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Express a silent thanks on Memorial Day
Memorial Day will soon be here. It is a special day of seashore and community pool openings, sales at malls, picnics and travel. How many of us really know the true meaning of this day? Services are held at various veteran’s posts and community monuments. This is done to honor deceased veterans and the living…
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Sports Shorts
Sky Blue Soccer School invites coaches of incoming or current high school age girls to a special session 7-9 p.m. May 27 at Thomas Edison Park, Edison, with the professionals of Sky Blue Soccer School, the only major training company comprised mostly of female trainers. The session is presented by Sky Blue FC, in cooperation…
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Celebration time!
Clockwise from left: South Brunswick’s Julie Rekant (l) collides with Old Bridge High School’s Nina Veneziale as she shoots on goal during their Greater Middlesex Conference Tournament lacrosse final on May 13 in East Brunswick. South Brunswick won 13-12 in overtime. South Brunswick celebrates after defeating Old Bridge 13-12 in overtime. South Brunswick’s Katie Rolwood…
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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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N.B. resident has saving the earth in the bag
The Green Aura sells environmentally friendly bags, toys BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK — Divya Mahajan was working as a financial adviser until four years ago. She worked for a national bank, handling projects while working late nights and extra hours. With small children at home, she decided that she needed a change,…
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Coastal Evacuation Route study open house June 2
The Monmouth County Planning Board will hold an open house for the public on the county’s Coastal Evacuation Route Improvement Study on June 2. The event will take place 4-7 p.m. in the Community Room at the Long Branch Higher Education Center, 213 Broadway, Long Branch. The study has evaluated some of the transportation routes…
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NOTES
Ricardo Benitez-Lemos of St. Anselm’s Parish, Wayside section of Ocean Township, has been ordained to the transitional dioaconate by Bishop John M. Smith, Diocese of Trenton. Transitional deacons are men who have completed the third year of seminary formation, and ordained to serve as a minister of the Word, of the altar and of charity.…
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Suspects indicted in pair of robberies
EATONTOWN — Two Delaware men are facing charges in connection with a pair of robberies that occurred at two borough businesses in October 2008, according to the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office. On April 29, a Monmouth County grand jury returned an indictment charging Kelvin G. Tyler, 19, of Wilmington, Del., and Corey Custis, 20, of…
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Love INC marks 15-year anniversary
EATONTOWN — What began as one woman’s desire to spread a little holiday cheer to a needy family at Christmastime has grown into a multifaceted social service organization that celebrates its 15th anniversary this year. Love in the Name of Christ (Love INC), a faith-based nonprofit that serves Monmouth County residents through a number of…
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