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Auxiliary schedules Memorial Day events
The LadiesAuxiliary of South River American Legion Post No. 214 will sponsor prayer services to honor veterans 8 a.m. May 30 at various area cemeteries. The South River Memorial Day Parade will follow beginning at 1 p.m. at Hillside Avenue and Main Street. The auxiliary will hold its next general meeting 7 p.m. June 1…
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Jamesburg to use Helmetta for animal control services
JAMESBURG — The Borough Council has voted to enter into an agreement that will have Helmetta taking over the borough’s animal control services in an effort to save money and share services. Council President Otto Kostbar said the actual amount of savings is difficult to estimate at this point because of additional costs for after-hours…
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Area residents get set to remember the vets
Parades, services planned throughout Middlesex County BY BRIAN DONAHUE Staff Writer Memorial Day is a time to commemorate those who made the ultimate sacrifice fighting to protect the United States. One local family has already decided how they are going to spend the holiday. The Clark family of East Brunswick recently decided to research the…
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Churchwide Yard Sale scheduled for June 4
Grace Church of Old Bridge, 442 Cottrell Road, will hold its seventh annual ChurchwideYard Sale 9 a.m.-1 p.m. June 4. Proceeds from the event will benefit the church building fund. All welcome are welcome to attend. For more information, log on to www.gracechurchob.org or email [email protected].
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Curtain to rise on ‘Hairspray’ June 3
Playhouse 22, East Brunswick’s community theater, will present the musical “Hairspray” 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 3 p.m. Sundays, June 3-26, at the Playhouse 22 theater in the East Brunswick Community Arts Center, 721 Cranbury Road. The musical, with book by Marc Shaiman and lyrics by Scott Wittman and Shaiman, will be directed by…
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Police search lake for boater
EAST BRUNSWICK — Authorities continued to search Farrington Lake this week after a boater went missing on Saturday . Police said the missing person is Henry Cho, a 30-year-old California man who had been visiting a cousin on Agate Road in the township. The man went out fishing in the local resident’s canoe around noon…
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Benefit car shows, cruise nights continue
The Just Us Cruisers classic-car club is holding its benefit Cruisin’for the Kids Cruise Nights 6-9 p.m. every Friday through Oct. 21 in the parking lot at the Peterpank Diner, Route 9 north, South Amboy/Sayreville. The weekly family-oriented events feature classic cars; children’s games; a DJ offering music from the ’50s, ’60s, ’70s and ’80s;…
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Spots available at garage, vendor sale
Participants are sought for the Etz Chaim Monroe Township Jewish Center (MTJC) Outdoor Garage and Vendor Sale set for 10 a.m.-3 p.m. June 5 at the temple, 11 Cornell Ave. Space-rental fee is $15 for temple members who will bring their own table, $25 for members who need a temple table. Nonmembers and vendors will…
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E.B. residents troubled by lack of Lyme education, diagnoses
Advocates seek to raise awareness of devastation disease can cause BY JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent Kathy Kirby and East Brunswick Councilwoman Nancy Pinkin speak about Lyme disease during a recent Township Council meeting. EAST BRUNSWICK — A proclamation read at a Township Council meeting may not seem like a big deal to the general public. But…
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