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Advocates: Homelessness, hunger affect all of society
By ADAM C. UZIALKO Staff Writer Raising awareness that poverty, hunger and homelessness impact every member of society — and not just those who are at risk — is part of finding solutions to these issues, according to speakers at a summit of advocacy groups. In order to do this, it is imperative to change…
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Program to explore environmental issues
Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Middlesex County will offer the Environmental Stewards Program next year. The curriculum will introduce nonscientists to the science underlying key environmental issues in the Garden State. Leading authorities from academia are joined by colleagues from the government and nonprofit sectors to share understanding and insights with the students. The classes will…
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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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Resident concerned about intersection
At the corner of Amboy and Eggert avenues — one of the busiest intersections in the borough — the administration and Public Works Department have blatantly neglected the repair and maintenance of the road surface. (As such, they act in concert with the county, which has shared responsibility.) On the day before Christmas — no,…
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Photo
STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR A deer blends in with the surrounding brush on an early winter day.
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Freezing Cold Hash Run scheduled for Jan. 3
The 2015 Freezing Cold Hash Run 3-mile and 5-mile group run will take place at 10 a.m. Jan. 3 beginning at Vidas Field, Durham Avenue and Hampton Street, Metuchen. A post-run party will take place at Hailey’s Harp and Pub, 400 Main St., Metuchen. The cost is $20 for preregistered run and party by registering…
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Partners needed to help advance manufacturing major at vo-tech
The Middlesex County Vocational and Technical Schools is seeking business partners to assist with the creation of a new career major in advanced manufacturing. “We believe there is a need to develop a manufacturing training program in the Central Jersey region — Middlesex County, specifically,” Superintendent of Schools Brian Loughlin said at a meeting with…
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Jewish federations merge to expand outreach, services
By ADAM C. UZIALKO Staff Writer Two major Jewish organizations in Middlesex and Monmouth counties have announced a landmark merger agreement that will establish the Jewish Federation of Middlesex and Monmouth Counties, effective Jan. 1. The merger, which was announced Dec. 5, is the result of a two-year exploration and planning process, and represents the…
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A look back
Greater Media Chief Photographer Eric Sucar shares some of his favorite photos from 2014. The Metuchen girls basketball team celebrates with fans after winning the Central Jersey Group I final game against South River at South River High School on March 11. The Alchemist Theatre Company waits patiently to take the stage for the production…
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