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May – Diligence is the word!
“Spring makes its own statement, so loud and clear that the gardener seems to be only one of the instruments, not the composer.” Geoffrey Charlesworth Have you lately seen your resident woodchuck? The rapacious varmints have made their spring debut, and their banquet table is laden with tender apple-green shoots of hosta and tall foliage…
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Lawmakers finally show a bit of common sense
Coda • GREG BEAN My father died a hard death from lung cancer in 1983. From the first diagnosis, about six months before he passed, there was never any real hope, since his type of cancer is nearly always fatal. Still, he tried to beat it with ever-more aggressive chemotherapy treatments that took his hair…
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Business Briefs
Bartley Healthcare has been honored with three awards from the Assisted Living Federation of America (ALFA) this year. For the second year in a row, The Orchards at Bartley has been honored with the Best of the Best Award in Assisted Living for its Town Meeting program, and both Michele Adams, The Orchards’ campus assistant…
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Church schedules Memorial Day service
Messiah Lutheran Church, 3091 Bordentown Ave., Parlin section of Sayreville, will host a Memorial Day worship service at 9:30 a.m. May 24. The public and all veterans are invited to attend. The service will remember those individualswho gave their lives for freedom and will honor the men and women who are serving or have served…
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Art show planned for June 3 at O.B. school
Students in Laura McHugh’s art classes at Carl Sandburg Middle School will hold an art show 6:30-8 p.m. June 3 at the school, Route 516 and Ticetown Road, Old Bridge. The event will feature sculpture, paintings, pastels, masks, jewelry and origami. A cupcake social will follow. Desserts will be baked by art teachers, members of…
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Tickets available for June 5 Scramble
The Columbiettes of Immaculate Conception Knights of Columbus Council No. 4907 will sponsor a Scramble (Tricky Tray) beginning at 8 p.m. June 5 at the Knights of Columbus Hall, Crescent Avenue, Spotswood. Doors will open at 6:30 p.m.C ost is $5 per person. Admission is open to adults only. There will be door prizes. For…
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Fundraisers
May 21, ongoing • Adopt-A-Family, sponsored by the South River Elementary/Primary School PTA, to make the holiday season more enjoyable for disadvantaged children in South River. Seeking monetary donations, new clothing, new toys, food. Call Debbie Zemann at 732-390-0678 or Donna Geesey at 732-390-8202. Drop-off box at the South River Public Library, Appleby Avenue. Donations…
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Players are sought for Elks golf tourney
Old Bridge Elks Lodge No. 2229 will sponsor its third annual Jim Wood Sr. Memorial Golf Outing for Special-Needs Children June 12 at Bunker Hill Golf Course, Princeton. Shogun start is set for 7:30 a.m. Cost is $110 per golfer. For more information and to reserve, call Jim Woods Jr. at 732-525-1322 or Joe Barlik…
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Spaces available at craft, rummage sale
A Step in Time Dance Center, Sayreville, will hold its Craft and Rummage Sale 9 a.m.-2 p.m. June 7 at the President Park Firehouse, 5 Roosevelt Blvd., Parlin section of Sayreville. Vendors and crafters are sought. Rental cost is $15 per space; participants must supply their own table. For more information or to reserve, call…
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