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Rutgers Day, Ag Field Day, Folk Festival offer fun for all
Rutgers Day will welcome new additions this year, including a parade along College Avenue, displays about Rutgers’ participation in the Big Ten conference and health sciences programming on Busch Campus. The event takes place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. April 26, with programming taking place on the Busch, College Avenue and Cook/Douglass campuses in…
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Mini mud run on tap for Healthy Kids Day
The Raritan Valley YMCA, 144 Tices Lane, East Brunswick, will hold its annual Healthy Kids Day celebration beginning at noon April 26. Community members are invited to attend. The mud run will offer youngsters the chance to go through a course that is designed to be safe and achievable. YMCA staff members will lead participants…
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Friends Book Sale planned for April 26
The Friends of the Milltown Public Library will sponsor its annual Spring Book Sale 10 a.m.-2 p.m. April 26 at the library, 20 W. Church St. Donations of gently used books, books on tape or CD, cookbooks, DVDs, magazines (no older than one year), CDs and computer games are sought. Reader’s Digest condensed books, textbooks…
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Hike, plantings set for Sunday at Cheesequake Park
By THOMAS CASTLES Staff Writer Volunteers will help spruce up Cheesequake Park in Old Bridge during an Earth Day celebration on Saturday. PHOTO COURTESY OF JIM FACZAK OLD BRIDGE — Visitors to Cheesequake State Park will learn about the history of Earth Day as well as the history of the 1,610-acre state park at the…
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TEDxNavesink comes to Red Bank
By KEITH HEUMILLER Staff Writer Gabriella Levine leads the discussion, “Democratizing Innovation with Open-Source Hardware,” during last year’s TEDxNavesink conference at Brookdale Community College. This year, the event will take place May 10 at the Two River Theater in Red Bank. LAUREN CASSELBERRY RED BANK — Following the success of last year’s TEDxNavesink conference at…
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Spotswood police to collect medication
The Spotswood Police Department will participate in National Drug Take-Back Day from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. April 26 in the Spotswood municipal courtroom, 77 Summerhill Road. Unwanted, unused and expired medications will be collected. No syringes or EpiPens will be taken.
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Relay for Life seeks to break world record
The American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life of South River is seeking individuals to break the Guinness World Record for the most people simultaneously blowing out birthday candles. The attempt will take place at this year’s relay, set for 10 a.m.-10 p.m. May 17 at Denny Stadium, 11 Montgomery St., South River. The challenge is…
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Dance Ensemble performance on tap at MCC
The Middlesex County College Dance Ensemble will present its 13th annual spring dance concert, “Impedimentum,” at 7 p.m. April 26 and 2 p.m. April 27. Both performances will be held in the Performing Arts Center on the college’s Edison campus, and are free, with a suggested donation of $5 per person. “The dances presented are…
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Special Kays kick off season with awards
Special Kays — a nonprofit, nationally recognized competitive dance team of the New Jersey Center of Dance and Performing Arts — received numerous high-level awards at the Groove Regional Dance Competition March 14-16 in Millstone and at the VIP Regional Dance Competition March 21-23 in East Brunswick. At Groove, the team received four platinum (highest…
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