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JFK Medical Center looking for volunteers
JFK Medical Center is looking for friendly, helpful and upbeat people to be greeters and to assist at the information desk at the front lobby. To find out more about available opportunities and donating your time, call the JFK Medical Center Volunteer Services Department at 732-321-7083. JFK Medical Center is located at 65 James St.,…
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Editor, agent to speak at writers’ group
The next meeting of the Liberty States Fiction Writers will be held Nov. 14 at the Main Branch of the Edison Public Library, 340 Plainfield Ave., Edison. The board meeting will take place 9:30-10 a.m. and the business meeting will be held 10-10:30 a.m., followed by the workshop 10:45-11:45 a.m. November’s meeting will feature agent…
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DWI checkpoints will be set up year-round
Middlesex County gets $43K state grant for program While in the past, Middlesex County officials have set up sobriety checkpoints on select weekends and holidays, a state grant will now allow the late-night roadblocks to be implemented yearround. Middlesex County Prosecutor Bruce J. Kaplan announced last week that the DWI checkpoints would begin last weekend…
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GameNight at John Marshall Elementary
John Marshall Elementary School’s PTO will hold a Gamewright GameNight on Nov. 12 at 15 Cornell St., Edison. Families will have the opportunity to play a full selection of Gamewright’s fun and educational tabletop games, from best sellers such as Slamwich and Rat-a-Tat Cat to its newest titles, which include Ring-O Flamingo and Can You…
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Fine levied against owner of illegal multifamily home
Council candidate charged $7,500 BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer WOODBRIDGE — A former Ward 4 Republican councilman candidate in this past election was fined $7,500 in municipal court on Oct. 28 for housing a total of 10 people at a Magnolia Road home in Iselin that he owns. Bhupendra Patel, who withdrew his name from…
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N.J. voters say yes to open space initiative
The pipeline for the purchase of open space — with the goal of preventing that land from being developed — remains open in the Garden State. On Election Day, Nov. 3, a majority of people who went to the polls, by a count of 52 percent to 48 percent, voted to continue funding to the…
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Fundraiser in honor of local girl scheduled for Nov. 24
Ashlyn Ferriero died two years ago when hit by a train in Avenel BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer Ashlyn Marie Ferriero’s family has turned her tragic accident two years ago into raising funds for students around Woodbridge Township. SCOTT FRIEDMAN Brandon Ferriero, 9, of Galloway, helps out at a 50-50 booth at a benefit carnival…
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Authorities search for suspects in damage to police cars
METUCHEN — Police are looking for the person or persons responsible for shattering the right rear passenger-side windows of two police vehicles over a four-day period. “We believe a BB or pellet gun was used, and the projectile from the gun damaged the windows,” said Patrolman David Liantonio. The most recent incident occurred between 6:27…
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Edison nets large grant for roadwork project
Over $300,000 earmarked for Feather Bed Lane project BY DAN NEWMAN Staff Writer Thanks to the state’s Department of Transportation, Edison will receive more than $300,000 that will be devoted to the reconstruction of Feather Bed Lane. CHRIS KELLY staff Edison Township recently received a grant of over $300,000 from the state Department of Transportation…
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