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Fun at the Middlesex County Fair
TOP PICK For 77 years, the Middlesex County Fair has been a tradition that brings together thousands of residents for a week of summer fun. Some 85,000 visitors annually explore the county’s rich agricultural heritage, learn a new craft, try a new food, or go on a ride – all in a day’s visit at…
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Auditions accepted for Heritage Day Idol
The Heritage Day Committee is accepting auditions for the first Heritage Day Idol competition. All audition videos must be sent to [email protected] no later than Aug. 25. All auditions will be reviewed and the Top 5 entries will be selected to perform on stage at Heritage Day on Sept. 19 (or on the rain date…
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Tutoring program combats ‘summer slide’
The North Brunswick Library is offering free tutoring in math and reading to students in grades K-5 to help them avoid the “summer slide,” when students forget what they learned during the previous school year. Each session lasts a half hour and is being offered 4-8 p.m. Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays and 4-6 p.m. Tuesdays.…
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Now is the time for banks to return the favor
The monumental crash of Wall Street and the financial institutions in 2008 led to our elected officials giving a bailout of untold sums of money from the pockets of the American people to keep the current economic system afloat. Now that the American people are facing a future of dire economic straits, it is payback…
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STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR A ride is framed by trees at the Monmouth County Fair, Freehold Township, July 23.
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Towns brace for record Aug. 2 Haskell turnout
By KENNY WALTER Staff Writer American Pharoah is coming — and the borough of Oceanport is getting prepared for the arrival of the expected huge crowd that will come watch the first Triple Crown winner since 1978. Oceanport is working with several stakeholders on the logistics of preparing for an estimated turnout of some 60,000…
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Community Unity Day set for Aug. 4
South Brunswick Township will hold National Night Out & Community Unity Day 6-9 p.m., Aug. 4, at Rowland Park, 235 Broadway Road, Cranbury. The public is invited to attend a celebration of community safety and township pride.
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Local doctor faces jail for accepting bribes
A Monmouth Junction doctor with practices in Jersey City was sentenced to 21 months in prison on July 22 for accepting bribes in exchange for test referrals. Anthony DelPiano, 55, previously pleaded guilty in Newark federal court to an information charging him with one count of accepting bribes. DelPiano took part in a long-running and…
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United Way sets new plans for ‘Stuff the Bus’
MILLTOWN — Plans for United Way of Central Jersey’s annual “Stuff the Bus” school supply collection drive have changed. United Way is asking that donations be dropped off at the United Way office at 2 Ford Ave. in Milltown. Volunteers will be at the office on Monday, Aug. 17, 11 a.m. – 3 p.m., sorting…
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