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Charity event makes a big splash in Metuchen
By AMY ROSEN Staff Writer Matthew Karlovitch participates in the Swim Across America event to benefit cancer-related causes. The community event was held at the Metuchen Municipal Pool on July 28. Matthew swam with two broken arms. MARY REGAN Those at the Metuchen Municipal Pool on July 28 were doing a lot more than just…
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Councilmen’s queries bring committee to light
By JESSICA D’AMICO Staff Writer What is the technical review committee (TRC), who are its members and why aren’t its meetings open to the public? A couple of Metuchen councilmen demanded answers to these questions at the Aug. 5 Borough Council meeting. “I think we need to look at the role and the function of…
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Is New Jersey climbing out?
By JACK MURTHA Staff Writer Chris Martin New Jersey is slowly breaking away from the doldrums of the economic recession, but it will likely take several years and a chain of smart decisions before the state can tout a full recovery, according to financial experts. The preliminary unemployment rate in New Jersey hit 8.7 percent…
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Members of the Indian Cultural Society of New Jersey show their community spirit as they ride on a float in the Indian Business Association’s India Day Parade in Edison on Aug. 11. SCOTT FRIEDMAN
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WEST AMWELL: ‘Open Gym’ workouts
For middle school children All boys and girls interested in playing middle school basketball during the upcoming school year may participate in “Open Gym” workouts every Tuesday and Thursday during the month of August in the middle school gym from 3-4:30 p.m.
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MANVILLE: Power outage stymies today’s voting
Borough hall is closed; mayor said he expects power to be back on around 2 p.m. A power outage forced voting machines at the VFW hall on Washington Avenue in Manville to run on backup power until 1:30 p.m. today, Tuesday, which is the day of the special primary election for U.S. Senate. According to…
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Finding Relief in the Most Trying of Times at Massage Envy Spa in Hillsborough, NJ – One Woman’s Positive Outlook
By Michael Payan Anne Marie Somer has Stage 4 cancer. With the help of Massage Envy Spa in Hillsborough, New Jersey, doctor-prescribed medication and treatments, and her determined will and spirit, Somer is attacking her illness from all angles. For more than two years, Massage Envy Spa in Hillsborough, New Jersey has been a sanctuary…
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"Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum" at MCCC’s Kelsey Theatre Sept. 6-15
By Wendy Humphrey PinnWorth Productions takes comedy back to its Roman roots, when they present “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum” as the 2013-14 season opener at Mercer County Community College’s Kelsey Theatre. Performances are Fridays, Sept. 6 and 13 at 8 p.m.; Saturdays, Sept. 7 and 14 at 8 p.m.; and…
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HILLSBOROUGH: River cleanup to continue Sunday
More than 100 tires taken from Raritan River on July 27 Volunteers waded in the Raritan River in Neshanic Station as part of an effort by Somerset County Park Commission rangers, Boy Scouts, environmental groups and high school honor society students to clean a 10-mile stretch of the Raritan River from Neshanic Station to Raritan…
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