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Seniors offering trips to Sands, Bethlehem
Our Lady of Victories (OLV) Seniors will sponsor a Jan. 25, 2015, bus trip to the Sands Casino, Bethlehem, Pa. Additional casino trips are scheduled for Feb. 22 and March 22. Cost is $35 per person, with a $20 return in slot play and a $5 food voucher. All are welcome. For more information or…
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Audiences embrace controversial film at Ocean Township theater
By JEREMY GROSSMAN Staff Writer OCEAN TOWNSHIP — Moviegoers proudly declared their patriotism as they visited the Middlebrook Galleria Cinema during the week of Christmas to view the controversial Seth Rogen and James Franco comedy, “The Interview.” “How dare you tell Americans what they can and can’t do?” Barnegat resident Susan Ross, who traveled an…
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Reformed Church Home earns Deficiency-Free honors in annual state survey
BACK TO BUSINESS News of Greater Media Newspapers’ advertisers Kate Shepard, executive director and administrator at Reformed Church Home in Old Bridge, is pleased to announce a Deficiency-Free Rating attained in the annual survey of skilled nursing facilities conducted by the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services. “This honor places Reformed Church Home…
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Opthamologist offers free eye screenings
Opthamologist Robert Scharfman of Atlantic Medical Eye Care will offer free cataract and glaucoma screenings for seniors at 11 a.m. Jan. 13 at the South River Office on Aging, 55 Reid St. Numbing drops are used to perform the screening, though the eyes are not dilated. Afterward, the results will be explained and a plan…
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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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Students prepare winter coats for distribution
Winter coats for the homeless will be collected through Jan. 5 in East Brunswick and New Brunswick, and Middlesex County Vocational and Technical Schools (MCVTS) students are ready to clean them for distribution. Dry-cleaning students in the School of Career Development will prepare the coats, which will be delivered to homeless men and women on…
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Jamesburg library offers amnesty in January
Fines on overdue books at the Jamesburg Public Library, 229 Gatzmer Ave., will be erased during the month of January with the donation of one can of unexpired food per $1 fine. Collected items will be given to the Deacon’s Food Pantry in Jamesburg.
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Tickets available for senior tailgate party
The South River Office on Aging, 55 Reid St., will sponsor its Senior Pre-Super- Bowl Tailgate Party at 11 a.m. Jan. 30. Tickets must be purchased in advance Dec. 16 to Jan. 9, while supplies last, at the Office on Aging or on the senior bus. Cost is $6 per person and includes food, games…
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Holocaust author to speak at Monroe library
Charlotte Bonelli, author of “Exit Berlin: How One Woman Saved Her Family From Nazi Germany,” will appear at 1 p.m. Jan. 13 at the Monroe Township Public Library, 4 Municipal Plaza. The event, co-sponsored by the Henry Ricklis Holocaust Memorial Committee, is part of the library’s Meet the Author series. One week after Kristallnacht in…
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