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Gallery seeking submissions from pros
TheMetuchen Rotunda Gallery Board is seeking submissions from professional artists for exhibits in 2012. The deadline for submissions is Sept. 30, 2012. Submit 10 samples of your work in jpeg format on a disk, along with an artist statement and contact information (including email and phone number). To download a prospectus, go to www.metuchennj.org/RotundaProspectus.
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Spirit Club to hold comedy show Sept. 10
An adults-only comedy show hosted by the Edison High School Spirit Club will be held 6:30 p.m. Sept. 10 at the Elks Club, 375 Old Post Road, Edison. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and the show starts at 8 p.m. Entertainment will be provided by “The Stress Factory,” starring Tom McTiernan and Rodney Laney Cost…
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New grants help county preserve local farmland
Area farms apply for state preservation funds BY CHRIS ZAWISTOWSKI Staff Writer Several Middlesex County municipalities will receive funding to help keep gardens growing in the Garden State. Seven local municipalities including Monroe, Jamesburg and Old Bridge are eligible to receive a portion of a $1.5 million grant for farmland preservation in the county, as…
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Edison library book club to meet
The Edison Public Library’s monthly book club will meet 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 31, at the North Edison Branch Library, 777 Grove Ave. “The Beekeeper’s Apprentice,” a mystery by Laurie R. King, will be discussed. Next up is Diane Setterfield’s gothic romance “The Thirteenth Tale” on Wednesday, Sept. 28, at 2 p.m. at the Main…
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Plenty of room in the nest these days
ARE WE THERE YET LORI CLINCH I t would be an understatement to say that our house just isn’t the same since the two older boys left the nest. After Vernon, our eldest offspring, loaded up his wares and drove back to his college abode, it left quite a void in our humble home. Gone…
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I’m still country, but country just isn’t cool
CODA GREG BEAN I t’s good to be back after a week off for my youngest son’s wedding in upstate New York. If you’re interested, it was a rousing success, and as my best friend from young adulthood noted on several occasions, a LARGE time was had by all. Seems I’ve gotten an almost perfect…
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Retired seniors have earned their Social Security benefit
Senior citizens who have lived from day to day have now reached the breaking point. Many of us live on Social Security, perhaps a small pension, and the income we earn from whatever investments we have been able to make over the years. The Obama administration, with its promised “change,” has destroyed the very existence…
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Think about equality of privilege this Labor Day
Most folks need to work for a living, which makes Labor Day a very popular holiday indeed. Most folks need to work, but some folks don’t have the same access to good-paying jobs that others have. In many cases, if not most, that’s not by design. It’s just the way things work. Our country’s founding…
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