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Analyze This!Nanton Hands Over Dirty Water Sample to USA-PA

Beach Club Redevelopment Ordinance Introduced

Former B.A. Greg Fehrenbach

CouncilwomanLisa Nanton

By: Joseph L. KuchieSOUTH AMBOY - The or-dinance adopting the Beach Club District Redevelopment Plan was introduced at the 12/3/14 South Amboy Busi-ness Meeting. The Manhattan Beach Club would bring nearly 1,750 lux-ury units as well as close to 90 affordable housing units and space for commercial use to South Amboy. While residents have questioned the plan since it was introduced by the South Amboy Redevelopment Agen-cy, Mayor Fred Henry was very excited for the project to get moving. “We’re taking the first step in redeveloping our waterfront area,” Henry said. “It is a very good project that is going to transform South Amboy…There is still a lot of work to be done but we will continue doing it.” Henry added that the ordi-nance is up on first reading and that there will be a second reading later which will allow the public to comment and ask questions to the council. He also noted the recommenda-tions and discussion that has

already come about the proj-ect. Construction would begin in 2015 with up to 300 units being added. The Manhattan Beach Club presentation is available for viewing on the city’s website on the SARA page. Business Administrator Ca-mille Tooker also discussed details on the re-examination of the city’s Master Plan. The Master Plan is the planning framework that shapes the city’s physical, social, envi-ronmental, and economic fu-ture. “The Master Plan should be re-examined every 10 years…the last time it was done was in 2004,” Tooker said. “We would like to begin the process of looking to bring someone in and re-examine the master plan.” Councilwoman Christine Noble filled in for Council President Joseph Connors who was not in attendance. All oth-er council members were pres-ent for the business meeting. The next city council meet-ing will be held December 17th at 7:00 p.m.

Pearl Harbor DayDecember 7, 1941

PERTH AMBOY - At the re-quest of Councilwoman Lisa Nanton 3 representatives from USA-PA spoke before the Council at the 11/24/14 Cau-cus Meeting to give their an-nual report. Former B.A. Greg Fehren-bach was on hand. He was in-strumental in helping the City negotiate a deal with Middle-sex Water to bring down the debt incurred by the previous administration. Representatives from Mid-dlesex Water included Dennis W. Doll, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Richard Risoldi, Vice Presi-dent and COO, Middlesex Water Company, and A. Bruce O’Connor, Vice President, Controller and Chief Financial Officer. Risoldi fielded most of the questions asked by Coun-cilwoman Nanton. He said, “There are curbed boxes that allows us to shut off valves to each customer. We re-ceive about 4 to 5 complaints a month in reference to low pressure.” Nanton was concerned about the southern section of town. She stated, “Minerals and

irons are in our water.” With this said, she showed a repre-sentative a jar of murky water and stated, “This was filtered out from the line that comes into my house.” Risoldi responded, “We take samplings of water from 17 commercial sites throughout the town. Nanton handed him the jar. Risoldi said they would take it for analysis. Former B.A. Greg Fehren-bach said, “In 2008 we were in debt to Middlesex Water or USA-PA from the previous administration. We satisfied $5 million of that debt in 2012. There was a shortfall in year

one. O’Connor noted, “The City is current with their payments. In reference to the water, they (the minerals) come from the pipes itself and not from the plant. The flushing that we do gets the larger particles out of the pipes. We flush the system every October.” Fehrenbach said, “Some 4 inch lines will be replaced by new 8 inch piping lines.” Risoldi said, “There will be cement water-lining which will cut down on the iron. An evaluation of where we need to put the new 8 inch pipes will be done.”

They Want Her Out!PERTH AMBOY - Several Speakers came before the Council on the 11/24/14 por-tion of the Regular Meeting. They were concerned that the City has in their employment Nancy Martin (Head of the Tax Department) who is also the Mayor of Helmetta. The management of the ani-mal shelter in Helmetta has recently been under attack for deplorable conditions. Local Businesswoman Wilma Matey commented on the situ-ation, “I was concerned about Martin working here after the allegations against her in Hel-metta.” Matey stated, “Mar-tin’s son has four positions in Helmetta. It concerns me that we are not bringing credible

people here. How embarrass-ing! She’s a Mayor and she does not have the right char-acter! If you don’t care about living, breathing animals you don’t care about anything.” Toms River Resident Amber Yehle who is an Animal Rights Activist said, “Martin fought tooth and nail to hide animal atrocities and the record keep-ing at the shelter was horrible. You may want to open and check your books.” She said, “Google Martin’s name and see what you come up with. Nancy brought in Richard and Michal Cielesz who had a high euthanization population. They do not have a license to do that.” Perth Amboy Resident Cath-

erine Soto said, “I am formerly from New York and I chose Perth Amboy to live in. I sent out an OPRA request about Nancy Martin in reference to her license which expired in 2009. The OPRA request came back with her last license was in 2009. This is corruption. She should be relieved of her job (in Perth Amboy). She is a dis-grace to Helmetta. Is this what we want in our City? I’m not afraid to get arrested. Another speaker came before you to of-fer her services (tax collector) for free. We have the best ani-mal shelter in Perth Amboy.” Council President Joel Pabon said, “The Council will look into this.”

Amber Yehle (L) from Toms River and Catherine Soto (R) from Perth Amboy. Both spoke about Nancy Martin a the 7 p.m. 11/24/14 Council Meeting. *Photo by Carolyn Maxwell

Criticizing the Tax Collector 11/24/14*Photos by Carolyn Maxwell

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Knitting CircleSOUTH AMBOY - There will be a Knitting Circle on the first and third Tuesday each month at 6 p.m. at the Dowdell Library, 100 Harold G. Hoff-man Plaza, South Amboy. For more info call 732-72 1-6060.

Grandparents Newborn

Care Class PERTH AMBOY - Raritan Bay Medical Center is provid-ing a Grandparents Newborn Care Class Monday, Decem-ber 15, 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the Raritan Bay Area YMCA, 357 New Brunswick Ave., Perth Amboy, NJ. The class is about learning to help in your grandbaby’s growth and devel-opment. The newest research in baby care will be discussed. Cost is $50 per couple. Make checks payable to RBMC. Registration required, call 1-800-DOCTORS.

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EDISON - Edison AARP Chapter 3446 will meet on Monday, December 15, 2014 at 12:00 Noon for our annual holiday luncheon. The meet-ing will be held at “The Rose-wood” located at 2863 Wood-bridge Avenue, Edison, NJ. Entertainment by The Elderly Brothers will be provided at the meeting. The following is a schedule of events for the com-ing months, which are open to non members. December 18: Paper Mill Playhouse - “Elf.” December 31: New Years Eve Day at Doolans, Spring Lake - For information call Mary Ann at 732-287-3659. January 13 & 14, 2015 (9:00 AM to 12:00 PM): AARP Drivers Safety Program - To register call Bob at 732-885-1789. February 19, 2015: Hunterdon Hills Play-house - “Jukehouse Heroes” - For information call Mary Ann at 732-287-3659. For ad-ditional information visit our website at www.edisonaarp.org.

PERTH AMBOY - The Green Team: (L to R) Andrew Toth, William Kurzeberger, Aneil Mohammed, Daniel Harning, Vanessa Cepin & Bill Schultz. The Green Team was recognized at the League of Municipalities. Councilwoman Lisa Nanton recognized the Green Team at the 7 p.m. 11/24/14 Council meeting.

Honoring the Green Team 11/24/14*Photo by Carolyn Maxwell

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SOUTH AMBOY - Thurs-days in October at 4 p.m. at the Dowdell Library of South Amboy, 100 Harold G. Hoff-man Plaza, South Amboy. For more info call 732-721-6060. All Ages!


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Kidz Wii ClubSOUTH AMBOY - The Kidz Wii Club will meet every Monday from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the Sadie Pope Dowdell Li-brary, 100 Harold G. Hoffman Plaza,South Amboy. Ages 5 and under For more info call 732-721-6060.

