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Apple Festival on tap for Nov. 3
The Madison Township Historical Society will sponsor its 48th annual Apple Festival noon-4 p.m. Nov. 3 at the Old Bridge Municipal Civic Center, Route 516 and Cottrell Road. The event, which is designed to celebrate the area’s agricultural heritage, will feature homemade apple pies, vendors, crafters, re-enactors, historical exhibits and refreshments. Posters created by local…
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Rehab center plans Veterans Day Lunch
Summer Hill Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 111 Route 516, Old Bridge, will host a Veterans Day Luncheon beginning at noon Nov. 11 to honor its residents who served in the military services. Guest speaker will be former Summer Hill resident Arthur Goodstone, a World War II veteran and Pearl Harbor survivor. The event is open…
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Grant reimburses agencies for food supplies used during Sandy
By STELLA MORRISON Staff Writer SAYREVILLE — Gov. Chris Christie’s administration announced that $117,692 was made available through a federal Social Services Block Grant to reimburse county-designated offices on aging that diminished or depleted their shelf-stable food inventories during superstorm Sandy. New Jersey Department of Human Services (DHS) Deputy Commissioner Lowell Arye made the announcement…
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Obamacare helps domestic-violence victims
October is a month dedicated to the awareness of domestic violence. This is a time to recognize the terrible destruction of relationships and the suffering within families that can follow intimate-partner violence. This violence is one of the most underreported crimes in the U.S., victimizing one in four women. Did you know that only 25…
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Provident Bank Foundation makes donation for NICU video system
Chris Martin, left, president of The Provident Bank Foundation, presents Ronald C. Rak, president and CEO of Saint Peter’s Healthcare System, with a $100,000 grant in support of a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit video conferencing system. The Provident Bank Foundation presented a $100,000 donation to The Children’s Hospital at Saint Peter’s University Hospital, New Brunswick,…
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Addie girl
PHOTOS BY SCOTT FRIEDMAN Addie, a trained comfort dog of the Lutheran Church Charities K-9 Comfort Dog Ministry, greets parishioners at the Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd in Old Bridge on Oct. 25. Right: Abby Ressler pets Addie, who was brought to the church by Jen Marr, left, of Newtown, Conn.
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Night-owl bingo game scheduled for Nov. 9
St Stanislaus Kostka Church, 225 MacArthur Ave., Sayreville, will hold a Nov. 9 night-owl bingo game in the gym. Doors open at 9 p.m. Games begin at 11 p.m. There will be free coffee all night. Refreshments will be available for purchase. For more information, call Debbie at 732-613-0517, Bernie at 732-727-0082 or the parish…
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Lions Club to hold pancake breakfast
The Sayreville Lions Club will hold its semiannual pancake breakfast 8 a.m. to noon on Nov. 3 at Sayreville War Memorial High School, 820 Washington Road, Parlin section of Sayreville. Cost is $7 for adults and $3 for children.
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