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Auction of antiques & Jersey Shore memorabilia May 23
OCEAN GROVE — The Historical Society of Ocean Grove continues its 2009 season of special fundraising events with the popular Memorial Day Weekend Auction on Saturday, May 23, at the Young People’s Temple in Ocean Grove. Preview is at 9 a.m., and the auction will commence at 11 a.m. Items to be auctioned include: cuckoo…
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Fundraisers
May 14 • Proceeds Night, sponsored by Our Lady of Lourdes School, Milltown, 5-9 p.m., at TGI Friday’s, Route 1 south, North Brunswick. Restaurant will donate 20 percent of each supporter’s check (eat-in or takeout) to the school. Diners must present event flier for the donation to count. For fliers, call the school office at…
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OBHS team to face off in ‘Challenge’ Round 3
The academic team from Old Bridge High School will be shown on News 12 New Jersey May 16-17 competing in “The Challenge.” Pictured during a break in taping are academic adviser Barbara Hauser (l-r) Cristina Sorice, Dedeepya Konuthula, host Bryan Jenkins, Sibel Ozcelik, Neal Sukhia and Jordan Stefanski. OLD BRIDGE — Continuing their winning streak…
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Auditor recommends cuts for school budget
Sayreville council to decide on reductions next week BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer SAYREVILLE — Borough officials are considering cuts to the defeated school budget, which must be sent back to the Board of Education by May 19. Voters defeated the proposed 2009-10 school budget in a vote of 1,756 to 1,282 in the April…
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Middlesex will oversee Monmouth ME’s office
In an effort to save costs for both counties, Middlesex County Medical Examiner Dr. Andrew Falzon will also serve as Monmouth County’s medical examiner for the remainder of 2009. Falzon replaces longtime Monmouth County Medical Examiner Dr. Jay Peacock and will have oversight of both county medical examiners’ offices. “State statute permits the cooperative sharing…
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New Jersey Hall of Fame
GELLMAN IMAGES Sayreville native Jon Bon Jovi poses with astronaut Buzz Aldrin and Gen. David Petraeus after being inducted into the New Jersey Hall of Fame at the second annual gala May 3 at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark. Gov. Jon Corzine presented Bon Jovi with his award. Aldrin, a 2008 Hall…
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Police: Elderly woman’s death was a homicide
Neighbor: Victim was mostly homebound in recent years BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK — Authorities are looking for clues in the murder of an 84-yearold woman who was found dead in her home on May 1. Ellen Elfstrom, who lived on Lee Street, off Old Bridge Turnpike, died as the result of blunt…
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Cartoon
ED WEISS Pat Schladebeck of Old Bridge has a serious conversation with Jissica Menella of Jamesburg while an angry John Dunphy of Hamilton looks on in a dramatic scene from the Main Street Theatre Co.’s Black Box series production of “At Home, At The Zoo,” Edward Albee’s updated version of his American classic, “The Zoo…
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‘Viva Shea’: Mets’ old home lives in fan’s heart
Aberdeen Twp. native’s design protests demise of stadium BY DANIEL HOWLEY Staff Writer On a cold October night in Queens, N.Y., a baseball rolled down the firstbase line in Shea Stadium and through the legs of Boston Red Sox first baseman Bill Buckner. Aberdeen Township native Dave Croatto designed a T-shirt to protest the demolition…
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