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fundraisers
Sept. 29-Oct. 6 Children’s Halloween-Costume Collection, sponsored by the Junior Woman’s Club of the Greater BrunswickArea, the General Federation of Women’s Clubs and New Rave Cleaners of Milltown. Donations of gently used and cleaned costumes for infants to teens may be brought to New Rave Cleaners, Ryders Lane, Milltown; new costumes also appreciated. Items…
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Janice Dusko (c) of Sayreville attends the Middlesex County Senior Health and Fitness Walk at Roosevelt Park in Edison Sept. 21. The Board of Chosen Freeholders and county Office on Aging and Disabled Services hosted the event, which drew almost 500 participants and included blood pressure, glucose and balance screenings. JEFF GRANIT staff
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JCP&L vows to improve on Hurricane Irene effort
JCP&L president acknowledges communications with towns ‘failed’ in wake of storm BY CHRIS ZAWISTOWSKI Staff Writer James White said that as a child, his mother told him if he didn’t have anything good to say, he shouldn’t say anything at all. Butwhen it came to Jersey Central Power & Light Co.’s efforts during Hurricane Irene,…
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Halloween-costume collection under way
The Junior Woman’s Club of the Greater Brunswick Area, the General Federation of Women’s Clubs (GFWC) and New Rave Cleaners of Milltown have partnered to collect gently used and cleaned Halloween costumes for infants to teens. New costumes also are appreciated. Donations may be brought through Oct. 6 to New Rave Cleaners, Ryders Lane, Milltown.…
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GOP Women to hold interactive program
The next meeting of the Middlesex County Republican Women’s Club is planned for 7:30 p.m. Oct. 4 at the East Brunswick Public Library, Jean Walling Civic Center. Debi Merz, president of the Morris County Women’s GOP Club and four-term councilwoman in Jefferson Township, and Theresa Yarosh, financial planner, both 10- year members of Toastmasters International,…
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Film, photography, poetry at museum
ArtAfter Hours will return 5-9 p.m. Oct. 5 at the Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers, 71 Hamilton St., New Brunswick, with a reception for the exhibition “Cast Me Not Away: Soviet Photography in the 1980s From the Norton and Nancy Dodge Collection,” a screening of the 2009 film “Perestroika” and student poetry readings. An exhibition…
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Fleamarket, bake sale slated at church
Messiah Lutheran Church, 3091 Bordentown Ave., Parlin section of Sayreville, will sponsor its Flea Market and Youth Group Bake Sale 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Oct. 1. Vendor spaces cost $15 each; participants must provide their own tables. Hot dogs, potato chips and beverages will be available at the event. For more information or to reserve a…
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Vendors welcome at Oct. 13 SEPTA event
In recognition of October Is Disability Awareness Month, the East Brunswick Special Education PTA (SEPTA) will sponsor a Vendor and Information Night 7-9 p.m. Oct. 13 at Chittick School, 5 Flagler St., East Brunswick. Agencies will be available to provide information on listening therapy, reading and speech, chiropractic, audiology, friendship club and recreation, financial advice…
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Suspects charged in murder of Old Bridge man
BY DEANNAMcLAFFERTY Staff Writer Police have charged three suspects with murder in connection with the Sept. 18 carjacking in Atlantic City that resulted in the death of an Old Bridge man. Eric Darden, 20, Phillip Byrd, 20, and Raheem Simmons, 18, all of Camden, face charges of felony murder, murder, carjacking, kidnapping, theft, robbery and…
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