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Veteran Bears girls open season with win over Edison
EAST BRUNSWICK By JIMMY ALLINDER Correspondent The return of the East Brunswick High School girls basketball team to the upper echelon of the Greater Middlesex Conference (GMC) last year was surprising, if not downright shocking. Not many years ago, the Bears could be counted on to be one of the top teams in the conference.…
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Pulling down the rebound
STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR Middlesex County College’s Bryant Webb, a Sayreville War Memorial High School graduate, rips down a rebound during Middlesex’s Dec. 18 game against Atlantic Cape Community College on Middlesex’s home court in Edison. The 88-61 victory pushed Middlesex over .500 at 7-6.
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Parker at Monroe, long-term living community, opens doors to first residents
BACK TO BUSINESS On the morning of Dec. 15, the staff of Parker at Monroe welcomed their first residents to Parker Home’s newest long-term living residence. The intimate ribbon cutting ceremony included remarks by Doreen Illis, administrator, and Roberto Muñiz, president and CEO. The ribbon cutting was followed by a celebratory luncheon with the first…
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East Brunswick Library to sell used magazines
The Friends of the East Brunswick Library will hold its annual magazine sale Jan. 15-18 at the library, Civic Center Drive. There will be magazines that cover science, entertainment, teens, adults, cooking and more. Bundles of six to 12 magazines will be sold for $3. For more information, call 732-390- 6767 or visit www.ebpl.org and…
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Recycling schedules now posted online
Starting next month, the Middlesex County Improvement Authority’s (MCIA) Recycling Division will stop issuing hard copies of curbside collection schedules to the public, opting instead to post the information on the web. Last year, some 89,000 recycling brochures circulated in the county, primarily mailed to homes and businesses located within the program’s 14 participating municipalities,…
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High school students invited to snow-tube
The East Brunswick Department of Recreation & Parks will sponsor a Youth Council & Recreation snow-tubing trip to Mountain Creek in Vernon on Jan. 31. Students in eighth through 12th grade will be chaperoned by the Youth Council staff. The bus will leave the Community Arts Center, 721 Cranbury Road, East Brunswick, at 9 a.m.…
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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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Monroe library offers programs for children
The Monroe Township Library, 4 Municipal Plaza, Monroe, will present the following programs for children during January: A drop-in LEGO corner will be held at 4:30 p.m. Mondays, Jan. 5, 12 and 26. “Music with Pat McKinley” for infants, toddlers and preschoolers will be held at 11:45 a.m. Tuesdays, Jan. 6, 13, 20…
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Prepping for the holidays
PHOTO COURTESY OF BRIGHT HORIZONS AT EAST BRUNSWICK The Kindergarten Prep students of Bright Horizons at East Brunswick spread some holiday cheer to the senior residents of CareOne in East Brunswick on Dec. 9.
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