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For Better or For Worse School Yesterday and Today

I used to go to a school just two blocks from my house. The building is still there, so the school is over one hun-dred years old. The grades in my school were K through 6. Three of our subjects were Reading, Writing and Spell-ing. Don’t like to brag, but put me in a spelling contest and you were looking at a winner. We had a newspaper day once a week and each kid would bring in a newspaper and read his favorite article. This was my favorite day. We used to get the Perth Amboy Evening News delivered to our house six days a week and on Sunday my Father would get the NY

Times and The Daily News on the way home from church. My mom liked the Daily News and I loved the comics from Dick Tracy and read all the way to the last page. Ev-ery neighbor got a newspaper back then. We even had a magazine rack. I can still see it now. It was wooden with four legs. Had two sides - one side was for magazines like LIFE and LOOK and the other side was for newspapers. The number of homes in my two blocks used to be twelve. There was a newspaper in their mailbox every day. There are double that number of homes in the same area. About four of those homes get a newspaper. I really believe that news-papers taught me to read. The years have passed and I see a

different scene. People are on cell phones, have plugs in their ears for e-mail, dot com or whatever. They have in their backpack or shoulder bag. They are totally in a trance. Once they get home, it’s on the computer again and then the TV. Some people tell me that the newspaper and books are obsolete. Didn’t a guy named Adolph Hitler have ideas like that before WWII? Cell phones, computers and TVs are great, but you are missing the boat if you don’t have a newspaper in the house. Yes, my friends, a house is not a home without a newspaper in it.

Thomas Francis Clark

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Benefit Basketball GameAn Old Rivalry Game to Support Great Causes in a Small Town

News ReleaseSOUTH AMBOY- On December 20th, the Friends of South Amboy will be sponsoring a night of charity basketball to help needy families in South Amboy The basketball games will feature teams from Cardinal McCarrick and South Am-boy high schools. The event begins at 4 p.m. with a boys’ JV game, followed by girls’ varsity at 5:30 p.m. and boys’ varsity at 8 p.m. All games will be played at South Amboy high school located at 200 Governors way in South Amboy. All proceeds from the games will go to the needy families. For tickets and information on donations please contact Tom Reilly at 732-721-0853.

Captain James T. Kirk: Ma-chine over man, Spock? It was impressive. Might even be practical.Mr. Spock: Practical, Cap-tain? Perhaps. But not desir-able. Computers make excel-lent and efficient servants; but I have no wish to serve under them.From the Star Trek Episode, “The Ultimate Computer” Airdate March 8,1968. Even in the late ‘50’s and early ‘60’s the concept of com-puters ruling man was imbed-ded our literature, movies, and TV programs. With the holiday season upon us, many parents are interested in purchasing items as newer laptops, towers, gaming sys-tems, I-Pads, Pads and drones which are hot items, especially this year. Is this a good thing or a bad thing? Perhaps a little of both. Just like in marriage, one takes the good with the bad. It’s a package deal. The same goes with technology. With primitive robots, such as the mini vacuum cleaners, deliv-ery systems for some offices and drones on the football fields, one must think that the science fiction of the past be-coming science fact of today. Now more than ever, man is becoming more and more dependent on machines. Chil-dren are able to experience swimming, skiing and other sports such as track and base-ball through virtual gaming systems. They don’t even need to leave their house. Parents don’t even need to go shop-ping anymore in malls or de-partment stores. They shop online. Even groceries can be ordered online and delivered at your door. Exotic foods such as meats and fruits from halfway around the world are at ones fingertips. (For exam-ple: one can order lion meat on certain websites.) There was an interview con-ducted in England in the late 1970’s with the late author,

Arthur C. Clarke who gave us science fiction stories such as “2001: A Space Odyssey” Series of books, “Childhood’s End,” and short stories such as, “Ghost in the Machine,” to name a few. Clarke points out computers will both, “Make us more dependent on them (enslave us),” and “Enrich our lives.” Look at the internet, using Skype one can communicate with people all over the world face to face. There are also dependencies from comput-ers. Walking into a bookstore or library, there’s nothing like seeing, touching and smelling books. For now, most books are printed on paper in the traditional way and digitized. In times to come, the mas-sive bulkiness of books will be lost and replaced by Kindle-like Pads. One could have the whole Library of Congress on an 8 Terabyte hard drive. Re-cords and CD’s are going the way of dinosaurs. Regardless of purists who insist the re-cording on records are far su-perior over digital media, the future is all digital. On I-Pads or cell phones, one can down-load music, books, movies and old TV shows for their own entertainment. VCR’s and DVD players are on their way out. Imagine life today without your cell phone? Or even wait-ing in line at the checkout reg-ister in your local supermarket with old fashioned manual cash registers? Just imagine what would happen if there’s a power outage in the Super-market? Just like when Super-storm Sandy hit us. So what is the future for mankind on Earth? Remem-ber a novel and a movie titled: “Colossus.” Colossus was both a book and a movie which talked about how a supercom-puter recognized the existence of another of its kind halfway across the world and decided to merge. Then, “They” decided to rule the world, and to make

it, “A better place for them.” Some of this technology is be-yond man’s own understand-ing (at least right now). More and more the manufacturing industry is moving toward total automation. This means machines repairing machines, which is a very scary idea to think about. Are we the next endangered species by our own doings? Just remember what Mr. Spock said. Words of wisdom.P.W. & K.M.

South Amboy #784 Beacon Grant Helps the Needy for Thanksgiving

Press ReleaseSOUTH AMBOY - South Amboy Elks #784 received a grant to help needy families and seniors for the Thanks-giving Holiday. South Am-boy Elks Lodge No. 784 delivered 23 food baskets to local senior citizens on Sun-day, November 23rd. Each basket was filled with a tur-key and all the trimmings and each basket contained many non-perishable food items. In addition to the bas-

kets, the Elks donated thir-teen $50 Walmart gift cards to help families in the com-munity who are most in need at this time of year. This was all made possible through a Beacon Grant received from the Elks National Founda-tion. Through the generos-ity of its members, the Elks also donated cases of food to a local church food pantry. The Elks National Founda-tion helps local lodges ac-complish their charitable

objectives and funds proj-ects that improve the quality of life in their local commu-nities. The Elks are always looking for new members to help with their community outreaching efforts. For in-formation on how to join, call the South Amboy Lodge at 732-727-7170or go to www.elks.org to learn more about who the Elks are and what they stand for.


