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N.B. landlords required to register properties by Oct. 1
Resident, however, believes new regulations violate state law BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK — Landlords who are renting residential properties in the township must register those properties by Oct. 1. The Township Council amended the Municipal Rental Housing Code in July and established a new three-year landlord registration requirement with an associated fee…
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Simon Says, ‘Become part of the Guinness Book of World Records’
Goddard School of No. Brunswick participates in nationwide event BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer Pre-kindergartner Samantha Milsted (middle) plays Simon Says at the Goddard School of North Brunswick on Sept. 23 in an attempt to enter into the Guinness Book of World Records. ERIC SUCAR staff NORTH BRUNSWICK — Simon says, “Put your hands on…
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Laws intended to help New Jersey veterans
Gov. Chris Christie has signed legislation that creates and enhances assistance tools that provide financial support and peer counseling services through the New Jersey National Guard State Family Readiness Council Fund and the Veteran to Veteran Peer Support Program telephone helpline. “Every day, the brave men and women of the New Jersey National Guard put…
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Summer trip to Germany: a memorable experience
BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK — Ty Gardner picked up a few choice words this summer. Genau means “exactly.” Gruss gott” means “God’s greeting.” The Linwood Middle School student spent three weeks in August living in a boarding school in the town of Marquartstein, Germany. Along with 87 other students from around the…
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Rep. Rush Holt (D-12th District) visited North Brunswick Township High School on Sept. 19 because the township’s Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) grant expired this month, and the majority in the U.S. House of Representatives has proposed a bill to completely eliminate the COPS program. The township had received more than $1.2 million in COPS…
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‘When Winter Comes’
Art exhibit and more at S.B. Municipal Building BY DEANNAMcLAFFERTY Staff Writer The juried art exhibit “When Winter Comes” will be featured at the South Brunswick municipal building through Dec. 26. SOUTH BRUNSWICK — Winter, in all its colors, forms and connotations, is the theme of the latest South Brunswick Arts Commission exhibit. Fourteen township…
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MCC renames tech hall for late Billy Johnson
Betty Wold Johnson says son ‘would have loved this’ BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer Betty Wold Johnson (l-r) speaks with Middlesex County College Board of Trustees Vice Chairman Thomas Tighe, President Joann La Perla-Morales and Board Secretary Hank Bauer before the Sept. 23 ceremony. EDISON — Willard T.C. Johnson, commonly known as Billy, may have…
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Walking for good health
Clockwise from top left: Rita Harris (c) of VNA Health Group greets participants at Middlesex County’s annual Senior Health and Fitness Walk at Roosevelt Park in Edison Sept. 21. The Board of Chosen Freeholders and county Office on Aging and Disabled Services hosted the event, which drew almost 500 participants and included blood pressure, glucose…
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Perretti Farms for sale; owner liquidating equine inventory
Major standardbred operation leaving N.J. partly due to Gov.’s decisions regarding horse racing BY JANE MEGGITT Correspondent Perretti Farms in Upper Freehold is the largest standardbred breeding operation in New Jersey. William J. Perretti has announced the dispersal of Perretti Farm’s equine inventory over a two-year period starting in November. A 400-acre section of Perretti…
