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Composting workshops open to county residents
Middlesex County residents can learn to stop feeding landfills while improving soil by attending a free composting workshop offered at the Middlesex County EARTH Center, Davidson’s Mill Pond Park, 42 Riva Ave., South Brunswick. Backyard composting will be held at 10 a.m. April 11 and 19, and vermi-composting with worms will be held at 6:30…
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Alumni-produced book shows college’s ‘Endless Possibilities’
By TAYLOR M. LIER Staff Writer Damian Gonzalez, left to right, Kim Silva-Martinez and Nicole Lazar, the team behind “Endless Possibilities,” a book commemorating Middlesex County College’s 50 years of history, hold their finished creation. PHOTO COURTESY OF TOM PETERSON Fifty years of hard work and great strides have been encompassed in a single volume…
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Master Gardeners lecture to address pesticides
Master Gardeners from the Cooperative Extension of Middlesex County will host a free workshop, “Benefits of Companion Planting,” at 1 p.m. April 19 at the EARTH Center, located in Davidson’s Mill Pond Park, 42 Riva Ave., South Brunswick. Companion planting can discourage garden pests without relying on synthetic pesticides or harming helpful insects such as…
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Induction dinner set at New Brunswick High School
The New Brunswick High School Athletic Hall of Fame 20th Anniversary Induction Dinner will take place on May 2 at New Brunswick High School, 1000 Somerset St. Doors open at 4 p.m. The dinner will celebrate 10 athletes, two honorees and two scholarship recipients. Tickets are $40 each and include dinner. For tickets or more…
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Seniors plan bus trip to ‘Legends in Music’ show
The Sayreville Seniors Thursday Club will sponsor a May 13 excursion to Doolan’s Shore Club, Spring Lake, to see “Legends in Music: Judy Garland, Patsy Cline and Neil Diamond.” The trip will include the show, a one-hour open bar and a complete luncheon. The bus will leave at 10 a.m. from the back parking lot…
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Plays-in-the-Park auditions open to local actors
Middlesex County’s Plays-in-the-Park will hold auditions for its 2015 summer season. Open calls will be held at 7 p.m. April 17 and at noon on April 18-19. Those interested should come prepared with approximately 16 bars of an up-tempo show tune. An accompanist will be provided. They should also bring their own sheet music in…
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Trash collection issues on table in South Amboy
By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer SOUTH AMBOY — The City Council is considering changes to the ordinances governing trash collection and placement of receptacles along commercial and residential streets. Related issues including removal of receptacles, fines and court appearances will be discussed at the City Council meeting on April 15. City Business Administrator Camille Tooker…
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Bias charges added for suspects in series of home invasions
By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer A Middlesex County grand jury handed up five indictments against six suspects accused of having various roles in a string of home invasions that targeted Indian American families in Old Bridge, Edison and South Plainfield last year. The April 1 indictments charge all six defendants with robbery, burglary and conspiracy…
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Three seek mayor’s seat in Sayreville
By ADAM C. UZIALKO Staff Writer As candidates on either side of the aisle seek a pair of three-year terms on the Sayreville Borough Council, three candidates will vie for the mayoralty. Democratic Councilman David McGill is seeking to unseat incumbent Republican Mayor Kennedy O’Brien, who is facing a primary challenge from former Councilman Frank…
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