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Tickets on sale for OBEF Casino Night
The Old Bridge Education Foundation OBEF) will hold its annual Casino Night 7-11 p.m. Jan. 29 at Sunny Palace, Route 18, East Brunswick. Tickets cost $30 each, $50 a pair, and include $25 in free chips per person. The OBEF is a nonprofit organization that raises funds to be disbursed to educators who apply for…
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Teens invited to join museum volunteers
The Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum, 71 Hamilton St., New Brunswick, is accepting applications for the spring session of ZAMbassadors, the museum’s team of teen volunteers. Highly motivated high school students in grades 10-12 are invited to become museum assistants and at the same time fulfill their community-service requirements. The assistants may greet visitors, help…
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Two art exhibits at MCC open Jan. 21
Middlesex County College (MCC), 2600 Woodbridge Ave., Edison, is presenting two art exhibitions beginning Jan. 21. One will highlight emerging artists from the mid-Atlantic region, and the other features sculpture, shown in a darkened room, illuminated only from the artwork itself. The exhibitions run through Feb. 11, and hours are 11 a.m.-5 p.m. weekdays. A…
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Teams sought for basketball tourney
The Immaculate Conception Youth Organization (ICYO) of Spotswood will host a boys and girls Valentine’s Day Basketball Tournament Feb. 8-28 in the Immaculate Conception School gymnasium, 23 Manalapan Road, Spotswood. Teams are sought to participate. Tournament divisions are third- and fourthgrade boys, third- and fourth-grade girls, fifthgrade boys, sixth-grade boys, fifth- and sixth-grade girls, seventh-…
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Items sought for O.B. Food Bank drive
In celebration of the 2010 Martin Luther King National Day of Service, Empower Old Bridge and Central NJ for Change will sponsor a collection for the Old Bridge Food Bank from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Jan. 18 at the food bank, in the Old Bridge municipal complex, Route 516 and Cottrell Road. Items including…
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Marine back from war has special gift for SRPD
Police touched by actions of corporal from So. River BY KATHY CHANG KATHY CHANG Flanked by South River police officers, U.S. Marine Cpl. Antonio Damas, 22, of South River, holds the flag he flew for the police force while stationed at Camp Barber in the Helmand Province of Afghanistan on July 8. SOUTH RIVER —…
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County funds sought for special-needs kids’ field
BY VINCENT TODARO East Brunswick officials are hoping to get more funding from Middlesex County to build a level playing field at Heavenly Farms for children with special needs. In early 2008, the county pledged $1.5 million for the project, and officials believed that would be enough to cover all or most of the project…
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Council divided over ‘Call to Service’ idea
BY LAUREN CIRAULO Staff Writer OLD BRIDGE — Township officials postponed a resolution that would schedule a summit for volunteer opportunities, citing uncertainties about the costs involved. The Township Council tabled the resolution, which some members of the governing body felt was unnecessary and redundant, at Monday night’s meeting. “I applaud trying to increase volunteerism,…
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Fundraisers
Jan. 15 • Dine-To-Donate, sponsored by the East Brunswick High School Girls Basketball Club, noon to closing, at Famous Dave’s, Route 1 south, New Brunswick. Diners who eat in or take out should let their server know they are there to support the club. Dine-To-Donate flier must be presented for the donation to count. Call…
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