Tag: Monroe
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Buffet dinner dance to benefit Jamesburg Public Library
A buffet dinner dance to benefit the Jamesburg Public Library, sponsored by the Kiwanis Club of Greater Monroe, will be held from 6:30-10:30 p.m. on April 27 at the Renaissance clubhouse, Medici Road, Monroe. Music provided by Morton Entertainment. Dinner by Tuscany Catering. BYOB. Tickets are $30. Tables are 10 or 12 and group…
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Reasons to reconsider vaping
By Robert Pedowitz, DO When a patient asks if vaping is safer than smoking, I tell them that neither is safe, potentially pose health risks, and that both habits should be broken. While vapes—also called vapor cigarettes, electronic cigarettes, or e-cigarettes—have been marketed as a safer alternative to smoking traditional cigarettes, there hasn’t been enough…
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Police link Helmetta resident to 60 car burglaries in the area
Police have connected one man to more than 60 car burglaries in the central New Jersey area over the past month. “It was the teamwork from several police departments that captured this suspect. The suspect may have believed that by going over different township lines he would be able to get away with his…
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Doctor to discuss pain management during AARP Chapter 4855 meeting in East Brunswick
AARP Chapter 4855 will hold a general meeting at 10:30 a.m. on Sept. 4 in the East Brunswick Firehouse, Civic Center Station, 310 Rues Lane. Guest speaker will be Dr. Daniel Rothstein of University Pain Medicine Center in Monroe and Somerset. Rothstein is board-certified in anesthesiology as well as pain medicine. He will speak on interventional…
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Kindred Spirit to hold benefit concert for Special Strides
Kindred Spirit will perform a summer concert to benefit Special Strides at 7 p.m. on July 20 at Congress Hill Farm, 118 Federal Road, Monroe. Bring your own blanket, beach chair, booze and food. Admission is $20 per person. Reserve a table of six for $100.
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Students focus on dangers of distracted driving for county contest
High school students from Middlesex County produced 30- to 60-second public service announcements to warn their friends and classmates about the dangers of driving while impaired or distracted. The winners of Middlesex County’s 18th Annual 3D-Don’t Drive Dangerously PSA Contest were announced during a conference in their honor held at the Middlesex County Fire Academy in Sayreville…
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Monroe Library assistant director named president of New Jersey Library Association
Leah Wagner, center, assistant director of the Monroe Township Library, was named president of the New Jersey Library Association during a conference in Atlantic City on May 31. Her role will consist of representing the state at conferences, promoting legislative advocacy and continuing education, along with other duties required by the post.
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Monroe teenager will compete in 2018 Special Olympics USA Games in July
MONROE — It was a routine trip to the dentist office when inspiration was right on the wall. It was summer 2016. Olympic gymnast Laurie Hernandez, who was 16 years old at the time, was fresh off the U.S. Olympic stage. As a member of the U.S. Olympics gymnastics team, she helped her team take…
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Monroe announces Music in the Park summer lineup
The Monroe Township Cultural Arts Commission will present its Music in the Park free summer concert series at 6 p.m. Thursdays at the open grow gazebo on the lake at Thompson Park, Perrineville Road, Monroe. Big Package will perform high energy funk, soul and dance music on July 12. Rave On! will perform early rock-n-roll…