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EBHS graduate wants to help others get to Ivy
U. Penn. student launches chapter of test prep service BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer Pierce Goldsmith EAST BRUNSWICK — Pierce Goldsmith entered an Ivy League university last fall, and this summer he wants to help other students raise their SAT scores so they too can get into the school of their choice. The University of…
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Spotting trends early key for tweens designer
Sally Miller talks style, and settling in Milltown BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer CHRIS KELLY staff Sally Miller sorts some of her clothing for tweens in her Milltown store June 15. MILLTOWN — While opening a store in the late summer of 2008 may not have been the most propitious timing, designer Sally Miller’s boutique…
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Monroe Township Public Library Assistant Director Leah Wagner (l-r), staff member Patti Pincho, Director Irene Goldberg and Youth Services Librarian Megan McCarthy accept a $500 award from the New Jersey State Library for excelling at early learning programming, June 19 in Trenton. Monroe was one of four libraries to receive the award, along with Bernardsville,…
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Golf outing to honor two area residents
Ann Marie Chandlee and Tara Stout to be remembered BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer The Ann Marie Chandlee-Tara Stout Foundation has been established to help local residents battling cancer. For the past eight years, a golf classic has been held in honor of Chandlee, who was a beloved North Brunswick resident and a committed township…
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Annual fire muster set for Sunday in J’Burg
BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer JAMESBURG — The borough will play host to the 18th annual Fire Muster organized by the Tri-County Fire Association on Sunday. Fire trucks from across New Jersey and beyond will take part in a motorcade and show in Thompson Park, according to John Rieth, a member of the fire association…
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Community teams up to set goals for district
Officials, parents form panels to plan for future BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer SOUTH RIVER — A few dozen local officials, school staff members and parents are setting goals for the future of the borough’s school district. These “stakeholders” in the district met June 13 at South River Middle School for a strategic planning session,…
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Stahl seeks new design for Rt. 18/1 interchange
BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK — Mayor David Stahl wants to see the state improve the Route 1/Route 18 interchange, which he said is not only dangerous but also backing traffic up in East Brunswick. Stahl said he recently met with the state Department of Transportation as well as state Sen. Barbara Buono…
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THE MORAL OF THE STORY – Advertorial
By Gloria Averbuch Advertorial THE MORAL OF THE STORY By Gloria Averbuch Athletes and coaches have a lot to offer us. I learned this last night as I sat among the crowd at a Sky Blue FC game and listened to Head Coach Kelly Lindsey give what was billed as a coach’s "chalk talk." This…
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Friends look, and laugh, at adult community life
Monroe residents present shows in Freehold July 10-26 BY MARY ANNE ROSS Correspondent Myra Danon and Meryl Berness seem surprised to find themselves playwrights and theater producers. But what started as a casual Wednesday night get-together for the two residents of the Renaissance at Monroe, off Route 33, has turned into “Fade Out at Clo-Achers,”…
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