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Frost PTA to sponsor Fall Clothing Drive
The Frost Elementary School PTA will hold a Fall Clothing Drive 8:30 a.m.-noon Oct. 9 at the school, 65 Frost Ave., East Brunswick. Clothing, linens, shoes, handbags, backpacks, pillows and stuffed animals will be collected. All donations should be placed in tightly tied black plastic bags. The drive is designed to support the school’s cultural-arts…
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Survivor to present program on breast cancer in Old Bridge
An East Brunswick resident who has twice survived breast cancer will present a program on detection and treatment of the disease Oct. 10 at Congregation Beth Ohr in Old Bridge. Heidi Rogol, a trained Komen ambassador for health education, has made it her personal mission to spread the word about early detection and treatment and…
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Activities, attractions set for Milltown Day
MILLTOWN — Organizers of Milltown Day have been busy planning what they expect will be a fun-filled day for the whole family this Saturday. “We probably see about 5,000 people throughout the day,” said Bob Belloff, chairman of the Milltown Revitalization Committee, which hosts the event. The 13th annual Milltown Day will be held at…
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Questions letter writer’s definition of ‘diversity’
Camille Fernicola (“Dems Support Women Candidates,” Letters to the Editor, Sentinel, Sept. 16) says how pleased she is that women are represented as Democratic candidates, and writes, “Women can proudly look up to them.” How wonderful. Can we men look up to them, too? She also contemptuously states that “The county Republican Party, in comparison,…
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Don’t cut Social Security to reduce budget deficit
Some politicians in Washington are still discussing cutting the Social Security benefits we’ve earned to reduce the federal budget deficit. Social Security didn’t cause the deficit and the contributions we’ve made over our lifetimes must be protected, not reduced. Millions of seniors, widows and widowers, and those living with disabilities all depend on Social Security…
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Jamesburg Fall Festival a community affair
BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer JAMESBURG — Elliott Stroul has his fingers crossed for good weather on Oct. 3, when the annual Jamesburg Fall Festival kicks off. Because if it pours, there is no rain date. The festival is off. “If it’s pouring, we are not going to go,” he said. Stroul and others…
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Vintage baseball comes to Dey Farm Saturday
Teams dress, play based on style and rules of 1860s, ’70s BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer MONROE — America’s national pastime was a little different back in the 19th century. Baseball players fielded with their bare hands. No gloves. No protective headgear. They wore heavy wool uniforms and clunky Civil War-style, high-laced boots. The…
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Monroe Community Center construction almost complete
BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer Township Business Administrator Wayne R. Hamilton is hoping the construction problems at Monroe’s Community Center will soon be a memory. Hamilton is optimistic the $5.5 million expansion at the facility will be finished by the end of October, give or take a change order here and there. “By the…
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Monroe’s new fitness center off to a healthy start
BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer The new state-of-the-art fitness center at the Monroe Township Community Center offers more than just lifting weights or working up a sweat on a treadmill. Robert Ambrosini (r), a trainer and fitness center program supervisor at the Monroe Community Center, looks over the entrance area of the newly renovated…
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