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Comic-book program open to youngsters
The SKREAM (South River, Kids, Recreation, Education, Art, Motivation) afterschool program at First Reformed Church of South River, 40 Thomas St., is hosting the Comic Book Project, a semester long activity designed to help young people create and professionally publish their own full-length comic books. Sessions, open to ages 7-12, are held 3:30-5:50 p.m. Tuesdays.…
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Concert will feature music about animals
Trinity Presbyterian Church, 367 Cranbury Road, East Brunswick, welcomes the community to attend the “All Creatures Great and Small” concert at 5 p.m. Feb. 8. The concert will feature music about or inspired by animals. Children are welcome to attend with their parents. Admission is free. For more information, contact Dr. Jody Velloso at 732-257-6636.
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‘Amadeus’ to open Feb. 13 at arts center
Playhouse 22, East Brunswick’s community theater, will present “Amadeus” 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, and 3 p.m. Sundays, Feb. 13-March 1, at the East Brunswick Community Arts Center, 721 Cranbury Road. The drama, which focuses on the fictionalized version of the relationship between composers Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Antonio Salieri, is directed by Jon Heron…
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Parents, students await decision on PARCC refusals
By JEREMY GROSSMAN Staff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK — The East Brunswick Public School District has yet to make a decision on whether students who refuse an upcoming standardized exam in March will be moved to another room during testing. “They may be, they may not be,” Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum and Assessment Evelyn Ogden said…
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Milltown Mel predicts six more weeks of winter
By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer Clockwise from top left: Jerry Guthlein introduces Milltown Mel to the crowd. Guthlein gets Milltown Mel ready for his forecast. Jack Bicsko announces Mel’s forecast of six more weeks of winter. Despite the freezing rain and snow on Feb. 2, a large crowd turned out for the Groundhog Day festivities…
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Homeless census gauges need for assistance
By ADAM C. UZIALKO Staff Writer Volunteers prepare to conduct the Middlesex County Point in Time count as well as to help provide services to the homeless during the Project Homeless Connect outreach on Jan. 28. Bitter conditions and drifts of icy snow did not postpone Middlesex County’s 2015 Point in Time survey of the…
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Heart healthy events
Local hospitals are scheduling the following events to raise awareness of heart health: Wear Red Day will be held 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Feb. 6 outside Monmouth Medical Center’s SeaBreeze Café, located on the hospital’s first floor at 300 Second Ave., Long Branch. In recognition of the American Heart Association’s “Go Red for Women” movement…
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In matters of the heart, time is of the essence
By JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer The idioms are endless: Home is where the heart is. Bless your heart. Be young at heart. Absence makes the heart grow fonder. Well, now is the perfect time for a heart to heart conversation. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, heart disease is the leading cause…
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SCOTT FRIEDMAN Sarika Malhotra of East Brunswick High School competes in the girls 200-yard freestyle in the Greater Middlesex County Swim Championships at Perth Amboy High School on Jan. 30. The Bears captured their second straight county title.
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