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Tamburro secures mayoralty in Monroe
By KENNY WALTER Staff Writer MONROE — After nearly three decades with Mayor Richard Pucci in office, Monroe will have a new mayor in 2016. Council President Gerald Tamburro, a Democrat, will succeed Pucci, who chose not to see re-election. Tamburro defeated Republican Martin Hermann and independent candidate Ken Chiarella during the Nov. 3 general…
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Women invited to Christmas cookie party
The Brunswick Women’s Connection will hold its annual Christmas Cookie Extravaganza dinner party 7-8:45 p.m. on Dec. 9 at Pierre’s of South Brunswick, 532 Georges Road, Monmouth Junction. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Purchase homemade, packaged cookies. Inspirational speaker Jill Nichols will share how her life was restored after recovering from a marriage built on…
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Helmetta residents vote for change
By MICHAEL NUNES Staff Writer HELMETTA — By an overwhelming majority, borough voters have opted for change, ousting the current mayor and defeating a slate of candidates aligned with her. In an election night landslide, Borough Council President Christopher Slavicek, running on the “Aligning Helmetta’s Future” ticket, recorded 372 votes, approximately 63 percent of the…
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Sanganeri
PHOTOS BY SCOTT FRIEDMAN Master artist Shanti Jain presents a workshop on the traditional textile printing process known as Sanganeri at the log cabin in Thompson Park in Monroe on Nov. 7. The event was sponsored by the Middlesex County Office of Culture & Heritage’s Folklife Program for New Jersey. Ethel Erlick, left, and Dorothy…
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Milltown officials to revisit rental of school facilities
By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer School officials are citing poor communications as the cause of an outcry from the community over allowing a church to rent space in Milltown’s Parkview School. The Board of Education decided against moving forward with a rental agreement that would allow Liquid Church, a Christian congregation, to hold Sunday services…
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Retail health clinics fill demand for rapid care
By CHRISTINE BARCIA Staff Writer Walk-in health care clinics at pharmacies are booming as customers demand quick service. METRO CREATIVE SERVICES Quick and convenient are two words typically associated with fast foods or ATMs, not health care services. A growing trend is changing that as retail-based clinics (RBC) are popping up in drugstores and supermarkets…
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Bulletin Board
– Brandeis Committee will gather Nov. 16 Fraidy Reiss of Unchained At Last, an organization dedicated to helping women and girls leave or avoid marriages not of their choosing, will be the guest speaker at the next gathering of the Brandeis National Com
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Front seat sleep
Q&A with Sharon Peters Q: For many reasons, including a need sometimes to sleep in my car and sometimes haul really long things, I have decided it’d be really great to have an SUV or hatchback with a front seat that folds flat (as the back seats do). I’ve never seen one. Do they exist…
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Freshman Class of 2016
Here’s a look at an alluring array of vehicles headed to showrooms By Jim Gorzelany CTW Features There’s a rich harvest of fresh-grown cars and crossovers debuting for the 2016 model year, with racy sports cars and posh new luxury rides leading the pack, along with an assortment of smaller and more affordable modes of…
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