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Jack’s Furniture seeks lease with Family Dollar store
Planning Board application will continue Sept. 13 BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK — A Family Dollar store could soon be coming to Jack’s Famous Furniture building on Livingston Avenue. Jack Mamroud, owner of the furniture business for the past 13 years, brought an application before the North Brunswick Planning Board on Aug. 3,…
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No. Bruns. adds patrolwoman to Police Department
BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK — The township Police Department has added another female to its police force. Keri Shutz, 27, originally was an agent for the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office for 3½ years after graduating from Seton Hall University in 2006 with a degree in criminal justice. Preferring to be outside on…
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No. Brunswick council celebrates achievements of residents
BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK — The Township Council honored several residents with proclamations during the Aug. 1 council meeting. To begin, Keri Shutz was sworn in as a new township police officer. Next, the third group of North Brunswick’s Community Emergency Response Team [CERT] volunteers were recognized for completing their 20 hours…
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Stranger danger
‘Outsmart the Stranger’ workshop held at Goddard School of North Brunswick BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer Ron Shuali demonstrates a technique to escape from an attacker during an “Outsmart the Stranger” workshop he held at The Goddard School of North Brunswick on July 11. JENNIFER AMATO NORTH BRUNSWICK — Don’t hit a male attacker in…
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N.B. resident flexes business muscles with healthy-food establishment
Muscle Maker Grill will hold open house on Saturday BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer Muscle Maker Grill opened July 18 in the Brunswick Shopping Center, near A&P in North Brunswick. NORTH BRUNSWICK — Great food with your health in mind. That is the motto of Muscle Maker Grill, a new fast casual restaurant that has…
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N.B. day camp offers s’more than just fun activities
E.B. seniors invited to intergenerational luncheon BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK — Seniors fromThe Chelsea and Care One facilities in East Brunswick were invited for a luncheon performance at Mill Road Day Camp in North Brunswick on Aug. 11. Counselors in training from the camp volunteer their time once or twice a week…
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Indian footwork tells the story of African folktales
Nrithyanjali Institute to perform with Kamate Traders Aug. 27 BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer The Kamate Traders African drumming and dance troupe (above) and the Nrithyanjali Institute of Dance (l) will perform “Rhythm in the Soul” Aug. 27 in New Brunswick. NEW BRUNSWICK — Indians and Africans may have more in common than you think.…
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Philhower reunion set for Sept. 10
Descendants of Philip and Mary Mueller Philhower are planning their 95th annual family reunion Sept. 10 at the Cokesbury United Methodist Church in Cokesbury. Back in 1754, the family first settled the Cokesbury area as Palatine immigrants. For more information, contact Jane Eick at 908-766-0807 or visit ApgarFamily.org.
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India’s Independence Day celebration this weekend
BY DEANNAMcLAFFERTY Staff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK — India’s Independence Day celebration at the South Brunswick Family YMCA will be bigger and better than ever, according to the Indo- American Cultural Foundation’s (IACFNJ) executive committee. The fourth annual celebration will be held Aug. 21 and will represent India’s 64th year as an independent nation. IACFNJ treasurer…
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