IN CLIFFWOOD:A&P FOOD MARKET .................................................................... 325 ROUTE 35IN FORDS:BIGGS PIZZA & PASTA .......................................... 211 NEW BRUNSWICK AVE.COLONIAL RESTAURANT..................................... 366 NEW BRUNSWICK AVE.LIBERTY BAGEL CAFE.......................................... 326 NEW BRUNSWICK AVE.METROPOLITAN CAFE .............................................. 747 KING GEORGE’S RD.PUBLIC LIBRARY............................................................................211 FORD AVE.ROOSEVELT’S DELI ....................................................684 KING GEORGE’S RD.SUPER DUPER DELI III .............................................. 650 KING GEORGE’S RD.IN HOPELAWN:KRAUSZER’S................................................................683 FLORIDA GROVE RD.SOVEREIGN BANK ................................................... 571 FLORIDA GROVE RD.IN ISELINTHOMAS PLOSKONKA C.P.A......................................................1149 GREEN ST.IN LAURENCE HARBOR:HOFFMAN’S DELI ............................................................... 5 LAURENCE PKWY.KRAUSZER’S..........................................................................9 LAURENCE PKWY.IN MORGAN:SOUTHPINE LIQUORS .................................................................467 S. PINE AVE.IN PARLIN:DAD’S ROYAL BAKERY..................................................3290 WASHINGTON RD.IN PERTH AMBOY:1ST CONSTITUTION BANK ......................................................... 145 FAYETTE ST.7-11 ...................................................................................................... 502 SMITH ST.ADULT CONTINUING EDUCATION CENTER .................... 178 BARRACKS ST.ALAMEDA CENTER ............................................................................ 303 ELM ST.AMBOY CHECK X-CHANGE .........................................................321 MAPLE ST.AMBOY EYE CARE ............................................................................94 SMITH ST.AMBOY PHARMACY .....................................................................186A SMITH ST.ANITA’S CORNER .........................................................................664 BRACE AVE.ASIAN CAFE.........................................................................................271 KING ST. THE BARGE .......................................................................................201 FRONT ST.C-TOWN .............................................................................................272 MAPLE ST.CAPITAL ONE BANK ........................................................................ 313 STATE ST.CEDENO’S PHARMACY ................................................................... 400 STATE ST.CITY HALL ............................................................................................260 HIGH ST.COPA DE ORO .................................................................................... 306 SMITH ST.CRISPY CHICKEN .................................................... 223 NEW BRUNSWICK AVE.DUNKIN DONUTS ........................................................................ 587 FAYETTE ST.EASTSIDE DRY CLEANERS ...............................................................87 SMITH ST.ELIZABETH CORNER ..................................................................... 175 HALL AVE.FAMILY FOOT CARE ........................................................................252 SMITH ST.FLOWERS ‘N THINGS .........................................................................69 SMITH ST.FU LIN ................................................................................................... 79 SMITH ST.INVESTOR’S BANK ........................................................................... 598 STATE ST.JANKOWSKI COMMUNITY CENTER ................................................ 1 OLIVE ST.JEWISH RENAISSANCE MEDICAL CENTER ......................... 272A HOBART ST.KIM’S DRY CLEANERS ...................................................................... 73 SMITH ST.LAUNDRY FACTORY ............................................... 162 NEW BRUNSWICK AVE.LAUNDRY ON MADISON ........................................................285 MADISON AVE.LAW OFFICES ............................................................................. 708 CARSON AVE.LEE’S MARKET .................................................................................. 77 SMITH ST.LUDWIG’S PHARMACY .................................................................75 BRACE AVE.LUIGI’S RISTORANTE ....................................................................... 93 SMITH ST.MITRUSKA CHIROPRACTIC ...............................................788 CONVERY BLVD.PETRA BEST REALTY....................................................................... 329 SMITH ST.POLICE HEADQUARTERS ...................................... 365 NEW BRUNSWICK AVE.PORTUGUESE MANOR ........................................................................ 310 ELM ST.PROVIDENT BANK ........................................................................... 339 STATE ST.PUBLIC LIBRARY .....................................................................196 JEFFERSON ST.PUERTO RICAN ASSOCIATION ........................................................100 FIRST ST.QUICK CHEK .........................................................................853 CONVERY BLVD.QUISQUEYA MARKET ............................................................249 MADISON AVE.RARITAN BAY AREA Y.M.C.A. ................................365 NEW BRUNSWICK AVE.RARITAN BAY MEDICAL CENTER ........................530 NEW BRUNSWICK AVE.SANTANDER BANK ............................................................. 365 CONVERY BLVD.SANTIBANA TRAVEL ....................................................................... 362 STATE ST.SCIORTINO’S RESTAURANT .................................473 NEW BRUNSWICK AVE.SHOP-RITE .............................................................................365 CONVERY BLVD.SIPOS BAKERY ................................................................................. 365 SMITH ST.SUPERIOR DINER..............................................................................464 SMITH ST.SUPREMO SUPERMARKET ...............................................................270 KING ST.TORRES MINI MARKET ..............................................................403 BRUCK AVE.TOWN DRUGS & SURGICAL ......................................................... 238 SMITH ST.UKRAINIAN NATIONAL FEDERAL CREDIT UNION .............615 AMBOY AVE.WELLS FARGO .................................................................................. 214 SMITH ST.IN SAYREVILLE:BOROUGH HALL ................................................................................ 167 MAIN ST.SENIOR CENTER ................................................................................ 423 MAIN ST.SUNNYSIDE RESTAURANT .............................................................. 111 MAIN ST.VENEZIA PIZZERIA ............................................................................ 881 MAIN ST.IN SEWAREN:PUBLIC LIBRARY .............................................................................546 WEST AVE.SEWAREN CORNER DELI ...............................................................514 WEST AVE.IN SOUTH AMBOY:AMBOY NATIONAL BANK ......................................................100 N. BROADWAYBROADWAY BAGELS ...............................................................105 S. BROADWAYBROADWAY BISTRO ................................................................126 N. BROADWAY CENTER DELI ........................................................................250 N. STEVENS AVE.CITY HALL .................................................................................140 N. BROADWAYCOMMUNITY CENTER ......................................................... 200 O’LEARY BLVD.KRAUSZER’S .............................................................................200 N. BROADWAYKRAUSZER’S ...................................................................717 BORDENTOWN AVE.PUBLIC LIBRARY ...............................................................100 HOFFMAN PLAZA SCIORTINO’S HARBOR LIGHTS ........................................... 132 S. BROADWAYSOUTH AMBOY MEDICAL CENTER............................540 BORDENTOWN AVE.WELLS FARGO BANK..............................................................116 N. BROADWAYIN WOODBRIDGE:CHAMBER OF COMMERCE .................................................................91 MAIN ST.MAIN ST. FARM ...................................................................................107 MAIN ST.NEWS & TREATS .................................................................................. 99 MAIN ST.REO DINER ....................................................................................392 AMBOY AVE.ST. JOSEPH’S SENIORS RESIDENCE ................................1 ST. JOSEPH’S TERR.

Where to Find Us . . .

Community CalendarPerth Amboy TUES. Dec. 9 Library Board of Trustees, 5 p.m. City Hall, High St. • UEZ, 6 p.m. City Hall High St.WED. Dec. 10 City Council, Regular, 7 p.m. City Hall, High St.South AmboyMON. Dec. 15 Board of Education, Business/Public, 6 p.m. SA Middle/High School, Harold Hoffman Pl.WED. Dec. 17 City Council, Regular, 7 p.m. City Hall, N. Broadway

Kearny Cottage Open

PERTH AMBOY - Come visit the historic home of Commo-dore Lawrence Kearny. The Cottage is located at 63 Ca-talpa Ave, Perth Amboy, and is open on Mondays and Thurs-days from 2 p.m. - 4 p.m. and the last Sunday of the month from 2 p.m. - 4 p.m. The Ke-arny Cottage needs your help. Anyone interested in joining the Kearny Cottage Historical Society please contact 732-293-1090. We are on the web! www.KearnyCottage.org

Volunteer Firefighters

NeededPERTH AMBOY - The Perth Amboy Fire Department: Vol-unteer Division needs mem-bers. Accepting men and women ages 18 years or older. Volunteers must be a Perth Amboy resident. For more in-formation please contact 732-442-3430 or 732-324-3505.

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Citizenship Classes

PERTH AMBOY - Every Wednesday: : FAMILY SUC-CESS CENTER is offering a free course to assist those who plan on taking the USCIS Citi-zenship Test. All details will be discussed at the meeting. All who plan to take the course must attend Orientation. Call or visit the office to register. 149 Kearny Ave. (Proprietary House) Perth Amboy.

Food Stamps Assistance

PERTH AMBOY - Every Wednesday there will be a Food Stamps Assistance Pro-gram 10 a.m.- 5 p.m.: JRF’s Family Success Center fami-lies to come in and meet with a representative from the Community Food Bank of NJ to assist with food stamps ap-plication and eligibility guide-lines. For additional informa-tion please call 732-638-5063 or visit our office located at: 149 Kearny Ave. Perth Amboy (Proprietary House).

