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County to hold seminar March 12 on preparing your garden
Spring will be here before you know it, and soon it will be time to start planting. The Master Gardeners of Middlesex County would like to help you get your gardens ready to bloom at a workshop titled “Preparing Your Garden for Spring.” This free workshop is scheduled for March 12 from 10 a.m. to…
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Frederick McElhenny
Frederick McElhenny, 94, of Honey Brook, Pennsylvania, passed away on Feb. 26 at the Tel Hai Retirement Community, Honey Brook, Pennsylvania. He was the husband of the late Alberta P. Pirrong McElhenny, who passed away in 2011. Born in Port Reading, he was the son of the late Eugene and Nina DeWitt McElhenny. Fred had…
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Pennsylvania man sentenced to life for robberies in Edison, South Brunswick
A 32-year-old Pennsylvania man was sentenced on March 4 to serve life plus 14 years in prison for taking part in four armed robberies of cell phone stores in Edison and South Brunswick. Michael Mitchell of Bristol, Pennsylvania, was sentenced to the term in New Brunswick by Superior Court Judge Barry Weisberg after the defendant was…
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Sport shorts
Former Colts Neck High School football great Anthony Gargiulo was awarded the United States Naval Academy’s Collins/Roos Class of 1949 Junior Varsity Most Valuable Player Award, presented annually to the MVP of the Navy’s JV team and voted on by the players. He was the leading rusher on the team. Gargiulo, a 2014 graduate of Colts…
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Church Street School application continued
By Kenny Walter Staff Writer LONG BRANCH- Testimony continued last week on the conversion of the former Church Street School to 16-apartment style residential units. Traffic engineer John Rae, representing Jemal’s Church Street School, LLC, said during the Feb. 22 Long Branch Zoning Board of Adjustment hearing that the proposed use will produce significantly less…
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Elks to host Italian buffet March 18
The Long Branch Elks Lodge 742 will host an All-You-Can-Eat Italian Buffet 6-8 p.m. March 18 at 150 Garfield Ave., Long Branch. This event is open to the public. The menu will feature meatballs, sausage, chicken parmesan, eggplant parmesan, broccoli gavadeel, spaghetti and peas, stuffed rigatoni, pasta fagioli, bread, salad, coffee and dessert. The cost…
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Long Branch awards contracts to concession stands
By Kenny Walter Staff Writer LONG BRANCH- Beachgoers will be able to enjoy a hot dog, hamburger and soda this summer as the city has awarded a contract for concession operations. During the Feb. 23 Council meeting, the council awarded a three-yard contract for $33,000 per year to Park Eats, LLC to operate the concession…
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Townhouse project proposed in Long Branch
By KENNY WALTER Staff Writer LONG BRANCH — A developer has proposed a four-unit townhouse in Beachfront North on the site of a nearly century-old single-family house. Representatives of Tyler Homes presented plans during the Feb. 23 Workshop meeting for the four-unit development at 78 Ocean Terrace. “Currently there exists a single-family, Cape Cod-style home…
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Young survivor of brain tumor calls on volunteers
OLD BRIDGE – A young woman has turned her own experiences into an opportunity to help others. Tara Mitchell, 23, was diagnosed with a brain tumor in 2010 and missed much of her senior year at Old Bridge High School (OBHS). In the early part of her senior year, she began to suffer unbearable headaches and…
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