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Harlem Wizards to play Chittick Cheetahs
The Harlem Wizards will compete against the Chittick Cheetahs at 7 p.m. Nov. 22 at Churchill Junior High School, 18 Norton Road, East Brunswick. Tickets cost $10 for students and seniors, and $12 for adults in advance at www.harlemwizards.com. At the door, tickets cost $12 for students and seniors, and $15 for adults.
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Holiday Book Sale coming to area library
The Friends of the East Brunswick Public Library will host its Holiday Book Sale Nov. 12-17 at the library, Jean Walling Civic Center. Shoppers may choose from books on Hanukkah, Thanksgiving, Christmas, Purim, holiday cooking, decorating and more. All items will be bargain-priced. For more information, call 732-390- 6767 or log on to www.ebpl.org and…
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Local couple helps control cat population
By THOMAS CASTLES Staff Writer Nicole Cowley and her husband Ben Gelb have started The Dale Road Cat Project to reduce the number of feral cats in their area. EAST BRUNSWICK — It may have been tamed more than 3,500 years ago, but centuries upon centuries of domestication were no match for the housecat’s natural…
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Peace Corps volunteer’s Ukraine mission is not lost in translation
WHO’S WHO IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS By STELLA MORRISON Staff Writer James Genovese of Monroe is teaching English in the Ukraine as part of his involvement with the Peace Corps. MONROE — Support for instruction of the English language in the Ukraine reaches halfway across the world to Middlesex County. Monroe native James Genovese has spent…
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Project ensures veterans’ stories will not be forgotten
By JACK MURTHA Staff Writer World War II veterans Lorraine Hocheim and Eugene Cook, both residents at JFK Medical Center Haven Hospice in Edison, have shared their stories with fellow veteran and volunteer Joe Belardo, who stands behind them at left. Also pictured are volunteer Marie Keane, rear center, and Maureen David, the hospice’s volunteer…
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Doctor chronicles losing his wife to cancer
By THOMAS CASTLES Staff Writer Dr. Michael Kesler’s accomplishments are many and multifaceted, and made all the more impressive by their fulfillment in the face of seemingly insurmountable adversity. The author, editor and engineer penned the semi-autobiographical “Hurdles: When Cancer Strikes a Family,” which chronicles the polarized peaks and valleys Kesler and his wife Raquel…
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Vietnam vets share stories as tour guides
By STELLA MORRISON Staff Writer Walter Balon, a member of American Legion Lenape Post 211, raises his hand in a salute during an Oct. 20 remembrance service at Sayreville Borough Hall. The annual ceremony honors those who fought in the Vietnam War. SCOTT FRIEDMAN I t would be decades after the Vietnam War before some…
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Spotswood races both uncontested
Thomas Castles SPOTSWOOD — Incumbent Councilman Nicholas Legakis was appointed to a one-year term after receiving 1,059 votes in an uncontested race Nov. 5. Board of Education incumbent William Loschiavo received 979 votes and newcomer Ronald Dittman received 822 votes, also in an uncontested race.
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Republicans capture seats on Old Bridge council
Thomas Castles OLD BRIDGE — Old Bridge Republicans celebrated a near sweep of the Township Council vote at their headquarters on Nov. 5. Their success came at the cost of two incumbent Democrats — Bob Volkert and Kevin Calogera — who narrowly lost their wards’ support by fewer than 90 votes each. Newcomer Republican Joe…
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