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fundraisers
Jan. 14 “Music Mania,” starring the Chardonairs with Ms. B’s House of Detention, to benefit the Main Street Theatre Company and the Sayreville Pet Adoption Center, doors open at 7:30 p.m., show begins at 8 p.m., at the Main Street Theatre, 3018 Bordentown Ave., Parlin section of Sayreville. Patrons invited to bring their own…
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Buono sets hearing on education cuts
State Senate Majority Leader Barbara Buono, along with Assemblymen Patrick Diegnan and Peter Barnes III (all D-Middlesex), will hold a public hearing in Edison Jan. 20 to give students, teachers and residents an opportunity to share how Gov. Chris Christie’s cuts to public education have impacted their lives and their schools. The hearing, “Coping with…
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Cyberbullying talk planned for parents
Spotswood Neighborhood Watch will host a cyberbullying presentation for parents only 6:30 p.m. Jan. 19 at Memorial School, 115 Summerhill Road, Spotswood. For more information, call Sgt. Chris Bierman at 732-416-1855, email [email protected]; or call Detective Edward Schapley at 732-416-1870, email [email protected].
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E.B. AARP schedules meeting for Jan. 18
East Brunswick AARP Chapter No. 4855 will hold its next general meeting at 10 a.m. Jan. 18 at the East Brunswick Public Library, Jean Walling Civic Center. Guest speaker Loretta D. Spoltore, R.N., vice president of hospice and palliative care, Visiting Nurse Association of Central New Jersey, will offer a presentation titled “Hospice Myths.” All…
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Goddard schools plan Jan. 22 open houses
WinterWonderland open houses are planned for 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Jan. 22 at the Goddard schools of Old Bridge, 300 Belchase Court, and 1480 Englishtown Road; and Spotswood, 206 Summerhill Road. All are welcome to attend the free events. Children will be invited to join in activities, arts and crafts and games. Refreshments will…
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Monroe officials have eyes on budget, open space, reval
MONROE — Despite the still troubled economy and its budget impact, township officials are optimistic about the year ahead. “The past two years have been especially hard,” Mayor Richard Pucci said, who in his 23 years as mayor has experienced difficult as well as prosperous periods for local governments. Looking ahead at 2011, he said…
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Tickets on sale for Jan. 21 Tricky Tray
The East Brunswick Youth Council will present its third annual Tricky Tray and Gift Auction beginning at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 21 at Hammarskjold Middle School, 200 Rues Lane, East Brunswick. Doors will open at 6 p.m. for viewing. The event will feature prizes including an LCD high-definition TV, a laptop computer, a GPS, a digital…
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Community invited to sing-along gathering at E.B. Jewish Center
EAST BRUNSWICK — For more than a decade, township resident Jules Frankel has been celebrating the weekly Torah Parsha “B’Shalach” by inviting friends and family to a sing-along of Jewish songs. First at his home and then under the auspices of Chavurat Kol Haneshama, a Jewish group that Frankel and five other families began almost…
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We’d talk to each other, but we’re just too busy
CODA GREG BEAN I gave up making New Year’s resolutions a few decades ago, when I finally realized they just made me feel guilty because I seldom had the internal fortitude to keep them. But this year, I think it’s finally time to resolve to take care of a personal problem that is threatening to…
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