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Kindergarten packets available for 2014-15
Sayreville Public Schools will begin kindergarten registration for the 2014-15 school year this month. Students entering kindergarten must be 5 years old on or before Oct. 31, 2014. The following documents are required upon registration: birth certificate; physician’s certificate of immunizations, including DPT, polio, measles, rubella, mumps, hepatitis B, chickenpox and the Mantoux test for…
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Sayreville students’ designs shine in national competition
By STELLA MORRISON Staff Writer Bracelet by Amy Walczak Katherine Mojzsis’ art students at Sayreville War Memorial High School earned recognition in a national contest that showcases students with talent in creative fields. Five 12th-grade students ranked in this year’s Scholastic Art & Writing Awards, an annual contest run by Scholastic and the Alliance for…
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Grin and bare it
PHOTO COURTESY OF LORI LUICCI More than 100 peer leadership students, teachers, administrators and alumni from Old Bridge High School jumped into the Atlantic Ocean during the annual Polar Bear Plunge for Special Olympics New Jersey Feb. 22 in Seaside Heights. Old Bridge High School donated $8,000 to the plunge and the high school’s Buddy…
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Discussion to focus on income-tax refund
Local tax professional Glenn Bartram will present a free discussion on maximizing one’s federal income-tax refund 6:30-8 p.m. March 12 at the Sayreville Public Library, Washington Road. The event, which is open to adults only, will be a group presentation. One-on-one assistance will not be offered. To register or for more information, call Alaina at…
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Naturalist: Deer hunt restores balance to Cheesequake Park
By THOMAS CASTLES Staff Writer OLD BRIDGE — Forty fewer deer are chomping on shrubs and saplings after the third annual Cheesequake State Park deer management program closed for the season. While the number of harvested deer was below expectations, the management program, which ran from Sept. 14 to Feb. 15, has already resulted in…
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U.S. heroes should be remembered
A nation should always remember its heroes. Where would we be today without Thomas Alva Edison, who invented the light bulb; Charles Babbage, who invented the modern computer; Martin Luther King Jr., who put an end to segregation; or Abraham Lincoln, who stopped slavery? All these people have done something amazing for our nation, and…
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Cannabis program ‘going to pot’
With 1,400 patients signed up for the medical cannabis program in New Jersey since August 2012, many have yet to see access. Greenleaf Compassion Center, which was opened briefly and closed this summer, served only 140 patients the entire year. With one of the program qualifications being less than six months to live, there undoubtedly…
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STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR East Brunswick High School fans cheer for the Bears during the Greater Middlesex Conference boys basketball tournament championship game on Feb. 27 at the Rutgers Athletic Center, Piscataway.
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Time is now to ramp up fight vs. blood cancers
Mark Rosman IN THE NEWS I hate cancer with a passion. During my 32-year career with Greater Media Newspapers, our staff writers have authored hundreds of articles about men, women and children who have battled the disease. Some of those articles have had happy endings and some, unfortunately, have reported the death of an individual…
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