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Belmar is ready for summer of fun
BYMARK ROSMAN Belmar drawbridge Everyone in Belmar is ready for the summer of 2011, and now there is only one thing left that matters. “We just need the weather” to cooperate, said Mary Brabazon, the tourism administrator of the popular Jersey Shore destination. The summer season will begin this week in the Monmouth County community…
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Metuchen Chamber to host golf outing
The Metuchen Area Chamber of Commerce will host its 19th annual golf outing at the Metuchen Golf and Country Club, 244 Plainfield Road, Edison, on June 6. The course is a par-72 championship golf course and is challenging enough to be the home to the 2009 Ike Qualifier, a Metropolitan GolfAssociation Tournament. The outingwill include…
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Teen ‘writery’ thing at Raconteur June 1
The Raconteur bookshop, 431 Main St., Metuchen, will host its first “Awesomesauce Teen Writery Festival Thing, Featuring a Skyped-in Celebrity” on June 1. Sherwood Smith, an author of young adult fantasy novels, including “Crown Duel,” will Skype from California to read from her writing and answer attendees’ questions. The event will also feature several local…
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Paws in Park Dog Walk set for June 4
The second annual Paws in the Park Dog Walk, sponsored by J.P. Stevens for Animal Welfare (JPawS), will take place June 4. The public is invited to bring their dogs for a walk around Lake Papianni, located at the Municipal Complex, near the Edison Animal Shelter. There will also be games and face painting for…
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Candlelight walk for unity on June 16
Members of the Metuchen-Edison Area Clergy, Metuchen-Edison-Woodbridge and South Amboy YMCAs, Metuchen Municipal Alliance-YSB, Metuchen Seniors Inc. and Metuchen Mayor Thomas Vahalla invite the public to join in their candlelight walk through Metuchen to celebrate Unity in Our Community on June 16. The event kicks off at Borough Hall at 6 p.m. with stops at…
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Turning tragedy into inspiration
Local filmmakers follow story of Nick Scott, wheelchair bodybuilding champion BY JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent Robert Nuzzie (l-r), Nick Scott, Justin LaDeau and Aubree Marchione enjoy the festival. PHOTOS BY CAMPUS MOVIE FEST SOUTH AMBOY — Two local filmmakers are using their creative talents to tell an inspirational story about a paraplegic who became a wheelchair…
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M.S. Society to host golf outing June 27
The New Jersey Metro Chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society will host the MS Summer Golf Classic on June 27 at the Plainfield Country Club, home of The Barclays 2011. This event will benefit the more than 13,000 New Jersey residents who are affected by the disease. The golf outing will allow participants to…
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Hospice volunteers sought to help others
All it takes is compassion and a little time to become a hospice volunteer for VITAS Innovative Hospice Care of New Jersey Shore, Eatontown. There is a need for volunteers in Ocean, Monmouth and Middlesex counties. Volunteers give their time to terminally ill patients and their caregivers during a critical time. In orientation classes, they…
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Crafters, vendors sought for 4-H show
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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