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Input From Hundreds of Residents And Kids

Informs Concept Design For 2nd Street Community Park

in Perth Amboy

Tsunami Swim Team Holds Its First Meet

Members of the Tsunami Swim Team compete against Princeton*Photos by Katherine Massopust

Press Release 12/5/14PERTH AMBOY- Over the past six months, a team of planners and landscape archi-tects from Rutgers University have been working with the City of Perth Amboy and the Middlesex County Improve-ment Authority to develop a concept plan for a new park planned for a now vacant property on 2nd Street across from the Wilentz Elementary School. The Rutgers team surveyed residents, conducted workshops with elementary, middle school and high school students and held two public open house meetings at the Brighton Avenue Community Center. The final concept design for the new park, which will be presented to City officials on December 8th and the public on December 11th, in-corporates many of the ideas shared by hundreds of resi-dents throughout the design process. “We listened to resi-dents and developed a concept that brings together recreation spaces for things like skate-boarding and handball, open space for unstructured active play and space for community gardens, festivals and even open air movie nights,” said Wolfram Hoefer, Assistant Professor at Rutgers’ Center for Urban Environmental Sus-tainability, who headed up the design team. “Since we initiated the May-or’s Wellness Campaign in Perth Amboy several years ago, we’re serving every-one from our active seniors to our children. Our City will see over $2 million dollars in grant funds invested in park improvements along the entire waterfront area. These new facilities and the future 2nd Street Park will not only maxi-mize underutilized property and beautify neighborhoods, they are initiatives that keep our community healthy. I want to thank our residents and lo-cal organizations for their in-put and feedback,” said Mayor Wilda Diaz. The Middlesex County Im-

provement Authority received a grant from the United States Environmental Protection Agency to advise the City on environmental issues, perform site testing and plan the pro-cess for cleaning up the former Harry S. Goldberg Scrap Met-al Yard, a six-acre Brownfield site on Second Street stretch-ing from Paterson Street to the Raritan River waterfront. Once clean-up of the site is complete, the property will be-come the new home for Perth Amboy’s 2nd Street Commu-nity Park. Annie Hindenlang with the City’s Office of Economic and Community Development and Perth Amboy Redevelopment Agency noted that, “The for-mer Goldberg and Sons site has been an eyesore for the surrounding community and the City’s beautiful waterfront for almost 20 years. With the assistance of the Middlesex County Improvement Author-ity and Rutgers University, the City has made significant progress in moving the envi-ronmental cleanup forward and establishing a plan for re-use that truly meets the needs of the surrounding neighbor-hood. The new waterfront park will become a great attraction and resource for the commu-nity as a whole.” A final community outreach open house meeting will be held at the Brighton Avenue Community Center, 56 Brigh-ton Avenue on Thursday, De-cember 11, from 6:00 to 8:00 pm. Residents will be able to view the final concept design for the park and speak with members of the Rutgers design team, City officials and Mid-dlesex County Improvement Authority about the design and next steps in the process to complete the park. In ad-dition to the Open House, the Rutgers team will also pres-ent the final park design to the Perth Amboy City Council at their Caucus Meeting at 4:30 pm on Monday, December 8 in the Council Chambers. Both meetings are open to the pub-lic.

13, 2014 from 10:00am to 2:00pm What: Free Medical and Den-tal Screenings & Patient Navi-gation Gloria Aftanski, President of United Way, said recently, “Good health is an essential ingredient for individual suc-cess and a thriving communi-ty. Healthy children are more likely to succeed in school. The whole community will flourish when all of our resi-dents have access to public parks, playgrounds, healthy foods and quality healthcare. We are committed to more than short-term charity for a few; we are committed to last-ing solutions that build oppor-tunity for all.” By targeting under-served populations which demon-strate poor self-care by not seeing a medical provider on

Jewish Renaissance Medical Center and United Way Work for a Healthier Central Jersey

News Release SOUTH AMBOY - The Jew-ish Renaissance Medical Cen-ter (JRMC) and United Way of Central Jersey (UWCJ) will launch an incremental campaign to promote the im-portance of primary and pre-ventative care; and the access of a medical home. JRMC’s mobile medical command unit will function as the primary mechanism to articulate this campaign. JRMC will deploy the mobile unit to reach target municipal-ities and subpopulations that UWCJ and JRMC deem as un-derserved. The campaign will be organized to provide free medical and dental screenings, as well as, patient navigation sessions. Where: 140 North Broadway, South Amboy NJ – behind City Hall When: Saturday, December

a regular basis and who may not view preventive care as essential we seek to achieve measurable improvement in the following: 1. Lack of or inconsistent medical home where many of our participants will not have a regular primary care provider. 2. Substandard health condi-tions where most of our partici-pants will present with chronic illness, including many cases of severe acute medical, be-havioral and/or developmental disorders. 3. Certain cultural attitudes and characteristics of popu-lations of color adversely impede the pursuit of health treatment. 4. Need for enabling supports that impact their healthcare conditions, particularly hous-ing, transportation and addic-tion treatment.

By: Katherine MassopustPERTH AMBOY – On Sat-urday, December 6, 2014 the Tsunami Swim Team of the Perth Amboy YMCA com-peted in their first swim meet against Princeton. This marks the first swim meet from a Perth Amboy YMCA Swim Team in over 20 years. With so many swimmers enrolled in the YMCA’s swim lessons, the swimmers had no outlet to compete using their skills. “We have such an awe-some facility that we had to have a swim team,” states Meredith Lyndon, one of 3 co-coaches of the Tsunami Swim Team.” Along with Samantha Burd and Johanna Safran-ski, Lyndon helps develop the proper skills for the swimmers to compete. “We focus a lot on teaching,” states Lyndon. The Raritan Bay YMCA be-gan its Tsunami Swim Team last year. There are 3 levels of swim lessons at the Perth Am-boy YMCA. Once all 3 levels are completed, the swimmer is eligible to try out for the Tsunami Swim Team. There are 32 members of the Tsu-nami Swim Team. The ages

of the swimmers vary from 7 to 17. The team practices on Sunday, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. “They deserve to compete. 2 of our swimmers are autistic. They also swim in the Special Olympics,” states Safranski. “There are some swimmers who swam last year for the Tsuanmi Swim Team.” Safran-ski states. “There are differ-ent levels of competition. We hope in the future to become a USA Team. This would make the Tsunami Swim Team eligi-ble for invitationals and open more doors.” Meredith Lyndon spoke of her own experience competing, “It’s a lifetime sport. I started competing at age 8 until high school. Then I didn’t compete for 36 years. Now I’m in the Master’s Swimmer Program. Swimming is something that these kids will be able to do their whole life.” When asked the importance of learning to swim, Lyndon answered, “We are surrounded by water (in Perth Amboy). It’s important (if something happened) they won’t drown.” “Swimming builds disci-

pline and cooperation,” states Johanna Safranski, “One fo-cuses on bettering the team by bettering themselves. You also make lifelong friends.” Lyndon stated, “Some of the swimmers’ skills are bet-ter than others. We pick one of the strokes (Competitive Strokes: Butterfly, Backstroke, Breaststroke & Freestyle) that a swimmer likes to do, empha-size it, then pick another, and work on that, too.” For their first swim meet, (last year the team only practiced and developed their skills with no formal competition) the Coaches of Tsunami Swim Team are focusing on devel-oping skills, cutting times and getting the swimmers used to competing. “It takes years to build a team,” states Lyndon. “Swimming is a sport for any-one, any shape and size.” Citing why she coaches, Lyndon states, “I was gifted with terrific coaches growing up and I want to give back what they gave me.” The Tsunami Swim Team has another meet on Saturday, De-cember 20, 2014. Congratula-tions, on a job well done.

We will be off Christmas Week Please send your Holiday Events

no later than 5 p.m. on Friday, December 12, 2014.


Home for the HolidaysGIFT GUIDE 2014


Santa Fly-inPress ReleasePRINCETON - Thirty-nine years ago, the idea of having Santa fly into the Princeton Airport for the area children to watch was brought to life. Throughout the years, this has evolved into a wonderful an-nual event for families and those less fortunate. The tradition will continue this year on Tuesday, Decem-ber 24th, when the Nierenberg family, owners of the airport, will open the hangar doors to children awaiting Santa’s ar-rival. Santa is planned to ar-rive at 11:00 A.M. Parents are advised to bring the children prior to then, as the Princeton Airport Flying Tigers will be serving cocoa and cook-ies, and local folk singer Pat McKinley will be leading the audience in holiday songs dur-ing the wait for Santa. If parents would like to have a gift waiting for their child, they should bring a wrapped gift with the child’s name on it

in large print to the Princeton Airport lobby. Gifts should be no larger than 12” to accom-modate Santa. (Deadline Dec. 16th)If parents have more than one child participating, the gifts should be wrapped in the same paper and tied together to speed up the distribution. Also, to have their child par-ticipate, parents need to bring a gift for the less fortunate as well. This is the most im-portant feature of this event. These gifts must be new and unwrapped, and will be col-lected by the Mercer County Board of Social Services. Personal checks made out to the “FoodBank Network of Somerset County”, as well as canned or boxed food will also be collected at the airport. Do-nations from non-participants are kindly accepted as well. The collection of the gifts will begin the day after Thanksgiving and will end on December 16th in order to en-able county workers to arrange the best matches for the needy. The gifts can be deposited in the “chimneys” in the lobby of the airport between 8:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. Once Santa’s plane lands, he will head into the hangar, along with all the participants, to dis-tribute each gift individually.

