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POEM – ‘Inspired by the Tree(s?)’

They cut down another tree today Agencies and agents, bloated and unthinking Government heroes, DPW this time, Protecting us from the branches, nongovernmental. Tearing down that which their grandfathers sowed Eight with extended power saws and shredders Conservation of energy notwithstanding. Destruction is so much simpler than maintenance That takes work besides They have the […]

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Movie Review: Captain America: Civil War

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SLIDE SHOW: Celebrating Tom Ward

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Perth Amboy High School presents THE ADDAMS FAMILY Musical

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POEM: Rainbow

From start to end, what a unique blend of natures wonder. What kind of message does GOD want to send? Or does he just want us to ponder on all that he has created. Colors intermingling, how beautiful is all of his creation, with all types of diversity in every final station. By Dioris L. […]

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Perth Amboy Arts Council Highlights 2015 Efforts

Press Release PERTH AMBOY – The Perth Amboy Arts Council, an advisory Board to the City Council and Mayor Wilda Diaz, used their January 2016 meeting to hilite the wide-ranging series of accomplishments the Council was able to present to the City during 2015. “We’re very proud to have been able to help the local […]

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POEM: Love

Love Don’t fight love Embrace it Don’t turn your back Face it Love is in the heart Love is in the mind Sometimes it is readily seen Sometimes it is blind It’s wonderful to have Even more so to give away It’s a beacon in the night The brightest sunlight in the day It brings […]

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Poem: A Christmas Gift

A Christmas Gift During this season of giving Each one of us can give a Christmas Gift to our fellow man With giving respect and kindness you may be giving a person that is down on his luck a reason to keep on living You may lift up someone’s spirit by giving him a helping […]

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Poem: The Fourth of July

This is the day we celebrate our independence As Americans we cherish our freedom and our liberty

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POEM: Your Voice

A musical rhapsody your soft strewn lovely singing floating through my brain trying to remember each monotone your voice that is in me has not changed. It is a voice of caring of passion, of love. “The Poet” Dioris L. Arlequin

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Poem: Nobody Knows

            Nobody Knows By Dioris Arlequin Nobody knows the torment of a cop When you see a human being take his own life Or when a person is bludgeoned by a knife In a crime of passion the husband slays his wife Everyday seeing misery and strife Nobody knows the […]

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Movie Review: Interstellar

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Summer’s On the Way: Calendar of Events, June-Oct.

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Plays in the Park

  2014 Performances: Sunset Boulevard, SHREK, Bye Bye Birdie The Little Mermaid, Jr.

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Church Statue Restored

PERTH AMBOY – Local Artist Thomas Ward is restoring the Statue of “Our Lady of Providence” at Our Lady of Fatima Church, Perth Amboy. Age and Devotion had worn away much of the original paint exposing the wooden blocks, probably walnut, of which the statue is carved. “This is the work of a master carver, […]

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PUSHM Art Show Raises Funds and Spirits

By Linda Blomquist – PERTH AMBOY – People United for Self Help & More (PUSHM) closed out an eight-day arts exhibition Saturday night at Raritan Bay Coffee Company on the first level of the Perth Amboy Train Station.About fifty or more people attended throughout the week, including a special appearance by Mayor Diaz at the […]

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