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Tickets on sale for McGovern concert
The Greenbriar at Whittingham adult community, Monroe, will present singer Maureen McGovern in a performance set for 8 p.m. Aug. 20 at the Richard P. Marasco Performing Arts Center, Monroe Township High School, Perrineville Road. Opening act will be comedian Max Dolcelli. Tickets cost $22 per person. The public is invited to attend. To reserve…
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Cheer Booster Club to sponsor car wash
The East Brunswick High School Cheer Booster Club will hold a fundraising car wash 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Aug. 20 at the high school, Cranbury Road. Cost is $5 for cars and sport utility vehicles (SUVs), $7 for trucks. All proceeds will be used to fund team necessities in the coming year.
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Sock-Hop proceeds to fight breast cancer
ASock Hop to Stomp Out Breast Cancer is set for 7:30 p.m.-midnight Aug. 13 at Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 133, 485 Cranbury Road, East Brunswick. Proceeds will benefit the Susan G. Komen Central and South New Jersey Affiliate. The event will be hosted by Heidi Rogol, a two-time breast cancer survivor. Music will…
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Police charge four 16-year-olds and one adult in E.B. robberies
EAST BRUNSWICK — Police arrested four juveniles and one adult in connection with two robberies that occurred in the township on Aug. 1. According to police, the first robbery took place around 5 a.m., when five young males approached a resident of the Crosspointe development who was waiting on Renee Road for a taxi. The…
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Thrift Shop seeking clothing donations
The Spotswood Thrift Shop at St. Peter’s Church, 505 Main St., corner of Devoe and Main, is seeking clothing donations. The shop is in the largest building in the center of the property; entrance is on Main Street. A parking lot is adjacent to the firehouse. Women’s summer tops are especially sought; however, all clothing…
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Meeting to feature political folk music
Aprogram of political folk music will be presented at the next meeting of the Coalition for Peace Action of Monroe Township planned for 10 a.m. Aug. 17 in the courtroom of the Monroe Township Municipal Building, Perrineville Road. Guest will be Sharleen Leahey, guitarist and political satirist. The public is invited to attend. For more…
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Community theater: playing nearby tonight
BY GREGORY D.V. HOLMES Correspondent Members of the Main Street Theater Co. in Parlin act out a scene during a recent production of “The Music Man.” The curtain opens. Location: your home. Time: the weekend. Family member No. 1: What do you want to do tonight? Narrator: How about dinner and a show? Family member…
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Among readers, humor is in the eye of the beholder
CODA GREG BEAN I ’ve been writing a newspaper column for over 30 years, and I’ve never gotten in more trouble than when I penned something I thought was pretty funny that either fell flat, because some readers didn’t get the humor, or found what I’d said outright offensive. Two cases in point: Back in…
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Closed South River council meetings are suspect
I n South River, proclamations of open government by the current Republican administration don’t hold up. This has never been more true than in the past few months as the borough readies itself for two construction projects that are each, by themselves, the biggest project in borough history. As the governing body goes through the…
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