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Group seeks sponsors to help donkeys, horses
This holiday season, please consider extending your compassion and generosity to poor people and exhausted animals in India by becoming an Animal Rahat sponsor. (“Rahat” means “relief” in Hindi.) Throughout India, thousands of bullocks, horses and donkeys are forced to pull heavy carts for miles. Many suffer from muscle strain and painful sores. The exhausted…
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Cartoon unfair to nurses
The recent editorial cartoon is shamefully misleading to New Jersey residents and painfully unfair to nurses who take care of our elderly and disabled in long-term care facilities. It asserts that the state of N.J. is 22nd in longterm nursing care, which implies that nurses are solely responsible for the grade on this survey. For…
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Thanks to district for music, humanities programs
A s families gathered for Thanksgiving Day festivities, and we reflected on what we were thankful for, I was thankful to the Sayreville school district and Humanities Director Thomas Gentile for giving all children of the district, including my son, the chance to excel in their passion and love of music. I am thankful to…
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Clip car completes $25,000 prize package for OBHS
Veronica Meury, vice president and executive director of UTI Foundation, and Old Bridge High School automotive student Ariel Irizarry admire the clip car unveiled Dec. 5. The school won the clip car, a fully functional vehicle that has been altered and cut in half to become a learning tool for aspiring auto technicians, as part…
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Donations sought for children in need
Rise-A Community Service Partnership and Strive Fitness Bootcamp have joined to make the holiday season brighter for local needy children. Donations of coats, hats and gloves for children are sought. Items should be dropped off at Strive Fitness Bootcamp, 80 Smullen St., Old Bridge. Afree training session will be awarded for each gift or coat…
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Flood-mitigation plan gets OK for O.B. section of Sayreville
BY DEANNAMcLAFFERTY Staff Writer SAYREVILLE — The newly established Old Bridge section flood subcommittee is scheduled to move forward with the first phase of its flood-mitigation plans, according to Borough Engineer Jay Cornell. The first phase consists of the reconstruction of William Street to include curbs, a flap gate and check valves on piping, which…
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Planning Board gives BOE thumbs-up on concessions
O.B. school officials hope to start stand’s construction in spring BY CHRIS ZAWISTOWSKI Staff Writer OLD BRIDGE — The township Planning Board approved the school district’s plan to build a new concession at Lombardi Field as part of a courtesy review during its meeting on Dec. 6. The concession stand will be just over 2,500…
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St. Mary’s to present Handel’s ‘Messiah’
Dec. 17 candlelight concert will spotlight four soloists BY JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent The Music at St. Mary’s series will present Handel’s “Messiah” at the church in South Amboy on Dec. 17. A Christmas tradition will return to the city this year with the annual Handel’s “Messiah” performance at St. Mary’s Catholic Church. The performance, to…
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