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4-H craft/vendor show set for June 5
The Middlesex County 4-H Summer Fling Craft/Vendor Show is set for 9 a.m.-3 p.m. June 5 at the County 4-H Center, 645 Cranbury Road, East Brunswick. Rain date is June 12. A bake sale will be held in conjunction with the fair. Food will be available. Proceeds from the event will benefit Middlesex County 4-H…
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Historian tells of lives of E. Brunswick mayors
BY CHRISTINA HABERSTROH Staff Writer Left: At home in East Brunswick, Ann Alvarez looks through her recently completed book, “East Brunswick and Its Mayors, 1860- 2010.” Above: East Brunswick’s first mayor, Leonard Appleby, was the owner of Railroad Mills Snuff. Below: The recently published book reveals information and photos of the 30 mayors who have…
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Gov. Christie — Did he just say what I think he said?
CODA GREG BEAN I n the old days, if you were looking for the biggest prude outside ofAunt Gladys — who had a whole lexicon of pseudo swear words like “Good Gravy!” and “Jeezum Crow!” — it would be the man or woman charged with keeping bad words or suggestive phrases out of the newspaper.…
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Parent expresses happiness with charter school
This is an open letter to Naomi Drewitz, principal, and Danna Nezaria, president of the board of trustees, Hatikvah International Academy Charter School, East Brunswick. I just wanted to let you know how happy I am with Hatikvah. There is no doubt in my mind that my children were learning the things they were supposed…
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Bringing suicide out of the darkness
A t sundown on June 4, nearly 2,000 people will participate in the Out of the Darkness Overnight Walk (www.TheOvernight.org), an 18- mile walk that ends the following morning at sunrise. Many of the participants walk because they suffer, or have a friend or family member who suffers, with a mood disorder, or because they…
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Thanks for making parade a success
We would like to extend our thanks to all who helped make another Memorial Day parade successful. In order not to leave anyone out, we want to thank everyone who participated. You might have directed traffic, you might have marched, you might have stood at the side and waved. You were doing many things, and…
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Monroe writers’ play to open July 8
Berdanhand Productions will offer performances of “Fade Out at Clo-Achers,” an original play by Monroe residents Myra Danon and Meryl Berness, July 8-10 and 15-17, 8 p.m. Fridays, 3 and 8 p.m. Saturdays, 3 p.m. Sundays, at the Grange Playhouse, 4860 Route 9 south, Howell. The play, directed by Albert Hepner, steps beyond the security…
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Crime Stoppers organizes in Middlesex County
Retired New Brunswick police chief to serve as chairman A board of directors has been created and has begun operating Crime Stoppers ofMiddlesex County Inc., which will offer rewards to the public for information leading to the arrests of suspects for a variety of crimes. AnthonyA. Caputo, retired director of the New Brunswick Police Department,…
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