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Auxiliaries raise record-setting funds
The CentraState Associated Auxiliaries raised $90,000 in donations for CentraState Healthcare System last year, an all-time record. The Associated Auxiliaries conducted several fundraising events during the year and recently presented checks to CentraState administrators at an annual luncheon. More than 100 auxilians, including volunteers at the CentraState Medical Center Thrift Shop, attended the event held…
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Electronics recycling drive will be held
The Colts Neck Reformed Church, 72 Route 537, Colts Neck, will host a community electronics recycling drive from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. May 23. Items that can be recycled include computer cases, CPUs, keyboards, monitors, scanners, printers, VCRs, cables, laptops, peripherals, radios, telephones, cameras, DVD players, stereo components and televisions under 32 inches. TVs…
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Items for CentraState timeline sought
CentraState Healthcare Foundation is constructing a historic timeline of CentraState and is seeking items from the community for the exhibit. The purpose is to tell the complete story of CentraState, from its development stage almost 50 years ago to its beginning as a community hospital in 1971 and its current role today as a comprehensive…
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Memorial Day is not a day about vacations, it is a day about patriots
In some circles, patriotism has become a synonym for arrogant or jingoistic. Some people even use it as a political weapon; “Don’t question my patriotism,” they say. Yet, this Memorial Day, and every other day, for that matter, we should remember that those who died for this country are the true patriots. Supreme Court Justice…
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Committee appreciates effort by DPW staff
The is a letter of gratitude to the Marlboro Department of Public Works, its workers and to the guys and gals in the shop. This letter cannot express in full how the veterans and their supporters feel about the work and effort, not to leave out dedication, that you have shown toward the Marlboro veterans…
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Gov. urged to leave EMT training fund alone
The volunteer EMS community understands this difficult economy requires serious belt-tightening. Gov. Jon Corzine’s plan to redirect $4 million from the emergency medical technician training fund to the general fund, however, would only make things worse, especially on the local level. The New Jersey Legislature established the fund in 1995 to cover the cost of…
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Just shut the door and walk away
Are We There Yet? • LORI CLINCH When our oldest son, Vernon, left for college last August, it was apparent that neatness wasn’t on his mind. With little or no regard for tidy piles or vacuuming, he left his room looking as if his brothers had just torn it apart in an attempt to locate…
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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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