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Scammers do not take a summer vacation
Summer scams are skyrocketing and everyone, regardless of age, is being scammed. Scammers use robot calls, regular telephone calls, emails, social media, eBay, Craigslist and more. The latest warnings about scams focus on electric costs, puppy purchases and house rentals. Jersey Central Power & Light warns people not to fall for the so-called federal assistance…
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Old Bridge/Matawan AARP to sponsor five-night trip to Chicago
Old Bridge/Matawan AARP Chapter 4854 will sponsor a bus tour to Chicago Sept. 17-21. The trip cost is $589 per person, including round trip motor coach transportation, four-night hotel accommodations, four breakfasts, three dinners, a guided tour of Chicago, a Chicago sightseeing cruise, dinner and entertainment at Tommy Gun’s Garage, the “Untouchables” gangster tour, taxes,…
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‘Recruits’ wanted for Edison’s Junior Police Academy
EDISON — The Edison Police Department is getting ready to host two, week-long Junior Police Academy sessions for local middle school students starting July 31. Due to the program’s popularity, police Lt. Robert Dudash Jr. suggests parents act quickly to enroll youngsters for their choice of sessions. The first session runs from July 31 to…
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Bishop George Ahr graduate earns Civil Air Patrol award
Civil Air Patrol Cadet Caroline D’Souza, a Bishop George Ahr High School graduate, has earned the Civil Air Patrol Billy Mitchell Award. The award was presented to D’Souza by New Jersey Wing Commander Colonel Steve Tracy in a special awards ceremony held at the VFW Hall on Washington Street in Manville on June 14. D’Souza…
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Edison officer resigns after Belmar arrest
EDISON — An Edison police officer resigned last week after he was charged with fighting an individual and yelling expletives at police in Belmar after they told him to be quiet. Dimitry Smolkin, 31, who was sworn into the Edison Police Department on Dec. 28, 2015, was charged with disorderly conduct and resisting arrest at…
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Volunteers needed for cleanup at Thomas Edison Park
The township’s Environmental Commission and Clean Communities program is looking for hale and hearty volunteers to help with park clean-up and beautification projects. A cleanup will be held from 9 a.m. to noon July 9 at Thomas Edison Park off Route 27 and Christie Street, site of the historic Edison Memorial Tower. Organizers say they…
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Anti-Semitic graffiti found on East Brunswick school playground
EAST BRUNSWICK – A student discovered anti-Semitic graffiti on the inside of a recreational structure at a township elementary school. “I was first notified that Friday afternoon near dismissal by the principal [Elizabeth Dunn] who notified me right away,” Superintendent of Schools Victor Valeski said of the June 9 incident reported at the Lawrence Brook…
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Rabid raccoon found in Manalapan
MANALAPAN – Two dogs from Manalapan have been placed in a 45-day quarantine following their exposure to a rabid raccoon. According to a June 16 press release from the Manalapan Health Department, the dogs had an altercation with a raccoon in a residential backyard on June 13. The dogs killed the raccoon and the animal…
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Old Bridge officials consider limiting growth of bamboo plants
OLD BRIDGE — Township officials are considering setting guidelines on the planting of bamboo, which has drawn concerns from residents in the township. Councilwoman-at-Large Debbie Walker asked the Old Bridge Township Council to research and consider creating an ordinance that would require any planting of bamboo plants on personal property to be contained in pots.…
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