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Zimmerli highlights revelations in Soviet nonconformist art
“Counterform 1959” oil-on-canvas by Valery Yurlov The Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers University, New Brunswick, will continue its series of one-person shows devoted to Soviet nonconformist artists with “In the Search of an Absolute: Art of Valery Yurlov,” on view through June 3. Yurlov stands out as one of the earliest proponents of analytical abstraction…
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Middlesex sheriff hires officers laid off by police departments
Middlesex County Sheriff Mildred Scott announced Friday that she has hired 13 police officers who had been laid off by the Paterson and Newark police departments. “We were fortunate to be able to replace many of our retired officers with well-qualified officers who were unemployed due to layoffs in Newark and Paterson,” Scott said. “Because…
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Whole-house energy efficiency to be topic
The East Brunswick Green Living Club, sponsored by the Friends of the East Brunswick Environmental Commission, will present a program titled “Energy Efficiency: The Whole-House Approach” 7-9 p.m. Jan. 23 at the East Brunswick Public Library, Jean Walling Civic Center. Guest speaker Dave Mayer of General Heating and Cooling will discuss the reasons why energy…
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BLOOPERS
Bare with us …’ Uh, no thank you. ADELE YOUNG ‘ E very new year, we like to disclose some of the amusing constructions that came across our desks during the previous 12 months. Thank goodness, most of the gaffes in this column were caught in time and did not make it into one of…
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DIY authors realize challenges, rewards
Many local writers take self-published route BY CHRIS ZAWISTOWSKI Staff Writer Uta Burke of East Brunswick self-published a young-adult paranormal novel, “Immortal Link,” which finds a teenager in Jim Thorpe, Pa., taking revenge on her attacker and receiving more justice than she thought humanly possible. Soccer is kind of Ken Jones’ thing. The Old Bridge…
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CODA
How about a nice watch when these folks retire? GREG BEAN A ll right, wage slaves — at least those of you who have toiled in the mines of the dreaded private sector — I’ve got a question. I remember my last day on nearly every job I ever had, and I remember my final…
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State’s policy on housing developmentally disabled shortsighted
GUEST COLUMN DR. SALVATORE PIZZURO The plight of New Jerseyans with developmental disabilities has received considerable media attention in recent weeks. Perhaps the most immediate burning issue regarding this population is the housing problem. In many cases, the parents of adults with developmental disabilities are elderly and unable to continue to care for their offspring…
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What happened to Santa Claus?
When I was young my parents took our family every year around this time to enjoy Rockefeller Center, light a candle and say a prayer at St. Patrick’s and walk to Macy’s while looking into the store windows that had been decorated. During our stay, especially in the Rockefeller Center plaza area, we always noticed…
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