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Essay topic focuses on texting and driving
The North Brunswick Municipal Alliance Committee has launched an aggressive initiative on combating the epidemic of distracting driving. Last spring, the North Brunswick Municipal Alliance conducted a student assembly regarding the dangers of texting while driving. Students were encouraged to sign a pledge not to text and drive, and more than two-thirds of the class…
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South Brunswick Landfill may benefit from solar power
BY DEANNAMcLAFFERTY Staff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK — Plans to bring solar power to the South Brunswick Landfill on New Road are in preliminary stages, according to Peg Mulloy, media relations manager for the property owner, Republic Services Inc. The Superfund site served as a landfill for over 20 years before it was closed by the…
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N.B. preschools open to nonresidents too
The North Brunswick Department of Parks, Recreation and Community Services is now accepting registration for its spring 2012 preschool programs. The programs are open to both residents and nonresidents of the township ages 2-5 years. • Partners at Play is open to 2-year-olds and a parent and is a one-hour play group that provides instructor-guided…
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Artist is providing hope by photographing Lakewood residents
Sherry Rubel, of S.B., must raise $5,000 by Feb. 20 to continue her project BY DEANNAMcLAFFERTY Staff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK — A South Brunswick photographer hopes to turn a passion project into a vehicle for change for the homeless in Lakewood. Sherry Rubel, a staff photographer for the Crossroads Theater in New Brunswick, is using…
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Tickets on sale for Adams A.C. gala
The North Brunswick Adams Athletic Club will celebrate its 50th anniversary of its incorporation on April 14. From 6 to 11 p.m. at the Pines Manor in Edison, a semi-formal gala will feature a sitdown dinner, open bar and deejay for any member of the public over age 21. Tickets are $50 per person. Call…
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Diwali holiday not added to No. Brunswick school calendar
BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK — The school board voted to approve the 2012-13 school calendar during a special meeting Feb. 1, which did not include the holiday of Diwali as a school closing. At a recent Board of Education meeting, parents submitted a petition to the board, asking that the Indian “festival…
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Soccer stars
Tim Howard, of North Brunswick, spends time with Tess, 12, and Paige, 8, Kowalksi, who along with their parents, Tim and Leslie, all of Plainsboro, were the winners of the New Jersey Center for Tourette Syndrome’s Team Up With Tim Howard Raffle. The nationwide raffle raised money to support NJCTS programs and outreach services for…
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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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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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