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South Brunswick High School Drama Department
A group of veterans watch as actors and actresses from the South Brunswick High School Drama Department perform “Living Legacies: The Veterans’ Stories” at the South Brunswick Senior Center on May 21. Students shared original monologues they wrote after interviewing local veterans. See page 3. ERIC SUCAR staff
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No. Brunswick school district restores programs
Passing budget, salary freeze have helped to maintain services and employees BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer Several programs and employee positions have been restored in North Brunswick after a brief scare due to economic constraints. Because the school budget was passed last month by township voters, full-day kindergarten, the high school’s nine-period day, two academic…
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Anthony Arico Sr. to serve as N.B. grand marshal
Memorial Day ceremony will be 10:30 a.m. Monday at Community Park BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK — Anthony Arico Sr. will serve as the grand marshal for North Brunswick’s Memorial Day ceremony on Monday. Arico has lived in town since 1946, after coming to America from Italy in 1929 when he was 5…
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Macky Womack of North Brunswick Township High School
Macky Womack of North Brunswick Township High School (NBTHS) was presented with the 2010 Caring Award by the Middlesex County Guidance Council during a dinner held at Middlesex County College in Edison in April. The Caring Award is given to one student from each high school in the county for outstanding volunteer community service. Pictured…
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Bike ride to raise money for breast cancer screening
The Amy Foundation will hold event June 6 in So. Brunswick BY JENNIFER BOOTON Staff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK — A local organization that strives to provide the means necessary for uninsured women to detect breast cancer in its earliest stages will soon host a bike ride in South Brunswick to raise money for the cause.…
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Girl power
North Brunswick Woman’s Club celebrates 45th anniversary BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK — Forty-five years ago, the world was a different place. Lyndon B. Johnson was sworn in as president. Martin Luther King Jr. was fighting for civil rights. Malcolm X was assassinated. The Vietnam War began. The New York World’s Fair reopened.…
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Zoning overlay ordinance passes in North Brunswick
BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK — The new transit-oriented, mixed-use-development zoning ordinance for the former Johnson & Johnson property on Route 1 was adopted after about four hours of discussion at the Township Council meeting May 17. Mayor Francis “Mac” Womack cast the tie-breaking vote to approve the ordinance, which now puts into…
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Rafano: Open space pledge strong, despite reduction
Freeholders cut county open space tax by 1 cent BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer T he Middlesex County Board of Freeholders has reduced the county’s open space tax for one year, a move opposed by a local environmental group. The board voted 6-1 at its May 6 meeting to reduce the open space tax…
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Kendall Park home makes N.J. preservation list
BY JENNIFER BOOTON Staff Writer The Hoagland-Clark House, located at 8 Steven Road in Kendall Park, has been included on Preservation New Jersey’s 10 Most Endangered Historic Sites list. SOUTH BRUNSWICK — A home built just prior to the American Revolution in Kendall Park and abandoned for the last two years has recently been recognized…
