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Drinking-age debate important to the future of young lives
Guest Column • Stephen Wallace Behind the fusillade of faulty arguments proffered by the Amethyst Initiative in support of lowering the minimum legal drinking age to 18 lurks an inconvenient truth: doing so would only exacerbate the current epidemic of underage drinking, further jeopardizing young lives at a critical juncture in their physical, social, and…
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Auto industry column struck positive chord with readers I
Coda • GREG BEAN Iget a lot of reader response to this column. Sometimes, I opine about something that rubs some people the wrong way, and I hear about it. Once in a while, though, I write something that strikes a positive chord with readers, and I hear about that, too. That was the case…
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Lasagna on menu at Spotswood church
Spotswood Reformed Church, 429 Main St., will host a Lasagna Dinner 5-7 p.m. March 21. Takeouts will be available from 4-5 p.m. Admission is $10 for adults, $8 for seniors, $5 for children ages 5-12.
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Programs for adults on agenda at library
The Old Bridge Public Library, Route 516 and Cottrell Road, will sponsor a variety of upcoming adult programs. The schedule is as follows: • Daytime Book Discussion Group — 1:30 p.m. March 10, discussion of “44 Scotland Street” by Alexander McCall Smith; • Original Book Discussion Group — 7 p.m. March 19, “Morality for Beautiful…
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Classic Car Show to benefit O.B. school
Madison Park School, Old Bridge, will host its first Classic Car Show 10 a.m.-3 p.m. April 5 in the parking lot at Lowe’s of Old Bridge, 1324 Route 9. The lot will open at 9 a.m. The event will feature the car show, music by a DJ, games, vendors, a tricky tray, food, a flea…
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Fundraisers
March 5-30 • Easter Bake Sale, sponsored by St. Euphrosynia Belarusian Greek Orthodox Church, Whitehead Avenue, South River. Orders taken through March 30 for babka, pierogi, blintzes, chrusciki. Food pickup scheduled for 3-7 p.m. April 9 at the church. To order, visit the Belarusian-American Center, kitchen entrance, 284 Whitehead Ave., or call Lilly at 732-613-8718…
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Comedy show to raise funds for fireman
Firefighters Helping Firefighters Inc. will sponsor a comedy-show fundraiser featuring the Rev. Bob Levy, Louis “Twitchels” Centanni and Ed McGonigle, 7 p.m. March 6 at Royal Albert’s Palace, 1050 King George Post Road, Fords section of Woodbridge. The event will benefit Christian Mc- Carthy, a 34-year-old volunteer fireman with Morgan Fire Company No. 1, Sayreville,…
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Lenten Film Series continues at church
Aldersgate United Methodist Church, 568 Ryders Lane, East Brunswick, is holding a Lenten Film Series Sunday evenings in the church media room. The remaining schedule is as follows: • March 8 — “The Greatest Story Ever Told”; • March 15 — “Godspell”; • March 22 — “Jesus of Nazareth”; • March 29 — “The Execution…
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Health care workers invited to White Mass
Bishop Paul G. Bootkoski will celebrate the Diocese of Metuchen’s annual White Mass, honoring health care professionals, at noon March 8 at St. Francis of Assisi Cathedral, 32 Elm St., Metuchen. The Rev. Sean G. Winters, coordinator of hospital chaplains, Diocese of Metuchen, will be guest homilist. All individuals involved in health care, including physicians,…
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