In fairness to all, Santa will distribute the gifts in the order in which they are received at the airport. Children will also have the opportunity to take a picture on Santa’s lap. Usual-ly, distribution is completed by 1:00 P.M. and Santa continues his journey. There is no charge for this event. The Princeton Airport is located in Montgomery Town-ship, 3.5 miles north of Princ-eton on Route 206. The full address is 41 Airpark Road, Princeton, N.J., 08540. For further information, call 609-921-3100 or visit www.princ-etonairport.com.

Train ShowWOODBRIDGE - The Bar-ron Arts Center presents the 24th Annual Holiday Model Train Show. . A running layout of Lionel 027 Gauge Model Trains from the Collection of Michael Gelesky. On view from November 29 thru De-cember 28 (Closed 12/25) Ex-hibit Hours: Mon.- Fri. 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sat. & Sun. 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Free admission; Dona-tions welcome. Available for schools and groups. Reserve your group’s preferred time and date by calling the Barron Arts Center at 732-634-0143.

Fresh Hungarian

Kolbasz SaleWOODBRIDGE - Made by the Members of the Calvin Hungarian Reformed Church of Woodbridge. Friday, De-cember 19. Place your orders with Audrey: 732-494-1431. Price: $5.50 per lb.

Grave Blanket Sale

PERTH AMBOY - The Ukrai-nian Assumption Parish Holy Name Society are selling grave blankets. Price $25. Or-der by Dec. 10 - Pick-up on 12/13 or 12/14 before or af-ter Mass. Order by Dec. 17 - Pick-up on 12/20 or 12/21 before or after Mass. Pick-up orders at Ukrainian Assump-tion Church, Meredith St. All blankets are handmade. We cannot guarantee that mul-tiple items will look identical. Douglas Fir grave blankets are approx. 36” long. They are diamond shaped and are decorated with pine cones, plastic poinsettias, fern and velvet bow. For questions con-tact: Mark at 732-586-0398 or Charlie at 732-586-0405.

New Year’s Eve Party

SOUTH AMBOY - South Amboy Elks No. 784 will be hosting their annual New Year’s Eve Party on December 31st from 8 p.m. to 1 a.m. at the lodge located at 601 Wash-ington Ave., South Amboy. Tickets are $50.00 per person which includes: D.J., Hot and Cold Buffet and Champagne Toast. To reserve call 732-718-3125 by Dec, 24th.

Black Friday

Personal Training Deal

SOUTH AMBOY - Your body is unique; your fitness regimen should be as well. At the Y, our nationally-certified Personal Trainers can assist you in reaching your fitness & weight loss goals; provide positive encouragement, mo-tivation, and accountabil-ity. We are offering a BUY 5 SESSIONS, GET 1 FREE from November 28 – Decem-ber 31. For more informa-tion, contact Cindy Vazquez at 732-553-9622 or email [email protected].


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Holiday BingoSOUTH AMBOY- Bingo at 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 17 at the Dowdell Library of South Amboy, 100 Harold G. Hoffman Plaza, South Amboy. For more info call 732-721-6060.

Pictures With Santa

(For Budapest Area ONLY)

PERTH AMBOY - Come for a chance to snap a photo with St. Nick. from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Monday, December 15th at the Housing Authority Office, 881 Amboy Ave. Learn about the Budapest Neighborhood Association and what it is doing in your neighborhood. Sponsored by the Budapest Neighborhood Association. Please ONLY residents of the Greater Budapest Neighbor-hood (Between Inslee St. and Washington St. north to south and the NJ transit tracks and Amboy Ave. East to West) .

Children’s Holiday Party

SEWAREN - There will be a Children’s Holiday Party as the Sewaren Free Public Li-brary, 546 West Ave., Sewaren. Saturday, December 20, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Special Guest Appearance by Elsa from “Fro-zen,” and Santa Claus! Come and enjoy a story, snack and craft. Registration required - Please call 732-634-7571.

Christmas TeaPERTH AMBOY - The Ke-arny Cottage Historical Soci-ety is sponsoring a Christmas Tea at the Cottage, 63 Catalpa Ave.,Perth Amboy on Sunday, December 14 at 1 p.m. Join the Society members for tea and pastries, with Dennis Nanton on the keyboard. Donations are appreciated. For more information call 732-293-1090.

David’s Touch Toy Drive

BenefitWOODBRIDGE - Cel-ebrating 5 Years of Touch-ing Lives: One Child at a Time. Friday, December 12 at 6 p.m. (dialogue to com-mence at 7 p.m.) at the Shan-non Rose Irish Pub, 855 St. George’s Ave., Woodbridge. Bring a new, unwrapped toy and enjoy a special $5 food and drink menu. RSVP 732-896-0656 or email: [email protected]


Christmas at The Cathedral

You Are Invited To Christmas Services at

Cathedral International Press Release PERTH AMBOY – Christmas is a special time at The Cathe-dral and Bishop Donald Hill-iard, Jr., Lead Pastor and the Cathedral International family want you to plan now to attend the following services:• Friday, December 12, 7pm, The Annual Christmas Cantata “Celebrate the King” Cathe-dral International’s Music De-partment presents this festive Christmas Concert featuring Violinist Kersten Stevens, The Kingdom and Imani Dancers, The St. Paul Baptist Church Mass Choir, The Cathedral Choir, Joy Bells Children’s Choir, Keita Praise Junior Choir and New Generation Teen Choir. • Sunday, December 21, 11AM Worship Service, Annual Christmas Toy Give-A-Way (following the service) We are now accepting donations of toys, hats, gloves and scarves. You can also make a monetary donation. To make a donation, please contact our Missionary Ministry at 732-826-5293.• Wednesday, December 24, 5pm, Attend the Christmas Eve Candlelight Service. Mark your calendars now for a wonderful evening with family and friends at The Ca-thedral. Bishop Hilliard cel-ebrated 31 years of pastoring in November and for each of those years he has set a beau-tiful tradition of gathering the children around his chair and speaking into their lives. It’s a beautiful display of light-ing candles with family and friends on Christmas Eve. There is no fee to attend these services held at The Cathedral, 277 Madison Ave., Perth Am-boy, NJ 08861. Why not bring the entire family to The Cathe-dral during this special time of the year! Visit our website atwww.cathedralinternational.org for more information.

Merry Christmas!

Cookie WalkPERTH AMBOY - St. John the Baptist Orthodox Church located at 404 Division St., Perth Amboy is having a Cookie Walk on Saturday, De-cember 20th from 10 a.m. to 12 noon. Gourmet items are handmade – also ethnic baked goods!

Pasta NightSOUTH AMBOY - Come for Dinner, Stay for Music at Open Mic Night. Friday January 30, 2015 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. hosted by the Columibettes at the South Amboy Knights of Columbus, 308 4th St., South Amboy. Pasta Night - Spa-ghetti or Baked Ziti, Meatballs or Sausage, (1) beer, wine or soda, salad/bread/dessert and coffee - $10 per adult $7 per child - children under 5 yrs old free....Please call Maria for tickets 732-313-6483.

Hungarian Homemade Nut Rolls

WOODBRIDGE - Sponsored by the Lorantffy Women’s Guild of the Calvin Hungar-ian Reformed Church, Wood-bridge. Each individually hand rolled is made from the best ingredients, each weighing 1lb 8 oz. Available in Eng-lish Walnut, Poppy seed and Prune-Lekvar. Price: $15 each. Orders accepted by: Sunday, Dec. 7. Orders will be avail-able for pick-up on Friday, Dec. 19th between 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. At the Fellowship Hall of the Church. Please use Ross Street Entrance. All orders must be paid in full upon or-dering. Please Call Mrs. Bar-bara Drotar: 732-442-5867.

Chamber Players

WOODBRIDGE - Happy New Year! 2015 at the Bar-ron Arts Center. All Seasons Chamber Players on Friday, February 13, 2015 at 8 p.m. Their 26th Season at the Bar-ron Arts Center, 582 Rahway Avenue, Woodbridge. Reser-vations Essential. Call 732-634-0413.

