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6th annual FSCD photo contest underway
Freehold Soil Conservation District is sponsoring its sixth-annual photo contest. Photographers are asked to capture subjects found within Middlesex and Monmouth counties that promote the beauty and uniqueness of the natural environments found here. Wildlife, landscapes, natural resources, agriculture, waterscapes and conservation practices are all suitable subjects. The contest is open to adults (age 18…
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Nominations sought for Heritage Award
Nominations are now being accepted for the Ann Marie Chandlee Heritage Award 2012. Each year, the North Brunswick Department of Parks, Recreation and Community Services’ Heritage Day committee solicits for nominations and selects a Heritage Award recipient. The Heritage Award is bestowed to a township resident who has been dedicated to improving the quality of…
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MCIA’s newest persona engages energy conservation discussion
The Middlesex County Improvement Authority recently found a new recycling education mascot, as well as a new cause to champion. The MCIA’s longstanding education robot, M.C. Blue, has covered reducing, reusing and recycling through public presentations for more than a decade, but now its preppy, green-haired alternative persona, M.C. Green, has begun tackling the subject…
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Waterworks
Members of the North Brunswick Rapids swim team, part of the Department of Parks, Recreation & Community Services, swim in the pool at North Brunswick Township High School on July 5.
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Former candidate thanks all who helped
Since the South Brunswick Township Council primary in June, I have had the opportunity to personally meet and thank so many of the people who supported my runningmate Shilpn Patel and I; the kindness was incredible. It is staggering to consider the wonderful goodwill in our community. Though I am sorry that Shilpn and I…
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Up, up and away!
DINNIGAN’S DIVERSIONS LIZZ DINNIGAN My father-in-law was a mechanic for Pan Am from 1961 until the airline went out of business in 1991. As a child, Joe— my husband and comic book enthusiast — was fascinated by his dad’s occupation: repairing planes and the physical scale of that undertaking. Joe has told me that plane…
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Spooky old snuff mill may soon ring with kids’ laughter
CODA GREG BEAN A fter more than a decade of wrangling and angst, it looks like the old and decrepit Helme Snuff Mill in Helmetta will finally be redeveloped with 200 non-agerestricted housing units. You have to wonder how they’re going to market it, since “snuff mill” sounds more like the location of a Freddy…
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North Brunswick library has gone to the dogs
Doggie library cards are available to pet owners BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer Julia Cowen and her dog, Arielle, both have their own check out cards for the North Brunswick Public Library. NORTH BRUNSWICK — The North Brunswick Public Library has a treat in store for some unlikely readers. Doggie library cards are being offered…
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