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East Brunswick earns sportsmanship award
The North Jersey Section 33 Basketball Officials presented East Brunswick with the Thomas Wachenfeld Award for sportsmanship recently at a high school ceremony. Pictured in the photo, left to right, are Dr. Michael Vinella, principal; Mark Motusesky, boys basketball coach; Michael Kaleber, director of the New Jersey School Boards Association; Keith Lane, girls basketball coach;…
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GMC golfers stage Ryder Cup format tourney to close season
By JIMMY ALLINDER Correspondent Professional golf’s internationally famous Ryder Cup doesn’t take place until late- September in Scotland. However, golfers from the Greater Middlesex Conference (GMC) competed in their own modified version called the GMC Cup on May 27 at Metuchen Country Club. The tournament marked the end of the high school careers of a…
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Rock concert to aid Monroe youngster
The New Jersey alternative rock band Garden State Line will perform a benefit concert at 8 p.m. June 27 at the Strand Center for the Arts, Lakewood. A generous portion of the proceeds from the show will support Taylor “Iron Man” Barta, a 6-yearold Monroe boy who has been diagnosed with stage 4 alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma,…
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ACS Relay for Life on tap in Old Bridge
Relay For Life of Old Bridge will join in the American Cancer Society’s fight to create a world with less cancer and more birthdays by participating in an event scheduled for 5 p.m. June 21 to 5 a.m. June 22 at Lombardi Field, 3439 Route 516, Old Bridge. Funds raised will support cancer research, education,…
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Elks to present Music on the Lake June 21
The East Brunswick Elks, 21B Oakmont Ave., will offer its Music on the Lake 2-7 p.m. June 21 on Farrington Lake. In case of inclement weather, the event will be moved indoors to the lodge. The VooDudes and Citizens Brand Radio will provide live country and rock music. Guests should bring food and chairs. Outside…
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Temple B’nai Shalom to hold open house
Temple B’nai Shalom, located on the corner of Fern and Old Stage roads in East Brunswick, will host an open house at 7 p.m. June 20. Prospective members are invited to attend a Shabbat service, which will be followed by an ice cream oneg. For more information, visit www.bnaishalom.com.
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Youngsters invited to batting contest
East Brunswick Elks Lodge No. 2370 will sponsor its boys baseball and girls softball Batter-Up Batting Contest 6-8 p.m. June 23 at Heavenly Farms, 440 Dunhams Corner Road, East Brunswick. Registration is set for 5:30-6 p.m. The contest is open to ages 5-15. Division placement will be determined by the participant’s age as of April…
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Catherine “Katy” Schaefer
Mrs. Schaefer, 67, of the Parlin section of Sayreville, died June 3, 2014, in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. Born in Graiguenamanagh, Ireland, she came to the United States at age 17 and lived in New York and New Jersey for the past 50 years. Before her retirement in 2004, she was employed…
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State Fair Meadowlands returns this summer
State Fair Meadowlands will return to East Rutherford, bringing more than 150 rides and attractions to the 35-acre Meadowlands Fairgrounds near MetLife Stadium. Slated for June 20 through July 6, the fair will feature more than 50 food vendors, including favorites such as pizza, gyros, burritos, corn dogs, curly fries, corn-on-thecob, turkey legs, funnel cakes,…
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