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S.B. Senior Center schedules Feb. events
The following lectures and events are offered to senior residents age 55-plus only at the Office on Aging, South Brunswick Senior Center located in the municipal complex, Route 522. Call 732-329-4000, ext. 7670, for more information. • 2011 Tax Filing Seminar, 12:30 p.m. Feb. 16 — This seminar will be presented by Edward J. Smith,…
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Local legislators propose charter school reforms
Charter schools concerned that this will prevent their establishment in towns BY DEANNAMcLAFFERTY Staff Writer Several Middlesex County legislators are championing a package of bills that require controversial charter school reforms for the state. The bills increase transparency and establish voter input as part of the charter school process, according to their sponsors. They were…
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Crossroads North holds annual ‘Day With the Characters’
Students perform ‘Once Upon a Mattress,’ have lunch with township seniors BY DEANNAMcLAFFERTY Staff Writer The Crossroads North Middle School performed the musical comedy “Once Upon a Mattress” for seniors from the South Brunswick Senior Center on Feb. 1.SOUTH BRUNSWICK — The love of theater arts bonded South Brunswick’s generations together at the seventh annual…
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SBPD once again receives award for National Night Out celebration
Ranked first in New Jersey for second straight year; placed sixth in the nation BY DEANNAMcLAFFERTY Staff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK — The South Brunswick Police Department was recognized once again for its efforts during the annual National Night Out celebration in August. The National Association of Town Watch ranked the department first in New Jersey…
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No. Brunswick decides to hold school board elections in Nov.
BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer School board candidate elections will now be held in November in North Brunswick. During a special meeting Feb. 1, the school board voted to approve changing the election date, which is normally the third Tuesday in April, to the same date as the general election, which is the first Tuesday…
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Robert Hegyes touched lives of many in hometown he loved
Actor, 60, recalled as a loving friend and a ‘gentle soul’; best known for ‘Kotter’ role BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer Robert Hegyes METUCHEN — Even as he became a star of the TV screen, Robert Hegyes never forgot where he grew up. “He kept friendships alive, that is the kind of person he was,”…
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Children tend to suffer from being ‘chairborne’
Local fitness studio offers solution for kids who may be at ‘Rizk’ BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer Fourth- and fifth-graders at John Adams Elementary School in North Brunswick have a blast during the “Made to Move 3D” fitness program on Feb. 1. Students of the North Brunswick Department of Parks & Recreation’s after-school LEAL program…
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Aishwarya Venkatesh, a senior at Bridgewater-Raritan High School, performs “Tha Thai Tendraduvar,” a presentation style of classical Indian dance called bharatanatyam, during “Rhythmic Expressions!” at North Brunswick Township High School on Jan. 29. SCOTT FRIEDMAN
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School boards mull over moving elections to Nov.
So. Bruns. to hold meeting Feb. 6; No. Bruns. met Feb. 1 BY DEANNA McLAFFERTY & JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writers School boards across the state are deciding whether to move their elections from April to November, after Gov. Chris Christie recently signed legislation that provides that option. The South Brunswick Board of Education is scheduled…
