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Knights to sponsor March 1 pasta night
Knights of Columbus Council No. 4815, Old Bridge, will hold its Pasta Night following the 5:30 p.m. Mass on March 1 in the St. Thomas the Apostle gym, Route 18, Old Bridge. The homemade meal will include pasta, meatballs, bread, soda, salad and dessert. A cash wine-and-beer bar will be available. The New Jersey Swingtones…
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Discussion to focus on flooding solutions
The Sayreville Environmental Commission will host a public meeting from 7-9 p.m. March 4 at the Sayreville Senior Center, 423 Main St. Guest speaker Anton Nelessen, director of the undergraduate program in planning, public policy and public health at the Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers University, will present “Changing the Impact:…
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Greenstein will seek Holt’s seat in Congress
By STELLA MORRISON Staff Writer Linda R. Greenstein State Sen. Linda R. Greenstein, who has since 2000 represented Middlesex and Mercer counties in Trenton, has announced she will run for the congressional seat held by U.S. Rep. Rush Holt Jr. (D-12). “I am running. I am in the race,” Greenstein, assistant majority leader in the…
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Tea room steeped in Victorian ambiance
By STELLA MORRISON Staff Writer Kathleen Hippeli, owner of One Steep at a Thyme, discusses different types of tea at a tasting held Feb. 11 in the parlor of her Victorian-era home in Jamesburg. STELLA MORRISON/STAFF A group of women filled the back parlor of Kathleen Hippeli’s Victorian-era home for the first of a fourpart…
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Recovery still out of reach for Laurence Harbor homeowners
By THOMAS CASTLES Staff Writer Owners of Sandy-damaged homes are fed up with the sluggish pace of recovery efforts in Laurence Harbor, where some homeowners have been paying taxes and utility bills on damaged and vacant homes for 16 months. Jerry Cheslow, an East Brunswick resident and owner of two damaged homes in the Paul’s…
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Cost of snow removal sets new record
By ANDREW MARTINS Staff Writer Local governments are facing steep costs this winter for snow plowing and salting roads, as well as for patching potholes. STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR Officials throughout New Jersey are licking their financial and logistical wounds following the recent spate of snowstorms that will ultimately cost all levels of New Jersey…
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ROAD WARRIOR
The 2014 Jeep Cherokee is a stylish and comfortable five-passenger crossover SUV, with solid on- and off-road capabilities and a long list of high-tech options. By Jim Gorzelany CTW Features Jeep has long been known as purveyor of rough-and-tumble offroad ready vehicles, including the iconic Wrangler that traces its lineage to World War II. While…
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Q&A
Puff, puff, gone with Sharon Peters Q: We have a law in our city against “puffing” — a term they use for starting your car and leaving it running in the driveway to warm it up (and that’s something that we all like to do during these sub-zero days). I can’t imagine we’re the only…
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