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    STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR A bed of petunias is on display at the New Jersey Veterans Memorial Home, Menlo Park.

  • ‘Ziegfeld Girls’ program set at Sayreville library

    A program titled “The History of the Ziegfeld Girls” is set for 6:30-8:30 p.m. June 16 at the Sayreville Public Library, Washington Road. Guest speaker Marty Schneit will share the history, secrets and stories of popular personalities associated with the “Ziegfeld Follies” theatrical productions, which ran from 1907 to 1931. The presentation will include songs…

  • Seniors offer trips to Hunterdon Hills Playhouse

    Our Lady of Victories (OLV) Seniors will sponsor two upcoming bus trips to shows at the Hunterdon Hills Playhouse, Hampton. An excursion to see “Country Connections” is planned for June 25; cost is $85. A visit to the “Twist and Shout!” show is set for July 25; cost is $90. Buses will depart at 10…

  • Beads of Courage mark milestones for young patients

    By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer Jimmy Adamo Jr. of Old Bridge, a pediatric cancer patient, looks at his Beads of Courage bracelet with his grandfather, Douglas Adamo, and nurse Shira Sheldon of the pediatric hematology-oncology department at The Children’s Hospital at Saint Peter’s University Hospital. PHOTO COURTESY OF CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL AT SAINT PETER’S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL…

  • Library to host annual Book Sale

    The Friends of the Old Bridge Public Library will hold its annual Book Sale June 2-8 at the library, Route 516 and Cottrell Road. The sale will begin each day at library opening time and end a half-hour before regular closing. Books, DVDs, CDs, paperbacks and audiobooks will be available for purchase at bargain prices.…

  • Electricians, plumbers complete apprenticeship programs

    Twenty-six electricians and plumbers received certificates of completion at the annual apprentice graduation of the Adult Evening School at the Middlesex County Vocational and Technical Schools (MCVTS). The graduates, who completed between 600 and 900 hours of classroom instruction and between 8,000 and 10,000 hours of onthe job training over four or five years, attended…

  • Merger to expand medical services, access to care

    By KAYLA J. MARSH Staff Writer The merger of two health care systems would provide residents in seven New Jersey counties, including Monmouth and Middlesex, with a greater geographical reach to access advanced care and expanded services, according to hospital officials. Hackensack Meridian Health, which would be formed through the merger of Meridian Health and…

  • Diverse grads share common ground — a love of their college

    By PETER ELACQUA Staff Writer President of the Middlesex County College Veterans and Service Members Association Chris Pellegrino of Old Bridge waits with fellow graduates for Middlesex County College’s 48th annual commencement to begin at the New Jersey Convention and Exposition Center in Edison on May 19. Below: Mother and son grads, Laurel and Steven…

  • Community reacts to closing of McCarrick

    By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer Emotions of sadness fell over the school community with the announcement that Cardinal McCarrick/St. Mary’s High School (CMHS) in South Amboy would be closing in June. “I’m so sad,” said DeAnne Fowler of Carteret, who attended the high school from 2001 to 2005. “Cardinal McCarrick was different from most high…

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