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Annual Holiday Tree Lighting And Fire Truck Parade

SOUTH AMBOY - At the Transit Plaza on Broadway Wed. Dec. 10. “Come visit Santa at our Christmas Vil-lage!” Santa will arrive at 6 p.m. for the “Kids Annual Meet And Greet” Free hot chocolate, cookies, candy and holiday entertainment! Don’t miss our annual fire/first aid holiday parade! Prize for the best decorated vehicle! This year, local food banks need your help more than ever!! Please donate a non-perish-able food item at this event! Mark your calendar and don’t miss this event sponsored by the city of South Amboy! For additional information please contact South Amboy Recre-ation Office at 732-316-8212 or email [email protected]

Jeremiah’s Refuge

PERTH AMBOY - Jeremiah’s Refuge: An Emergency Shelter for Homeless Men has a Wish List for the holidays. The fol-lowing items are needed: Bath Towels, Wash Cloths, Personal Hygiene Items: toothbrushes, toothpaste, mouthwash (alco-hol free), bar soap, soap dish-es, disposable razors, shaving cream, combs; handkerchiefs; winter hats, gloves, scarves, shower shoes/flip-flops - as-sorted sizes; men’s sweatshirts - assorted sizes; men’s sweat-pants - assorted sizes; white socks; thermal lunchbags; men’s bathrobes - one size fits all; duffle bags; men’s new un-derwear - assorted sizes; hand warmers. Please contact the Salvation Army, 433 State St., Perth Amboy, NJ 08861; Lt. Alex Rodriquez, Commanding Officer - 732-826-7040.

Spaghetti With Santa

A Spaghetti Dinner Fundraiser in Memory

of Ed CurtisCOLONIA - Take a break from shopping during this busy holiday season and stop by the Colonia VFW for lunch or dinner between 1 p.m. & 6 p.m. on Sunday, December 15. Tickets are $10 per adult, $8 for Seniors and $5 for chil-dren under 12. TAKE OUT AVAILABLE! You and your family can enjoy a homemade spaghetti dinner while visiting with Santa and Mrs. Claus. After your meal stay and do a holiday craft and decorate a cupcake. Bring your camera and take a picture taken with Santa. All proceeds from this event will be donated to the family of Edward Curtis who passed away in October leav-ing behind his wife and young son. Please give of yourself this holiday season while enjoy-ing a nice hot meal and help-ing a local family in need. No advanced tickets to be sold all tickets sold at the door. Bas-kets needed....if you can do-nate a basket please call Coun-cilwoman Debbie Meehan at 732-382-0273.

Trip to Radio City Christmas

SpectacularWOODBRIDGE - Come join us to see the world famous Rockettes perform at the Ra-dio City Christmas Spectacu-lar on Thursday, December 11. Bus will leave the Wood-bridge Community Center at 4 p.m. sharp! Tickets are $85 pp. Space is limited. It is on a first come, first serve basis. There are no refunds given once payment is received. For more info call the Recreation Department at 732-596-4048.

Holiday Home Decorating

ContestSOUTH AMBOY - Enter our “Holiday Home Decorating Contest” and win $100 prize and a photo collage of Your home dressed for the holidays! New category!! Best first time entry wins $100.00 prize! Email [email protected] or call the recreation of-fice @ 732-316-8212 for addi-tional information. All homes must be completely decorated by Dec. 12th. Judging: Friday, December 12, 2014 - 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.

Perth Amboy Volunteer Fire Department

Parade Committeewill be holding their 5th Annual

Spaghetti DinnerSaturday, January 17, 2015 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Knights of Columbus Hall228 High St., Perth Amboy

Adults $10 Children under 5 - FreeCome out and support your local heroes!


Toys For TotsEDISON - The United States Marine Corps Reserve will be collecting New Unwrapped toys for its Toys For Tots Pro-gram every Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday from November 28 to December 22, 2014 in the Menlo Park Mall, Edison located by Santa Court of the Nordstrom Wing. Cash Donations are also accepted. For more information call Eddy Androvich Sr. 908-565-1339. “Every Child Deserves a Little Christmas.”

Holiday Concert

WOODBRIDGE - There will be a Holiday Concert with Jazz Vocalist Cynthia Holi-day on Friday, December 12 at 7:30 p.m. at 1st St. An-drew’s Church, 244 Avenel St., Avenel. With a sparkling personality, charm & sense of humor, Ms. Holiday is sure to delight! Join us for traditional jazz standards and holiday fa-vorites! NO RESERVATIONS NECESSARY!

Historic Church Offers Special Service of Lessons

and CarolsTrolley RideSOUTH AMBOY - Have A Holly, Jolly Holiday Riding In Our Trolley On A Tour Of South Amboy Featuring Con-test Entries In Our “Holiday Home Decorating Contest” Along With Historical Sites In Our City. Tours Will Be Given On Tuesday, December 19th Starting at 5:30 p.m. In A Beautiful Holiday Trolley! Email To [email protected] Or Call The Recre-ation Office At 732-316-8212. To reserve your seat beginning on November 18th. Seating is limited, first come first served. Open to South Amboy resi-dents only, ID will be verified.

Breakfast With Santa

SAYREVILLE - The Sayre-ville United Methodist Church will be having their annual ‘Breakfast with Santa’ on Sat-urday, December 13, 2014 from 9:00 am to 11 am at the Sayreville United Methodist Church, 406 Main St., Sayre-ville. Cost: Adults: $5.00, Children under 12: $3.00. Breakfast Includes: Pancakes, Sausages, Eggs, Coffee, Tea and Juice. Please join us for Fun, Fellowship, Food and Gifts. Bring the whole family. Please contract Winsome Mel-vin at (732)432-9072 for more information.

Press Release 12/3/14PERTH AMBOY - The ser-vice of Lessons and Carols is a long-standing tradition of St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, Perth Amboy. Musical offer-ings of the season will be per-formed on December 14, 2014 at 10:30 AM by a 40-voice choir under the direction of R. Douglas Sheldon, Music Director since 1976. This is Perth Amboy’s 39th Lessons and Carols, all conducted by Doug Sheldon. The service is a way for St. Peter’s to share with the community and is open to all. The choral works to be per-formed range from that of the 16th century to the present day, including the Spanish carols “A la Nanita Nana” and “Riu, Riu, Chiu” and a colo-nial carol by William Billings “A Virgin Unspotted.” There is an elegant arrangement combining the 16th century German Carol “Lo, How a Rose ere Blooming” with Amanda Mc Broom’s “The Rose” and a stunning setting of “O Holy Night” by the Broadway arranger/director, Don Pippin. The program of ten carols presents John Rut-ter’s “Star Carol”, the popular “God Rest Ye Merry Gentle-men,” “African Noel,” “The Gift Carol,” plus Norman Luboff’s arrangement of “Do You Hear what I Hear. The music alternates seasonal readings of the Christmas Story with a selection of fa-mous Advent hymns. Mr. Sheldon is also the founder and principal conduc-tor of the Baldwin Festival Chorus of New York. He is a Senior Vice President at Co-lumbia Artists Management and a leading manager of clas-sical artists internationally. Assisting him in conducting will be Jeff Smith, and Patrick Murphy. Mr. Smith and Mr. Murphy are graduates of Rut-gers University and alumni of the Rutgers Glee Club and Associate Conductors in the Baldwin Festival Chorus of

New York. They are now mu-sic teachers in Edison and Old Bridge respectively, where they also work with the high school bands. Accompanying the carols, anthems, and hymns will be St. Peter’s organist, Jon Tyil-lian, who is a graduate of Duquesne University. Cur-rently, Jon serves as Organist and Accompanist both at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church in Perth Amboy, New Jersey and for The Forest Hills Choir of Forest Hills, NY. He regularly appears as an accompanist with The Astoria Choir and several area children’s chorus-es, and has recently performed with St. George’s Choral So-ciety in New York City. He has also accompanied master classes for several conduc-tors of note, including Robert Page, Anton Armstrong, and Andre Thomas. Soloists for various pieces will be Alexandra Sheldon, Jeff Smith, Elizabeth Moran, Elena Gisler, Jennifer Allen, Emily Kwan, Nicholas Anan, Patrick Murphy and Cedric Richardson. Admission to the service is free and open to all. Dona-tions will be accepted. A re-ception will follow. Historic St. Peter’s Episcopal Church is located at 183 Rec-tor Street, Perth Amboy, New Jersey. For further information, please call the Parish Office (732) 826-1594.

