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JEFF GRANIT staff East Brunswick High School cheerleader Shannon Hussey performs the pregame routine for the Thanksgiving Day homecoming game. The Bears defeated Old Bridge, 35-14. See Sports.
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Native American history needs retelling
Thanksgiving portrays stereotypes that some find offensive BY LINDA DeNICOLA Correspondent November is American Indian Heritage Month and also the month when people across the country remember the Native Americans who are part of the Thanksgiving story. But some Native Americans are not happy about Thanksgiving because the stereotypes of their people are often caricatures…
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EB will take time-out to honor retired coach
BY BRIAN DONAHUE Staff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK – It’s only appropriate that tomorrow the community will say thanks to a man who has given so much to the school district during, and after, his 35-year career at East Brunswick High School *(EBHS). William Dudley Tighe, who coached boys track and taught physical education at EBHS…
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E.B. road named for fallen Army soldier
BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK – A township road has been renamed after Seth Dvorin, a former resident who was killed while fighting in Iraq. The Township Council voted recently to change the name of David Lane, which is between Appleby Lane and Deerfield Road, to Seth Dvorin Lane, in memory of the…
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Firefighters stop blaze early at Monroe house
MONROE – A house fire believed to have spread from a chimney pipe was extinguished with no injuries reported at a township home last week. Carole and John Harchar, of Carlton Avenue, were home and using their fireplace around 8:08 p.m. Nov. 15 when they noticed a smoke condition and flickering lights, police said. Melting…
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Age at center of debate on plan for senior condos
BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK – The old cliché holds that “the truth lies somewhere in the middle.” Such may have lent itself to a discussion held during the most recent Zoning Board of Adjustment meeting on the proposal to build Quail Cove, a 90-unit agerestricted condominium development, at Ryders and Guernsey lanes.…
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Junior gets 2nd go-round playing in Macy’s parade
BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK – One of East Brunswick’s own will help to lead this year’s Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade tomorrow in New York City. Robert Braun, a junior at East Brunswick High School, has been selected to play sousaphone in the band that leads the parade. This is the second year…
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Wounded soldiers
Dan Mann, president of the Veterans Council of Monroe and Jamesburg, and Congressman Rush Holt talk with veterans at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, D.C., on Oct. 31. A busload of local veterans delivered phone cards collected by area residents and students at Applegarth Middle School, Monroe. The wounded soldiers had requested the phone…
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Dog shows her worth as H.S. student’s helper
BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer FILE PHOTO Katlin Miller with her service dog, Greta. SPOTSWOOD – The newest guest at Spotswood High School has already made herself welcome. Greta, a canine assist dog used by student Katlin Miller, proved her worth during her first week at school last week, helping Katlin safely endure two epileptic…
