunswick Environmental Commission will sponsor a presentation titled “Save Our Salamanders! The Story of East Brunswick’s Vernal Pools” 7-9 p.m. March 1 at the East Brunswick Community Arts Center, 721 Cranbury Road. Vernal pools, also called vernal ponds or ephemeral pools, are temporary pools of water. They are usually devoid…
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Milltown board, council vote to move election
Members of the two bodies were divided over switch to November election BY JASON COHEN Correspondent MILLTOWN — At separate meetings held on the same night, the Board of Education and the Borough Council both voted to move the borough’s annual school election to November. The school district thus joined more than 400 others in…
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A little town, a lot of history
Cultural and Heritage Commission aims to preserve Spotswood’s past BY CHRIS ZAWISTOWSKI Correspondent Spotswood’s stop on the Camden & Amboy Railroad, which was located in the area behind what is now the Spotswood Public Library and the Jersey Pride food store, helped to make the town a popular vacation destination for New Yorkers looking for…
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Monroe Twp. board OKs use of $2M for tax relief
Unspent funds among $7.25M left over from high school construction BY JAMES McEVOY Staff Writer With the 2012-13 school budget in mind, the Monroe Township Board of Education voted last week to use $2 million in unused bond funds to offset the tax levy. The board unanimously approved the resolution during its Feb. 15 meeting.…
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Elks seek to lift deed to sell land to S. River
Councilman reports early version of 2012 budget includes stable tax rate BY JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent The Elks organization is pursuing legal action that may help the fire department get a new firehouse. According to South River Borough Councilman Thomas Roselli, the Elks have filed legal papers in state Superior Court to remove a deed restriction…
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The Friends of the Jamesburg Public Library brought “President Abraham Lincoln,” played by Robert Costello, and his entourage to the library on Gatzmer Avenue on Feb. 16. JEFF GRANIT staff
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Monroe library to host artists’ reception
A Gallery Artist Reception will take place Feb. 25, 1-4 p.m., at the Monroe Township Public Library, 4 Municipal Plaza, Monroe, to celebrate an exhibit of photographs taken by the Callahan family of South River. The exhibit, on exhibit through April in the library’s Rotunda Art Gallery, features photographs taken by Michael, Pat and their…
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