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Friends deserve thanks for library sculpture
I want to express my thanks to the Friends of the Library who recently dedicated "Two Children on a Bench," a beautiful bronze sculpture which now sits next to the gazebo in front of our public library. Murray Blasz, current president, along with Judy and Roger Friend, Estelle and Steve Berke and Linda Lafer, put…
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Times are tough, but hang on to hope
Many have said there is a great similarity between what this country is experiencing now and what it experienced during the 1930s and the 1940s. And well this may be. Having lived the “high” life for so many years with prosperity oozing from everyone’s pores and the ongoing effects of a warlike situation across the…
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Clean energy can be our 21st-century moon shot
Guest Column • Doug O’Malley Alot of heat — and not so much light — has been made about the U.S. House vote earlier this summer to pass the American Clean Energy and SecurityAct, which will start to move this country to a clean energy economy. A bipartisan majority of New Jersey’s Congressional delegation showed…
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Anonymous defamers should be very afraid
Coda • GREG BEAN I’ve mentioned more than once over the last few years that there’s a day of reckoning coming for the cowardly slime-puppies who post anonymous libels on some of the blog sites around here (Are you listening, da Truth Squad?). And it looks like that day might be coming sooner than the…
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Business Briefs
Coast Boating School will conduct a New Jersey mandatory safe boating course, under the New Jersey State law, at New Egypt High School, Evergreen Road, Plumsted, from 7-10 p.m. Sept. 14-15. The class fee is $65. Details and registration: 609- 758-6800, ext. 251. Susan Quinn was appointed by the Ocean County Library Commissioners as director…
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Church to host Sept. 7 Fun Day
New Hope Church of God, 1004 Old York Road, corner of Route 539, East Windsor, will hold a Fun Day for the communities of East Windsor, Hightstown, Millstone, Monroe, Freehold, Manalapan and East Brunswick from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Labor Day, Sept. 7. The event will feature games, food and activities for the family.…
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ESL conversation to resume at library
The Old Bridge Public Library Main Branch, Route 516 and Cottrell Road, will offer its next series of English as a Second Language (ESL) Conversation Group programs at 7 p.m. on Tuesdays for 12 weeks beginning Sept. 15. Due to limited space, the program, which is offered free of charge, is open only to adult…
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Boot Camp workouts to benefit food bank
Total Core Fitness Boot Camp, 190 William St., South River, invites the community to participate in Weekend Warrior Camps for a Cause 8:30-9:30 a.m. every Saturday during the month of September. The workouts will raise funds and donations for the South River Food Bank. The camps will include four Saturday sessions of group fitness instruction…
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Wolverines seeking golfers and sponsors
The Monroe Wolverines will sponsor its third annual Golf Outing beginning at 1 p.m. Sept. 11 at the Concordia Golf Club, Monroe. Check-in will be at noon. Hot dogs, chips and soda will be served. A buffet dinner, including prime rib and lobster, will follow at the Cambridge Inn, Summerhill Road, Spotswood. Prizes will be…
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