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Seniors offering trip to Mackinac Island
Our Lady of Victories (OLV) Seniors will sponsor anAug. 21-27 trip to Mackinac Island, Mich. Cost of the trip is $609 and includes motorcoach transportation, six nights’ lodging including four consecutive nights in northern Michigan, 10 meals, a boat ride through the Soo Locks and admission to colonial Michilimackinac. A visit to Mackinac Island will…
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Local playwrights ‘choose to laugh’ — you will, too
Play looks at highs & lows of life in adult communities BY CHRISTINA HABERSTROH Staff Writer Brandon Allentoff (l-r) of Howell, and Milt Keiles and Arnold Brown, both of Monroe, rehearse a scene from “Fade Out at Clo-Achers.” The play, written by Monroe residents Myra Danon and Meryl Berness, steps beyond the security gates of…
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A hometown baseball legend is remembered
Shop owners deliver on decades-old promise to mother of Frankie Hayes BY CHRISTINA HABERSTROH Staff Writer A baseball card from Frankie Hayes’ time with the Philadelphia Athletics, with whom he spent most of his career. JEFF GRANIT staff JAMESBURG — A local couple has stepped up to the plate to fulfill a 40-year-old promise they…
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Hebrew-speakers club to meet June 19
The next meeting of the Chug Ivrit club for intermediate-advanced Hebrew speakers will take place 11 a.m. June 19 at a private home in the Highland Park area. Chug Ivrit is sponsored by the Raritan Valley Chapter of Hadassah. Meetings are free of charge and open to the public. Men and women are invited. Membership…
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fundraisers
June 16 & 17 Book Sale, sponsored by the Friends of the Old Bridge Public Library, 9:30 a.m.- 8:30 p.m., at the library Main Branch, Route 516 and Cottrell Road. Books, videos, phonograph records, maps, DVDs, CDs. Proceeds support library programming and equipment. All sales final. Call 732-721- 5600, ext. 5033; log on to…
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Library Scrabble Club will gather on June 17
The Sayreville Public Library Scrabble Club will hold a meeting 1:30-3:30 p.m. June 17 at the library, Washington Road. The library has a Scrabble board, but participants are free to bring their own. The club meets on the first and third Friday of every month. Registration is not required. For more information, call Alaina at…
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Old Bridge students sew dresses for disadvantaged
Old Bridge High School students Meriam Kahany (l-r), Sabrina Shay and Melissa Valazza show off some of the pillowcase dresses they made as part of Hope 4 Women International’s “Dress a Girl Around the World campaign.” The dresses will be delivered to needy children. OLD BRIDGE — Students at Old Bridge High School participated recently…
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Podiatrist to offer lecture on diabetes
Dr. Varun “Ben” Gujral, D.P.M., will present a diabetes lecture at noon June 22 at Waterside Villas, 1 Overlook Drive, Monroe. Topics of discussion will include the types of diabetes, how diabetes can lead to heart disease and the importance of a healthy diet and exercise. A light lunch will be served following the lecture.…
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Jazz panel to screen classic Getz concert
A DVD of Stan Getz performing at the Cafe Montmartre in Copenhagen, Denmark, will be screened at a gathering of the Central Jersey Jazz Association set for 7-9:30 p.m. June 22 in the community room at the Chuck Costello Complex, 1998 Route 18 north, Old Bridge. Getz’s classic July 6, 1987, performance finds him returning…
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