Category: archives
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SOUTH BRUNSWICK: H1N1 vaccinations scheduled for Dec. 5
By Davy James, Staff Writer The South Brunswick Board of Health will provide the H1N1 vaccine on the morning of Dec. 5 at the Community Center in Woodlot Park. The vaccine will be administered via nasal spray. Because there are a limited number of doses available, registration will be limited to healthy children between the…
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SOUTH BRUNSWICK: A bell-ringing army is hoping to fill red kettles
By Davy James, Staff Writer The day after Thanksgiving is traditionally referred to as Black Friday as throngs of people descend on malls and shopping centers to officially kick off the holiday shopping season. However, the day could be referred to as Red Friday for the Salvation Army, which will start its annual Red Kettle…
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SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Record donation to service fund
By Davy James, Staff Writer The township Social Services Department, which has seen huge increases in people in need of aid and decreases in monetary donations, recently received a boost with the largest donation ever made. The Cranbury-based clothing distribution center SanMar presented Social Services with a check to the Human Intervention Trust Fund last…
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ROBBINSVILLE: Township eyes $200,000 in capital spending
By Matt Chiappardi, Staff Writer ROBBINSVILLE — The township plans to spend more than $200,000 in capital expenditures this fiscal year. The Township Council on Nov. 12 approved an ordinance that merely authorizes the council to spend $204,100 for certain items or projects. The actual purchases must still approved by council. The…
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HILLSBOROUGH: Man had child porn on his computer, police say
By Audrey Levine, Staff Writer A Hamilton Road resident was charged Tuesday with two separate counts of endangering the welfare of a child after an undercover investigation discovered illegal files on his personal computer. Kenneth Nerod, 43, was arrested after an investigation by the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force (ICAC) found files on his…
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BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP: Board fields questions on Dec. 8 referendum
By Geoffrey Wertime, Staff Writer BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP — The school district’s nearly $8.5 million solar panel and athletic field referendum received mixed reviews from about 40 residents at a public hearing last week. The Bordentown Regional School District’s one question on Tuesday, Dec. 8, would build artificial turf athletic fields at the high…
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SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Former stars of ‘Les Miserables’ directing local production
By Davy James, Staff Writer Two Broadway veterans will bring their craft to South Brunswick for a performance of “Les Miserables” by the New Jersey Repertory Theatre. Husband-and-wife directors Ron Sharpe and Barbra Russell, who reside in Dayton with their two children, have an extensive list of Broadway credits between them, having met 16 years…
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‘Precious’
Troubles are piled on so relentlessly that the movie starts to feel like a parody of itself Elise Nakhnkian “WHAT do I mean if I say the author portrays her protagonist’s situation as unrelenting?” asks Miss Rain (Paula Patton), the Christlike teacher who saves Claireece “Precious” Jones (Gabourey Sidibe), the teenage Job at the center…
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ROOSEVELT: Controversial Jewish school must reduce enrollment
By Matt Chiappardi, Staff Writer ROOSEVELT — Yeshiva Me’on Hatorah has recently filed an appeal to a state judge’s decision that forces the Jewish school to reduce its student body from 31 to 12 by the end of the school year. Judge Lawrence Lawson of state Superior Court in Monmouth County ruled Nov. 13 the…
