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Children’s fair
Top: Alyssa Mikita, 6, picks out items at a mock supermarket, part of a children’s fair held May 20 by the Sanctuary of North Brunswick congregation at its facility on 17 Laurel Place. Bottom: Elijah Wong, 14, makes snow cones during the fair at a booth set up at Babbage Park. PHOTOS BY MATT DENTON
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in the service •••
Army Reserve Pvt. Matthew A. Villareal has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson, Columbia, S.C. During nine weeks of training, the soldier studied the Army mission, history, tradition and core values, physical fitness, and received instruction and practice in basic combat skills, military weapons, chemical warfare and bayonet training, drill and ceremony, marching,…
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County prepares for mosquito population this year
Expecting higher than normal populations of mosquitoes and an early activity ofWest Nile virus this summer, the Middlesex County Mosquito Extermination Commission has begun inspecting and treating sites throughout the county. The county agency is using an approach that includes mosquito surveillance, water management, biological control, chemical control and public education. “The commission works to…
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South Brunswick library gives thanks to veterans
Residents invited to leave letters of appreciation BY DEANNAMcLAFFERTY Staff Writer Residents are invited to visit the South Brunswick Library and leave messages of appreciation for veterans, in honor of Memorial Day. DEANNA McLAFFERTY SOUTH BRUNSWICK — With Memorial Day approaching, South Brunswick residents hoping to send a message to current and former members of…
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Police will ticket if seat belts aren’t used
The North Brunswick Police Department will be cracking down on motorists and their passengers who do not use seat belts, as part of the national Click It or Ticket campaign. Through June 3, the annual initiative will include high-visibility law enforcement, seat-belt checkpoints and saturation patrols, as well as local and national publicity designed to…
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SBPD issues alert about overnight residential burglaries
SOUTH BRUNSWICK — The South Brunswick Police Department issued an alert in reference to a recent pattern of overnight residential burglaries. The department has identified at least four burglaries in the last six weeks that occurred within occupied homes in the township . According to police, the suspect gains entry to the homes through rear…
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No. Brunswick to celebrate Memorial Day with 5K, ceremonies
NORTH BRUNSWICK — The township will commemorate Memorial Day with two special ceremonies on Monday. A special ceremony on Memorial Day will honor Pfc. Joseph Sabella, a North Brunswick resident who was killed 60 years ago in Korea on July 18, 1952, at the age of 21. Sabella Park, on Cozzens Lane, where the ceremony…
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Siemens Corp. donates rocking chairs to local organizations
BY DEANNAMcLAFFERTY Staff Writer Siemens Corporate Research and Technology donated 56 wooden rocking chairs to the South Brunswick Public Library and the South Brunswick Senior Center. SOUTH BRUNSWICK — Siemens Corporate Research and Technology in Princeton donated 56 wooden rocking chairs to local organizations on May 21 in an ongoing effort to support the community.…
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S.B. Food Pantry benefits from Feinstein Foundation
Community members donate $70,000 in food and monetary donations BY DEANNAMcLAFFERTY Staff Writer Richard Allen, American Legion Post 401 service officer (l-r), Caroline Mazzarella, South Brunswick assistant Food Bank secretary, Lou Scurato and Dennis Collingwood, Post 401 second vice commander, dropped off items to the South Brunswick Food Pantry during the Feinstein Foundation’s challenge. SOUTH…
