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Rep. Rush Holt takes on the food stamp challenge
Congressman highlights hunger, need for food stamps with $31.50 grocery shopping trip BY CHRIS ZAWISTOWSKI Staff Writer Congressman Rush Holt (right) and representatives from Milltown ACME and local food pantries inspect their car t during a shopping trip to raise awareness for the food stamp program. MILLTOWN — After over an hour of shopping at…
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Toastmasters Club sets Jan. 12 meeting
The Old Bridge Toastmasters Club will meet from 7 to 8:45 p.m. Jan. 12 at the Old Bridge Public Library, Route 516 and Cottrell Road. This is a “learn-by-doing” public speaking club where attendees can hone your speaking, listening and presentation skills in a comfortable manner. Speaking projects may be completed from educational manuals according…
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Participants sought for dodgeball tourney
A Dodgeball Tournament to benefit the Make-A-Wish Foundation is set for Dec. 29 at the Monroe Township Community Center, 120 Monmouth Road. Divisions are Middle School (seventhand eighth-graders), High School, Collegiate (ages 18-24) and Adult (ages 24 and up). There will be prizes, T-shirts and entertainment. Fee is $100 for middle-school teams; $150, high-school teams;…
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Historical panel slates trip to Atlantic City
The Sayreville Historical Society will sponsor a Jan. 15 bus trip to the Showboat Casino, Atlantic City. The bus will depart at 10:45 a.m. from the Sayreville Senior Center parking lot, 423 Main St. Return will be at approximately 8:30 p.m. Cost $35, with a $30 return in slot cash. There will be bingo and…
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Diaper drive to aid family after tragedy
The Goddard School located at 1480 Englishtown Road, Old Bridge, is conducting a diaper drive to help the friend of a family that is enrolled in the school. Diapers of all sizes are being accepted through Dec. 23 for the immediate use and future needs of newborn twins, Reverie and Jackson Snyder. The diapers will…
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AARP schedules trip to Sight and Sound
Sayreville AARP Chapter No. 4853 will sponsor a May 9, 2012, trip to Sight and Sound Theater, Lancaster, Pa., for a performance of “Jonah.” The cost is $110 per person and includes bus transportation, show and lunch at Millers (first choice) or Hershey Farm Restaurant. The bus will depart from the Sayreville Senior Center, off…
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Sayreville board settles with firm over ‘Bomber’ merchandise sales
BY DEANNAMcLAFFERTY Staff Writer SAYREVILLE — A print company based in Pennsylvania was to cease to profit from the Sayreville War Memorial High School Bomber name as of Dec. 13, according to Sayreville Public Schools Business Administrator Emidio D’Andrea. The Board of Education settled its lawsuit against Ohiopyle Prints Inc. and approved the agreement at…
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CODA
New Jersey pols come through for veterans GREG BEAN Soldiers won a couple of big ones last week, and onDec. 13, mywife and I were in the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., to see one of those victories in the making. Since our son, Coleman — a U.S. Army sergeant and veteran of two combat…
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Keep school-budget vote out of general election
This letter is in response to reports that a proposed bill to move Board of Education elections to become part of the November general elections may be approved by the state Legislature. It has already been overwhelmingly approved by the Assembly and is now in the Senate for a vote to be put into law.…
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