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Boy Scouts to hold pancake breakfast Feb. 19
North Brunswick Boy Scout Troop 18 will serve as the host to a pancake breakfast from 8 a.m. to noon on Feb. 19 at the Our Lady of Peace Parish Hall, 1740 Route 130 north at Washington Place, North Brunswick. Tickets are $5 each. For more information, email [email protected].
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Business Brief
WithumSmith+Brown recently named nine employees as the recipients of its Strength Awards in six different categories. The honorees were recognized by more than 800 of their peers at Withum’s annual State of the Firm meeting. Stephen Antenucci of Jamesburg, manager of the Red Bank office, was part of the Audit Services Team that received the Leonard H.…
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Job services assistance for veterans available at library
The Long Branch Free Public Library and the Veterans Unit from the New Jersey Department of Labor are offering assistance to veterans seeking employment. A representative from the Veterans Unit will be at the Long Branch Free Public Library every second and fourth Thursday of the month from 2-4 p.m. Upcoming dates include Feb. 23, March…
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Clifton seeks to protect police officers, first responders
State Assemblyman Rob Clifton (R-Monmouth, Ocean, Middlesex, Burlington) is renewing his call for legislative action on a bill that seeks to protect the lives and well-being of police officers and emergency medical personnel. Clifton’s legislation (A3104), which was introduced in February 2016, would require drug users who were revived with Narcan or a similar opioid…
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Katherine Heigl and Steven Pasquale pair up in CBS’ new twisted legal thriller ‘Doubt’
By Barb Oates Rule No. 1: Attorneys should never, ever get involved romantically with their clients. We all know that, but TV continues to break that fundamental rule for our enjoyment. In this case, the beautiful and brilliant Sadie Ellis (played by Katherine Heigl) can’t resist her charming, too-good-to-be-guilty client Billy Brennan (Steven Pasquale), a…
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Young man hopes to hit the right notes with instrument collection
By JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK — Attaining the rank of Eagle Scout will be music to one young man’s ears. Dermot Berg, a member of Boy Scout Troop 90 in the Kendall Park section of South Brunswick, is starting an instrument drive for his Eagle project. According to his project flier, the gift of music “is…
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Private testing OK’d for truck drivers
Legislation accelerating license testing for new commercial truck drivers has been signed into law by Gov. Chris Christie. Sponsored by Assemblymen Ron Dancer and Anthony M. Bucco, the new law (S2346/A3946) establishes a pilot program using private vendors to administer commercial driver’s license tests, alleviating frustration with the current months-long process, according to a press…
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Newspaper staff wins several NJ Press Association awards
By DONNA KENYON Executive Editor A photographer, a reporter, and a managing editor were recognized by the New Jersey Press Association (NJPA) for their winning work in Newspaper Media Group’s (NMG) 10 community publications based in Manalapan. NJPA awards also went to two NMG advertising staffers and a former production department employee. Publisher Joe Eisele…
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Former Woodbridge teacher agrees to suspension
By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer WOODBRIDGE — Teaching certificates for a former Avenel Street School 4 & 5 principal, who was one of the educators named in the Woodbridge School District cheating scandal in 2012, have been suspended for six months by the New Jersey Department of Education State Board of Examiners. Dara Kurlander had…
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