Author: Greater Media
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MATT DENTON Noelle Washington, 7, and Rosie the rescue dog share a hug during an activity at the Jackson Library on March 14. Youngsters had a chance to practice their reading skills while Rosie listened to them. Noelle’s twin sister, Grace, is reading to Rosie in the background.
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Jackson Senior Center projects planned
By ANDREW MARTINS Staff Writer Planned improvements at the Jackson Senior Center, Don Connor Boulevard, have been submitted for consideration in the 2015 Ocean County Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program. Members of the Township Council voted unanimously to pursue the grant. Jackson Senior Center Program Administrator Sheri Silversmith, who is the township’s CDBG representative,…
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Central N.J. filmmakers enter works in festival
By JEREMY GROSSMAN Staff Writer Some filmmakers try to make their audience laugh, and some try to give them nightmares. Others try to raise awareness of important issues. All kinds of directors with different stories to tell have movies featured in the Garden State Film Festival, which runs March 19-22. The event, held annually since…
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Council amends snow parking rules
JACKSON — This winter’s subfreezing temperatures and snow may be history, but officials in Jackson have amended the township code in a way that is expected to make snow-removal efforts easier in upcoming years. Following a unanimous vote during the March 10 Township Council meeting, several new measures were added to the section of the…
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FRANK WOJCIECHOWSKI Instructor Patricia Dahl, left, helps Cathy Bredin of North Brunswick during the “upcycling” wine bottle craft class at the North Brunswick Library on March 11. For more photos, see page 9.
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Relay for Life renews battle against cancer
JACKSON — The glitz and glamour of Hollywood will make its way to Jackson in May when the 2015 Relay for Life takes place at Jackson Liberty High School, North Hope Chapel Road. Event organizers recently met with potential Relay for Life participants to unveil this year’s theme — “Movies: Past and Present.” “We are…
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Sabella Park Preschool programs return in April
By JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer Preschool programs will get underway in North Brunswick next month. Concerns about whether the Sabella Park Preschool programs would be discontinued were addressed during the Township Council’s March 9 workshop meeting. Lou Ann Benson, director of the North Brunswick Department of Parks, Recreation & Community Services — which runs the…
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ON CAMPUS
The College of New Jersey, Ewing, has named the following students to the dean’s list for the 2014 fall semester: From Jackson: Sara Seich, Alyson Wardell, Benjamin Meyer, Kathleen Lok, Anthony Colangeli, Elise Alchevsky, Heather Hawkes, Edward Guippone, Samantha Varsalona, Levi Klinger- Christiansen, Margaret Pappadimatos, Daniella Mikhail, Erin Driscoll. And, Jaclyn Todaro, Mary Jo Mikhail,…
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North Brunswick educator honored for digital program
By JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer A North Brunswick educator will attend a conference in June for digital innovators in education. Jeffrey Bradbury of the North Brunswick Township High School music department has been selected as one of 30 Lead PBS LearningMedia Digital Innovators this year. Of the 1,000 applicants each year, PBS accepts only 100.…
