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Padre Pio Society to celebrate at dinner
The St. Padre Pio Society will present its first Dinner-Dance 8 p.m. Feb. 26 at Sacred Heart Memorial Hall, across from Sacred Heart Church, South Amboy. The event will feature a hot buffet provided by Jacques Caterers, a five-hour open bar, ’70s music by S.D.E. Productions and an appearance by Danny Vecchiano and the Giglio…
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Scouts to offer free breakfast Feb. 27
South River Boy Scouts will sponsor a free Community Breakfast 7-9:30 a.m. Feb. 27 at Conklin United Methodist Church, 82 Main St., South River. The menu will feature pancakes, eggs, sausage, coffee, tea, juice and milk.
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fundraisers
Feb. 24 Chili’s Give-Back Night to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, 11 a.m.-11 p.m., at Chili’s, 363 Route 18 south, East Brunswick. Diners should present an event flier or mention they are there for the fundraiser. Restaurant will donate 10 percent of supporters’ sales to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. To download a flier,…
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A bakery that creates more than just treats
Papa Ganache offers vegan sweets and chance for kids to grow BY JACQUELINE HLAVENKA Staff Writer KEYPORT— Sweets, style and substance are all part of the mission of a new vegan bakery in Keyport’s business improvement district. Papa Ganache, 25 Church St., Keyport, offers traditional dessert classics with an alternative twist, featuring sweets that are…
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New Jersey welcomes all types of creatures of comfort
Super Pet Expo caters to those with fur, fins and scales BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer Julianne Powers of Edison holds Lily steady for a portrait artist during the Super Pet Expo at the New Jersey Convention and Exposition Center in Edison on Feb. 12. SCOTT FRIEDMAN The fur was flying in Edison, but it…
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One more lost opportunity to avoid looking foolish
CODA GREG BEAN I wonder if anybody at the New Jersey Education Association took a look at what was happening in Wisconsin last week and said, “Man, as much as we don’t like Chris Christie, things could get a whole lot worse around here.” Last week, the Wisconsin State Capitol in Madison looked a lot…
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for the record
Sayreville Borough Council President Ken Kelly left the Feb. 14 council meeting in order to attend visitation services for a friend who passed away. An article in the Feb. 17 issue of the Suburban indicated that he left the meeting with Mayor Kennedy O’Brien and another council member after O’Brien declared the meeting closed due…
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Asks officials to focus on pothole repair
Winter still continues, and our roads and bridges are already damaged so badly that cars and trucks have to deal with potholes in almost every town in New Jersey. I urge the state Department of Transportation and all local townships to please send out their pothole repair crews immediately to repair our roads and bridges.…
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American Red Cross in need of blood donors
Severe winter weather throughout much of the eastern half of the United States in recent weeks has caused the cancellation of more than 14,000 blood and platelet donations through the American Red Cross, approximately 1,800 units of which were in the region. TheAmerican Red Cross has issued a nationwide call for blood donors in an…
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