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Scholarships available in Middlesex, Union
The Sue Marion Memorial Scholarship Fund is offering three scholarships of $2,000 to students residing in Middlesex and Union counties who are matriculating at religious colleges and universities. To be eligible, students must currently be attending a religious college or university as a freshman, sophomore or junior; have a 2.75 GPA and submit grades from…
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Card-writing campaign supports victims of massacre
By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer More than 1,800 letters and cards were collected and sent to the victims of the December massacre in Peshawar, Pakistan. PHOTO COURTESY OF AZRA BAI SOUTH BRUNSWICK — Some 1,800 letters and cards were sent to the victims of the Peshawar massacre that occurred in December. Azra Baig, who is…
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Bereavement group will meet monthly
Stein Hospice is offering a bereavement support group for anyone struggling with the loss of a loved one. The group will meet 4-5 p.m. on the second Tuesday of each month — Feb. 10, March 10, April 14, May 12 and June 9. There is no cost to attend. Light snacks and beverages will be…
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Brunswick Women to host dinner party
The Brunswick Women’s Connection will sponsor a Beautiful Interiors DG Dinner Party 7-8:30 p.m. Feb. 18 at Pierre’s of South Brunswick, 582 Georges Road, Monmouth Junction section of South Brunswick. Guest speaker will be Sandy Levin of Beautiful Interiors Design Group Home Staging and Interior Design. Inspirational speaker Nancy Richard, founder of Warrior Heart Relief,…
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Many supported campaign for Peshawar
We would like to thank everyone who supported and participated in the Cards of Condolences for Peshawar Campaign. The card-making and letter-writing initiative was to let the children, staff and families of the Army Public School in Peshawar, Pakistan — the site of the tragic massacre in December of 141 people, mostly children — know…
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STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR Jenna Garrison prepares mousse layer cakes at Carlo’s Bakery in Red Bank on Jan. 23.
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Mark Twain, 19th-century techie, sought phonograph to dictate tale
YOUR TURN DANIEL WEEKS GUEST COLUMN Mark Twain’s novel, “A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court,” will be 125 years old this month. Twain wrote it over a three-year period in the late 1880s, just at the time Thomas A. Edison was preparing his new wax-cylinder phonograph for commercial production. Twain thought he might use…
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Craft workshop will make recycled vases
The South Brunswick Library, 110 Kingston Lane, Monmouth Junction, will hold a “Crafternoon Workshop: Decorative Vases” at 1:30 p.m. Feb. 4. Recycled materials will be used to make projects into eco-friendly objects and gifts. Registration is required by calling 732-329-4000, ext. 7290.
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POLICE BEAT
All items are taken from police dept. records. All suspects are presumed innocent until found guilty in court. NORTH BRUNSWICK A QVC package containing jewelry was reportedly stolen from a Birchwood Court residence on Jan. 21. Loose change was reportedly stolen out of a 2004 Hyundai that was parked on Newton Street on Jan. 14.…
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