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Event seeks solutions for addiction ‘epidemic’
By JESSICA D’AMICO Staff Writer Aaron Kucharski (second from left) and Devin Fox (far right), both advocates for addiction recovery, talk with attendees after speaking on the panel at an event for National Recovery Month held at Metuchen Borough Hall on Sept. 26. PHOTOS BY JESSICA DAMICO The No. 1 health crisis in America is…
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Grandson to give talk on Nurseries
The Kingston Historical Society will discuss the Princeton Nurseries during its annual meeting at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 9 at the Kingston Firehouse, 6 Heathcote Road, Kingston. Following a brief business meeting, William Flemer IV will give an illustrated talk on Princeton Nurseries. As the grandson of the nurseries’ founder and the son of renowned plantsman…
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Cosmopolitan editor speaks at library
John Searles, the editor-at-large for Cosmopolitan magazine, will be the guest speaker at the South Brunswick Public Library’s annual gala dinner Oct. 4 at the library, 110 Kingston Lane, South Brunswick. Hors d’oeurves will be served at 6:30 p.m., followed by dinner at 7 p.m., the presentation at 8 p.m., and dessert and a book…
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State Theatre brings vibrancy to Brunswick area
Several dozen corporate guests recently packed into an upstairs lobby at the State Theatre, New Brunswick, as New Jersey Assistant Secretary of State Carol Cronheim discussed the heavy impact the arts have on local economies. “New Jersey’s cultural offerings attract people to downtowns all over [the state]. They make full shops in the daytime, restaurants…
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Affordable housing quotas up for debate
By KEITH HEUMILLER Staff Writer While last week’s long-awaited state Supreme Court decision was expected to eliminate much of the uncertainty surrounding New Jersey’s affordable housing program, stakeholders still disagree on how it will affect local residents and taxpayers. The Sept. 26 decision, which gives the state Council on Affordable Housing (COAH) five months to…
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CODA
Spicuzzo and cronies got a slap on the wrist for crimes Greg Bean Longtime Middlesex County Sheriff and former chairman of the county’s Democratic Party Joe Spicuzzo was sentenced to nine years in prison Sept. 20 for running a jobs-for-cash scheme out of his office. He’d faced a number of charges on what authorities called…
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New drug approved for pancreatic cancer
I was excited to learn that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the chemotherapy drug Abraxane to treat metastatic pancreatic cancer in combination with gemcitabine, another chemotherapy drug. This is the first new treatment to be approved for pancreatic adenocarcinoma, the most common type of pancreatic cancer, in nearly eight years. With a…
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GUEST COLUMN
Newspapers are alive and well ROBERT M. WILLIAMS JR. know of newspapers that kept their communities informed about clean water and shelter during terrible storms and disasters. I know of newspapers that exposed crooks, lost a lot of advertising from the crooks’ buddies and still put out a paper every week. I know of a…
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