Breakfast With Santa

SOUTH AMBOY - South Amboy Knights of Columbus Council 426 will hold their annual Breakfast with Santa Sunday December 21 from 9 a.m. to 12 Noon at the Council Home, 308 Fourth St. South Amboy. Bring your camera for photos with Santa Claus. Cost is $7 Adults, $3 Children 2-12 under 2 are free. For more in-formation please call 732-721-2025.


Merry Christmas!

Christmas Friendship

DinnerWOODBRIDGE - Thursday, December 25 there will be a Christmas Friendship Dinner from 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. at St. Anthony of Padua Church, 436 Port Reading Ave., Port Reading. 732-634-1403.

Pictures With Santa

WOODBRIDGE - Bring your child to tell Santa what they want for Christmas. When: Saturday, December 13 from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at Park-er Press (400 Rahway Ave, Woodbridge). The Recreation Department is collecting non-perishable food items at ALL Holiday Events. Please bring a can… or two… or three of non-perishable food items to any of our Holiday events. Let’s help our neighbors in need this holiday season. Wal-greens (of Woodbridge) will be giving guests a complimentary 4X6 picture. For more info call Woodbridge Township Rec-reation & Resident Services 732- 596-4048.

Congratulations to Kerry Dyke!On 4 Years of Cross Country Excellence & Her Numerous State Championship Titles!

• 3 Times NJ State Preps Champ• 2 Times Adidas Shore Coaches Champ• NJSIAA Division Team Championship• Great Adventure Six Flags Champ• NJ State CTC Champ


Merry ChristmasGIFT GUIDE 2014


Learning with the RabbiWOODBRIDGE - Every Thursday, Rabbi Saks from Congregation Beth Mordecai, at 9 a.m. will be in the Wood-bridge Panera Bread across from Wegmans.

Ask the RabbiEDISON - On Thursdays, Rabbi Saks from Congrega-tion Beth Mordecai, Perth Amboy is available for any and all questions from every-one at 12:10 p.m. at the food court in Menlo Park Mall in Edison.

Health Coverage

PERTH AMBOY - The Health Insurance Marketplace helps uninsured people enroll in health coverage. From No-vember 15, 2014 to Febru-ary 15, 2015, the Jewish Re-naissance Medical Center at 275 Hobart Street can help you apply for health cover-age through the Marketplace. Plans cover essential health benefits, pre-existing condi-tions, and preventive care. Our Patient Navigators are available to help. Call us at 732-376-9333.

Vet’s Coffee House

PERTH AMBOY - Attention area vets of our Armed Forc-es. The Salvation Army Vet’s Coffee House meets once a month, every 2nd Thursday for coffee, donuts and conversa-tion. Time is 19:00 - 21:00 located at the corner of Wash-ington Street and State Street, Perth Amboy. We can be reached at the Salvation Army 732-826-7040. We look for-ward to meeting you.

Healthy Heart Event

WOODBRIDGE - Raritan Bay Medical Center is hold-ing a healthy heart event pro-viding free education about chronic heart conditions, medication management and blood pressure screenings and heart rate testing Tues-day, December 16, 9 a.m. to 12 noon, at the Woodbridge Community Center, 600 Main St., Woodbridge. High blood pressure and irregular heart rate is associated with stroke, heart failure, heart attack and other life threatening condi-tions. Take advantage of these screenings and education to maintain a healthy heart.

Atlantic City Bus Trip

Date ChangePERTH AMBOY - Trip to Caesar’s Casino Thursday January 8, 2015. Bus leaves 12 Noon from Knights of Colum-bus, 228 High St., Perth Am-boy. Cost $30 per person. Re-ceive a $30 slot card. For more info call Joe at 732-826-0819.

Art Show, Perth Amboy Gallery 11/21/14*Photos by Bob Ned

Total Joint Replacement

EducationPERTH AMBOY - The Hu-man Motion Institute at Rari-tan Bay Medical Center is sponsoring a free “We Keep You Moving” Total Joint Re-placement Education session Friday, December 12, 9 a.m. to 12 noon, at the medical center’s Perth Amboy loca-tion, 530 New Brunswick Ave. Session will be presented by clinical specialists. Registra-tion required, call 732-535-4746.

Jewelry SalePERTH AMBOY - Raritan Bay Medical Center’s Perth Amboy Auxiliary is sponsor-ing a Reese Jewelry and ‘In the Bag’ sale Monday, De-cember 22, 7 a.m. to 4 p.m., at the Perth Amboy location, 357 New Brunswick Ave., Raritan Rooms C&D. Proceeds ben-efit Raritan Bay Medical Cen-ter. A great selection of jew-elry, handbags and more will be for sale.

FREE Dental and Medical Screenings

SOUTH AMBOY - On Satur-day, Dec. 13th from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. the JRMC is in motion at 140 North Broadway, South Amboy (behind City Hall). Mobile Unit for Medical and Dental Screenings. The Unit-ed Way of Central Jersey has partnered with JRMC and the City of South Amboy to help provide medical and dental screenings. First Session will take place in South Amboy. Registration is preferred, but not required. Pre-registration grants you screening. To reg-ister for your FREE Dental and Medical Screenings, call Patrica Desiderio at 732-247-3727 xt. 23. Have questions about Insurance Coverage? Marketplace Enrollment? We will be there and available to help answer.

Ladies Auxiliary #4699SAYREVILLE - There will be no meeting this month for the Ladies Auxiliary # 4699, Sayreville due to the holiday. The next meeting will be on January 27, 2015 at 7 p.m. For more info call 732-264-3041.


Military Assistance

CenterWOODBRIDGE - Sansone Auto Mall and Woodbridge Township are sponsoring a Military Assistance Center, 3rd Floor, Town Hall. Ronald G. Davie, Coordinator. 732-634-4500 ext. 2037. Email - [email protected]

HSE (GED) Classes

PERTH AMBOY - Interested in obtaining your high school equivalency (HSE formerly known as GED) diploma while getting paid to learn? If so, please contact the Civ-ic Justice Corps program at (732)324-2114 Ext. 102 or Ext. 100 or visit us at 149 Ke-arny Ave. (Proprietary House) Room 401 Perth Amboy, NJ 08861. CJC is a project of the Jewish Renaissance Founda-tion. We provide academic, leadership and career support to males between the ages of 18-25 years old. We also of-fer a modest stipend to all our participants.

100th Anniversary

SAYREVILLE - The Parish of St. Stanislaus Kostka is celebrating its 100th Anniver-sary of faith, family, education and service to the community. On Dec. 14 there will be the 100th Anniversary Gala. with a 3 p.m. Celebratory Mass at St. Stanislaus, then Gala will be held at the Grand Marquis on Rte. 9 South in Old Bridge starting at 5:30 p.m.

Fire Fighter and Police Sergeant Swearing In Ceremonies, City Hall, Perth Amboy 11/25 & 11/26/14 *Photos by Paul W. Wang

Mitruska Integrated Wellness in Perth Amboy Participates in Jingle Bell Run/Walk For Arthritis & Health Fair, Metuchen High School 12/7/14 *Photos by Joe Bayona

South Amboy YMCA

Registration for Winter Programs

SOUTH AMBOY - The South Amboy YMCA Winter Pro-grams starts on Monday, Janu-ary 5 through March 1. Regis-tration opens up for full facility members on Monday, Decem-ber 15 and open registration on Monday, December 22. You can either stop in to register at the Members Services Desk or online which is a convenient way to register for your favor-ite YMCA programs. Just go to ymcaofmewsa.org and fol-low the directions to log onto your membership account. If you have any questions, please call our Member Services Desk at 732-553-9622.

(Top 4 Photos) On 11/25/14 Mayor Wilda Diaz sworn in 5 new Firefighters to the Perth Amboy Fire Department and promoted Captain John Breyta to Battalion Chief at a Swearing-In Ceremony held at the Perth Amboy Council Chambers. They were: F.F. Jaime Tavera, F.F. Joseph Sepelack, F.F. Frank Schumira, Jr., F.F. Kevin Metz, F.F. Eric Lewis and B.C. John Breyta. (Bottom Two Photos) On 11/26/14 six Police Of-ficers were sworn in as Sergeant. They were: Panagiotis Boulieris, Bryan Kelleher, Michelle McKeon, Joseph Sassine, Gilberto Simao and Marcos Valera.


