Making Holiday Memories

Making Holiday Memories – New Jersey artist Lloyd Garrison has prepared a pair of new holiday cards featuring paintings of the area. This painting showcases modern-day Cranford. Garrison says that the image brings back memories of the old-time towns. “They had privately-owned stores and the owners knew your name,” the artist says. “I [...]

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“Season Of Giving” Food Drive Is Front & Center Of Township Holiday Events

by Mayor John McCormac
‘Tis the season for holiday merriment, the warmth of family gatherings and the celebration of Christmas, Chanukah and festive traditions. While we enjoy the many events and festivities of the season, let’s not forget that there are many less fortunate families throughout Woodbridge Township that need special help each and every [...]

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Down Economy is Buying Opportunity for Holiday Shoppers

By Harry Wyatt
Like many Americans, I am feeling a little less financially secure these days. As the holiday season inches closer, I feel like I should be scrimping and saving, not spending and splurging.
But with prices as low as they are in retail stores, this could be one of the best opportunities for holiday shoppers [...]

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Holiday Greeting From Iraq

Army Reserve SPC Ashley Bonet, currently serving in Tallil, Iraq, sends a Thanksgiving greeting to her family in Metuchen.

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Thanksgiving Comes Everyday For Members And Volunteers At Community Access Unlimited

ELIZABETH—Americans will spare a few moments this Thursday to take stock of their lives and give thanks for that which they have – a home or job, family and friends, their health. For some it will be a passing moment before passing the turkey and gravy. For others there also may be an annual trip [...]

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True Holiday Spirit

by Bryan Golden
Among other things, the holidays are a time of giving and receiving gifts. The question most often asked of people is, “what did you get?” Much less frequently asked is, “what did you give?” Invariably, the inquiries concern material gifts. Purchasing a gift can certainly be thoughtful and a wonderful gesture, especially when [...]

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Assemblyman Distributes Thanksgiving Turkeys To Needy Families

PERTH AMBOY–Assemblyman Joseph Vas joined Mayrich Development, LLC on Monday to distribute Thanksgiving turkeys to needy families in the 19th Legislative District at three Perth Amboy locations.
“As we celebrate Thanksgiving with our family and friends, we must remember to share our good fortunes with others,” said Vas (D-Middlesex). ”This endeavor will help to enrich the [...]

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Firefighters Spread Thanksgiving Cheer

 
Firefighters Spread Thanksgiving Cheer—Members of Linden FMBA Locals 34 and 234 assisted the members of LINCS in passing out Thanksgiving Dinners to the needy.  The LINCS sponsored Food Pantry was also happy to receive a substantial monetary donations from the FMBA groups.  Pictured below (left to right) Frank Gallo, Past Grand Knight, Linden Knights of [...]

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A Thanksgiving Production

A Thanksgiving Production—Patricia Klein’s fourth grade class presented their annual Thanksgiving play at the Madison School auditorium on Nov. 21. The play also featured musical selections by the first grade classes. The cast of characters included: pilgrims Jose Lopez, Amanda Vansco and Kelly Kneisel; Indians Michaela Woolley, Matthew Pereira, Jada Figueroa, Juan Hoyos and Tiffany [...]

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Trinitas Continues Tradition of Giving

Trinitas Continues Tradition of Giving—Recognizing that many families in Union County have been hard hit by the current economy, employees of Trinitas Regional Medical Center rallied for the fourth consecutive year to pool their resources in creating abundant Thanksgiving baskets for distribution in the community. At the main campus of Trinitas in Elizabeth, Sister Marion [...]

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Soehl Students Collect Food

Soehl Students Collect Food—Soehl Middle School students collected food for the local food bank in Linden known as LINCS. The Soehl students who participated in this community service project are Magdalena Kepa, Ashley Molina, Eric Gregorich, Matthew Jaeger. Photo by Christne Hudak, Linden Public Schools

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Thanksgiving Food Drive A Success

Thanksgiving Food Drive A Success—The Blue and Gold Club at Franklin Elementary School in Rahway recently held their annual Thanksgiving food drive. Pictured here, Ana Rita Marques, Cecilia Acevedo-Herras and Tripti Misir stand by some of the food that the generous families of Franklin School donated. A total of 1,360 food items were donated, [...]

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Sharing The Thanksgiving Spirit

Sharing The Thanksgiving Spirit—Thanksgiving stems from the feast held in the autumn of 1621 by the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag American Indians to celebrate the colony’s first successful harvest. The Thanksgiving holiday is a time for sharing love with family and friends. The Linden School #6 family is sharing Thanksgiving baskets filled with all [...]

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Roselle Volunteers Help Families in Need This Thanksgiving

ROSELLE—The Borough of Roselle recently sponsored a holiday food giveaway to help Roselle families in need. On Nov. 22, dozens of residents came to Borough Hall to receive a turkey, gift certificates and non-perishable food items.

The borough facilitated the food drive at no cost to taxpayers. All items were donated by local grocery stores and [...]

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Linden Students Celebrate Thanksgiving

Linden Students Celebrate Thanksgiving—Linden School No. 1 celebrated Thanksgiving early with a day of sharing with friends. The students in Miss Garbowski and Mrs. Zucosky’s classrooms learned the importance of teamwork and to share responsibilities. Together, the students made a homemade apple pie by following a recipe from Miss Garbowski’s mom, homemade butter, and homemade [...]

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