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Professional development class scheduled
Central Jersey is getting ready for professional development. Doing Everything Right to Educate Kids (d.e.r.e.k.) of Morganville will hold “Let’s Get Ready,” a two-hour professional development session, from 9-11 a.m. Feb. 8 at the Radisson, 50 Gibson Place, off Route 537 West, Freehold. Derek Jones will instruct teachers in New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania…
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American Tire and Michelin make donation to soccer leagues
OLD BRIDGE — The Girls Soccer League of Old Bridge and the Old Bridge Soccer League have received more than $300 in money and equipment through the Michelin Soccer Program. For every Michelin tire sold to the public at American Tire & Auto Care on Route 516 in Old Bridge during the 30-day soccer ball…
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Attire is ‘seafaring’ for Nautical Night
The East Brunswick Elks will hold a Nautical Night 7-11 p.m. Feb. 22 at the Elks, 21 Oakmont Ave., East Brunswick. Snow date is March 8. There will be a hot buffet and entertainment by Rob Trout and the Flounders. Attire is “seafaring.” Prizes will be awarded for the best outfit. The cost is $22…
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Holt schedules community meetings
Rep. Rush Holt will hold a series of community office hours to assist residents with Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, veterans affairs, citizenship and immigration services. Staff will be available to provide information on federal grants and contracts, acquiring flags flown over the U.S. Capitol, and more. Office hours will be held Jan. 16 at the…
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Middlesex County sewage station receives Sandy recovery funds
The Middlesex County Utilities Authority (MCUA) and the city of Long Branch are on the receiving end of $16.5 million in superstorm Sandy recovery funds. The MCUA will receive $1,340,015 in federal funding for emergency repairs to the Sayreville Sewerage Pump Station that was damaged as a result of Sandy. This grant is in addition…
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Fee for late sewer bill nearly double the original amount
By JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent SOUTH AMBOY — A resident at last month’s City Council meeting came to plead a case for a cancer patient who faces a fine on his sewer bill due to a late payment. Ken Feely spoke on behalf of a neighbor who had failed to pay his sewer bill to the…
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Community unites to stem tide of homelessness
By STELLA MORRISON Staff Writer Top: Sena, Cora and Stephanie Kaper-Dale, left to right, light candles for those who died in 2013 as a result of being homeless at the fifth annual ceremony commemorating Homeless Persons’ Memorial Day at the Reformed Church of Highland Park on Dec. 21. Above: Carmel Mangarella of North Brunswick, at…
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Storm center distributes last of its funds
By STELLA MORRISON Staff Writer The Sayreville Storm Relief Center has given away the last of its funds to those in the borough affected by superstorm Sandy. According to Councilwoman Lisa Eicher, about 600 gift cards worth $225 each were distributed to borough families who were impacted by the October 2012 storm. “This was just…
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Fire company puts out call for members, new trucks
By JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent Enterprise Snorkel Fire Co. on George Street in South Amboy has come back from the damage caused by superstorm Sandy a little over a year ago, but is now facing issues involving manpower and truck replacement, according to Capt. Sean Russer. “We were responding out of Gillette Industrial Park from December…
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