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Performers mark anniversary of 9/11
Rising Phoenix dancers and performers will pay tribute to 9/11 families, heroes and volunteers 1 p.m. Nov. 6 at the Crossroads Theatre, New Brunswick. Tickets range from $35 to $55. For more information or to purchase tickets, visit www.therisingphoenix.org.
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Brain-tumor forum scheduled for Oct. 29
The Brain Tumor Support Group, now in its 20th year, along with the JFK Brain Tumor Center, the Musella Foundation and the Monmouth and Ocean County Brain Tumor Support Group will host Diagnosis Brain Tumor: You Are Not Alone IV, a regional brain-tumor conference set for 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Oct. 29 at JFK Medical Center,…
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Aldona R. Kukulski Congiu
Mrs. Congiu, 83, died Oct. 14, 2011, at St. Peter’s University Hospital, New Brunswick. Born in Sayreville, she moved to North Brunswick in 1958. Mrs. Congiu worked as an aide at Linwood Middle School in North Brunswick for 25 years before retiring in 2007. She was a member of the New Jersey Education Association and…
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Bruce Stellavato
Mr. Stellavato, 60, died Oct. 12, 2011, at RobertWood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. Born in Newark, he was a longtime resident of North Brunswick. He was employed at the Home Depot in Milltown. Mr. Stellavato was predeceased by his father, Anthony J. Stellavato. Surviving are his mother, Ruth Sanderson Stellavato; four sisters, Debra Stellavato…
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Rid your home of unwanted Rx drugs
The Middlesex County Coalition for Healthy Communities, together with most municipalities and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), will hold Operation Take Back Initiative on Oct. 29 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. This event gives the public an opportunity to rid their homes of potentially dangerous expired, unused, and unwanted prescription drugs. Most Middlesex County…
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‘Smoking Cessation’ & ‘Weight Loss’ sessions
The Hypnosis Counseling Center will present a special set of workshops on Nov. 3 — “Smoking Cessation” and “Weight Loss”— at the North Brunswick Municipal Complex, 710 Hermann Road. Each one-hour workshop includes hypnosis exercises, discussion and an optional audio tape for $13 or CD for $18, which assists in reinforcing immediate results and long-range…
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Republicans to host Halloween party
North Brunswick Republicans will host a Halloween party at the North Brunswick American Legion, 1015 Linwood Place, North Brunswick, 7 p.m. Oct. 28. A portion of the proceeds will go to the North Brunswick Care to Walk, in recognition of Breast and Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month. Additionally, non-perishable food items will be collected for the…
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New prayer area available for Christ the King parishioners
For Eagle Scout project, Chris Molnar creates stone patio, adds landscaping BY DEANNAMcLAFFERTY Staff Writer Christ the King Lutheran Church in South Brunswick now has a landscaped stone patio, complete with benches and a birdbath, as a result of Chris Molnar’s Eagle Scout project. SOUTH BRUNSWICK— Worshippers at Christ the King Lutheran Church will now…
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Not everyone’s poor in ‘poorer’ school districts
CODA GREG BEAN If you want one more bit of proof that the Abbott district funding scheme is a colossally expensive failure, just look at what happened when Joseph Ferraina, the longtime superintendent of the Long Branch schools, retired recently with a $154,741-peryear pension. Ferraina ran the schools in his Abbott district like a fiefdom,…
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