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Weekend to feature movie, music and vendors in Spotswood
Spotswood Recreation will kick off the summer with S’Woodstock 2014: Two Days of Music and Fun, June 6 and 7. The event is sponsored by The Academy of Music and Dance, Spotswood. Family Movie Night, featuring the classic baseball movie “The Sandlot,” is set for June 6 in the cafetorium at Spotswood High School, Summerhill…
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Milltown OKs contract for new power station
By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer MILLTOWN — If the borough’s substation were to go under water again, residents would be without power for four to six months in the worst-case scenario. “Grasp the enormity of that problem,” Councilman Randy Farkas told his fellow council members as they discussed an emergency contract for the substation. With…
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Alternate locations proposed for cell tower
By THOMAS CASTLES Staff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK — Several dozen residents of Willis Court and Timber Road proposed alternate sites for the construction of a cell tower slated to be built near their homes. David Stern, a veteran radio frequency engineer who testified as an expert witness on behalf of Verizon Wireless at the May…
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Web of social services buoys adult with autism
The Autism Puzzle: A New Jersey Angle By JACK MURTHA Staff Writer Kevin Petranich performs his tasks at the Educational Testing Service (ETS) in Princeton. FRANK WOJCIECHOWSKI This is part six in an occasional series of stories about people with autism in New Jersey. The entire series can be found at www.gmnews.com/autism. K evin Petranich…
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Torch passed for Special Olympics
By ADAM C. UZIALKO Staff Writer Cheers and applause erupted from a large crowd of students, parents and teachers gathered in front of the Monroe Township Middle School to see the Special Olympics New Jersey torch handed off to student Megan Fannon. Megan, a 16-year-old Special Olympics New Jersey swimmer, was given the “Flame of…
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D-Day legacy of service and sacrifice lives on
By JACK MURTHA Staff Writer Rudolph Schasney, a U.S. Navy gunner first mate who was involved in the D-Day invasion of France on June 6, 1944, participates in a Memorial Day ceremony on May 24 at Thorne Middle School in the Port Monmouth section of Middletown. MATT DENTON Seventy years after D-Day — the Allied…
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Bulletin Board items
– Columbiettes to hold tricky tray ‘scramble’ The Columbiettes of Knights of Columbus Council 4907 will host a fundraising scramble/tricky tray auction at 7:30 p.m. June 6 at the Knights of Columbus hall, Crescent Avenue, Spotswood. Doors open at 6 p.m. Admission is $7 for adults only. Advance tickets are suggested. Call Barbara at 732-251-2725.…
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Top used cars for new grads
They’re rated as being safe and reliable and are reasonably affordable, bringing both peace of mind — and pocketbook — to those heading off to their first jobs. By Jim Gorzelany CTW Features HONDA ELEMENT While many students get through their college years driving an old “beater” car or borrowing a ride from the family…
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Q&A
High-end Hyundai with Sharon Peters Q: My brother called to say that he’d just bought a new Hyundai. We gave him a little good-natured ribbing about his cheapie choice, and he announced, huffily, that it was a $69,000 Hyundai. I love my brother, but he’s given to hyperbole. I seriously doubt he paid $69,000 for…
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