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MONROE: Volunteers needed for Thanksgiving feast
By Jenine Clancy, Special Writer MONROE — The Senior Services Center in Monroe is looking for volunteers to help with the Community Cares Thanksgiving meal program. In its second year, the two-hour event is set to start at noon on Nov. 27 at 12 p.m. in the Irwin Nalitt Meeting Room in the Senior Center…
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EAST WINDSOR: Driver injured in Route 33 crash
Amy Batista photo. Rescue workers free a Clarksburg woman following a collision on Route 33 Aug. 30.
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SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Kingston fire department looking for new members
By Azra Baig, Special Writer The Kingston Volunteer Fire Company wants you to join them. In the hopes of recruiting new members to join the volunteer fire department, the Kingston Volunteer Fire Company has put out a few dozen lawn signs that state "Members Wanted!! Volunteer Today! throughout the Kingston service area. Chairman of the…
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MONROE: Chief swears in seven new officers
Oaths taken at Township Council meeting By Jenine Clancy, Special Writer MONROE — The township’s police department swore in seven new officers at the Township Council’s meeting on Wednesday night. Police Chief Michael E. Lloyd said this was the first entrance exam the town offered in almost 15 years. "These gentleman are absolute examples of…
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SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Library Gala set
Library Gala set Submitted photoAuhor Ann Hood will attend the annual Library Gala in South Brunswick on Sept. 20. Ann Hood, best-selling author of "An Italian Wife," will attend an Italian-themed dinner Saturday, Sept. 20, after hours at the South Brunswick Public Library, 110 Kingston Lane, Monmouth Junction. Hors d’oeuvres begin 6:30 p.m., dinner at…
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SALLYING FORTH: No more firsts
As kids return to school, this writer looks back By Sally Friedman Once, I was the mom who was cranky with the school supply scene, the search-and-destroy missions for folders, notebooks, lunch boxes, then ultimately, cool backpacks. Now, I get misty when I see the stampede at the malls and the discount stores. Sometimes, I…
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Challenges confront housing recovery
New study underscores market difficulties and the barriers to homeownership, particularly for younger buyers Despite signs that the home sales, prices and construction continue to improve in key markets, several formidable obstacles stand in the way of a national housing recovery — especially challenges confronting younger buyers — according to a new report recently released…
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Weichert Financial Services names Tim McLaughlin chief operating officer
Stephen Adamo, president of Weichert Financial Services, announces that Tim McLaughlin has been named to the newly created position of chief operating officer. In addition to assuming this new role, McLaughlin will retain his responsibilities in the company’s Capital Markets division. McLaughlin joined Weichert Financial Services in 2004 as senior vice president of secondary marketing…
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SPORT SHORTS
Mountain Top drew off to a length and three-quarter victory, besting a trio of Ray Schnittker trainees in the $7,000 first leg of the New Jersey Sire Stakes – Green Acres for 2-year-old trotting colts and geldings, in the third race and opening day feature at Freehold Raceway on Aug. 28. Schnittker’s odds-on entry finished…
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