LOOKING BACK

Senior SceneHappenings

Perth AmboyWED. Dec. 10 Simpson Seniors, 10 a.m., Williamson Hall, High St. • Holy Rosary Seniors, 12:30 p.m., Auditorium, Florida Grove Rd. • St. Stephen’s Seniors, 1 p.m., Cafeteria, State St.THURS. Dec. 11 The Cathedral International Seniors, 9:30 a.m., Family Life Center, Madison Ave. • Ukrainian Assumption Seniors, 12 Noon. Ed & Mary’s, Penn St.MON. Dec. 15 St. James Golden Girls, 10 a.m., Fellowship Hall, Commerce St.TUES. Dec. 16 Holy Spirit Seniors, 12:30 p.m., Church Hall, Brace Ave. • Market Square Seniors, 1 p.m., Presbyterian Center, Market St.WED. Dec. 17 Simpson Seniors, 10 a.m., Williamson Hall, High St. • Holy Rosary Seniors, 12:30 p.m., Auditorium, Florida Grove Rd. • St. Stephen’s Seniors, 1 p.m., Cafeteria, State St. • Holy Trinity Seniors, 1 p.m., Church Hall, Lawrie & Johnstone St.THURS. Dec. 18 The Cathedral International Seniors, 9:30 a.m., Family Life Center, Madison Ave.South AmboyWED. Dec. 10 South Amboy Seniors, 12 Noon, Senior Center, S. Stevens Ave.MON. Dec. 22 Sacred Heart Seniors, 12 Noon Memorial Hall, Wash Ave.MON. Jan. 12 St. Mary’s Seniors, 12 Noon, Senior Center, S. Stevens Ave.

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PERTH AMBOY - Chamber of Commerce Float at the 2002 Christmas Parade (L to R) Ron Miskoff, Assemblywoman Arline Friscia, Bill George, Barbara Booz (President), Margie Perez, Jackie Hancock and Jacque Romano.

*Photo by Alejandro Roman & Courtesy of Barbara BoozThis Photo was restored under a grant for the Kearny Cottage Archiving project by the Middlesex Cul-tural and Heritage Commission

Novena to St. Rita

O holy protectress of those who art in greatest need, thou who shineth as a star of hope in the midst of dark-ness, blessed Saint Rita, bright mirror of God’s grace, in pa-tience and fortitude thou art a model of all the states in life. I unite my will with the will of God through the merits of my Savior Jesus Christ, and in particular through his pa-tient wearing of the crown of thorns, which with tender devotion thou didst daily con-template. Through the merits of the holy Virgin Mary and thine own graces and virtues, I ask thee to obtain my earnest petition, provided it be for the greater glory of God and my own sanctification. Guide and purify my intention, O holy protectress and advocate, so that I may obtain the pardon of all my sins and the grace to persevere daily, as thou didst in walking with courage, gen-erosity, and fidelity down the path of life. (Mention your re-quest.) Saint Rita, advocate of the im-possible, pray for us. Saint Rita, advocate of the helpless, pray for us. Recite the Our Father, Hail Mary, and Glory Be three times each. K.M. & C.M.

Stories From Perth AmboyPERTH AMBOY - Stories From Perth Amboy by Katherine Massopust is available at the Barge Restaurant, 201 Front St., Perth Amboy or in Fertig’s Department Store, 195 New Brunswick Ave., Perth Amboy For more info call Katherine at 732-261-2610 or call the Barge at 732-442-3000 - or Fer-tig’s at 732-646-8337 - A Great Gift!

Flu Shots Available

PERTH AMBOY - Don’t Let the Flu Be Your Costume. Get your vaccination at the JRMC. Schedule your ap-pointment today at one of our locations. Perth Amboy, 275 Hobart Street, (732) 376-9333 or email [email protected]. In Newark - 5 locations (973) 679-7709 or email [email protected]

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TV 40inch GiveawayPERTH AMBOY - The As-sumption Catholic School at 380 Meredith St., Perth Am-boy, NJ bingo committee is giving away 2 Samsung 40 inch Smart LED TV’s! Pur-chase an admission to Bingo and receive a FREE ticket, the more times you attend Bingo, the more tickets you get, the more tickets you get the bet-ter your chances to win!!! Free Tickets will be given out dur-ing Wednesday night and Fri-day night Bingos starting No-vember 12, 2014. Bingo starts at 7:30 p.m. Two drawings will take place, one on Wednesday, December 17, 2014 and one on Friday, December 19, 2014. Winner MUST be present and present ticket to win! For more info call 732-826-0767.

E-Book ClassesSOUTH AMBOY - There are free E-Book Classes on Thursdays from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at the Dowdell Li-brary, 100 Harold G. Hoffman Plaza, South Amboy. For more info call 732-721-6060.

Xbox ClubSOUTH AMBOY- Xbox from 3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Fri-days at the Dowdell Library of South Amboy, 100 Harold G. Hoffman Plaza, South Amboy. For more info call 732-721-6060.


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PERTH AMBOY - Grocery store on 1st level leased for $1,260.00 5% increase yearly ending 2019. Apt. is rented for $1,300.00 mo to mo owner pays all utilities approx $5,000. Annually. Buyer is resp. for C/O, smoke cert and all repairs as well as 10k federal lien. $175,000

PERTH AMBOY - Home ready to go. Investment or to live in & have your tenant pay for you investment. $249,900

PERTH AMBOY - Just like new!!! Everything in the home has been gutted & replaced with new. New kit, baths, floors, windows, roof, HVAC, electrical, plumb-ing, laminate floors throughout, granite with open floor plan living room through to kitchen. Finished basement with tons of storage. Won’t last, schedule your appt today. $209,900

PERTH AMBOY - This beautiful and lovely split is lo-cated in the very desirable Washington Park Section of Perth Amboy. Features Family room, Kitchen, Dining room living room 1.5 bath and 3 bedrooms. Huge corner property. Abandoned in-ground Oil tank. $225,000

PERTH AMBOY - PRIME LOCATION IN THE HEART OF PERTH AMBOY, GREAT BUSINESS OPPORTUNI-TY A TURN KEY OPERATION WELL ESTABLISHED AUTOBODY SHOP APPROX 3700 SQ F. ALL EQUIP-MENTS ARE INCLUDED ANNUALLY EXPENSES ABOUT 19k. SPACE FOR 30+ CARS. $400,000

PERTH AMBOY - 5 ZONE C/A, HVAC 3YRS OLD, 5 BATHS, KITCHEN, ROOF 6YRS OLD, 55 PARKING SPACES, SPRINKLER/ALARM STATE APPROVED. COULD BE USED AS DAY CARE. BUILDING CAN BE DIVIDED INTO 2-6000SQ FT UNITS, 2 GAS & 2 ELECTRIC METERS W/2 ENTRANCE/EXIT ON 2ND FLR & 5 ON THE 1ST FLR. USE 1 SPACE FOR YOUR BUSINESS & THE OTHER AS RENTAL. BUILDING IS VACANT. $1,600,000

PERTH AMBOY - Nice 50x100 lot subject to sub-divi-sion can be purchased with 365 Ashley Street. $80,000

PERTH AMBOY - Just like new!!! Everything in the home has been gutted & replaced with new. New kit, baths, floors, windows, roof, HVAC, electrical, plumb-ing, laminate floors throughout, granite with open floor plan living room through to kitchen. Finished basement with tons of storage. Won’t last, schedule your appt today. $200,000

PERTH AMBOY - Home is a short sale; buyer is respon-sible for all inspection issues and c/o. There is a 2nd lien that has to be satisfied. 1st lien offering 2nd lien $3000, still have -$5500 is the difference from amount of $8500 in which 2nd lien will approve release of property. Previous short sale was approved at $55000. $55,000

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ADDITIONAL THE Amboy Guardian · out an OPRA request about Nancy Martin in reference to her license which expired in 2009. The OPRA request came back with her last license was in