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As Afghan war continues, so does local supply drive
BY DANIEL HOWLEY Staff Writer United States Marine Corps. Capt. (ret.) Ken Springer has only been volunteering with the nonprofit American Recreational Military Services (ARMS) for one year, but he knows all too well how important the organization is to the morale of the country’s military service members. Springer, a Freehold resident, served during the…
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Filmmaker tells story of the other ‘Rosies’
Film focuses on women who helped win World War II, usher in the computer age BY SAM SLAUGHTER Staff Writer Secret government ballistics projects to help eradicate the Nazis and women who functioned as human computers for the U.S. Army. These may sound like plot points to a science fiction movie, but during World War…
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Parents can help prevent cyberbullying crimes
Adults need to form trusting relationships with children, monitor technology use BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK — The balance between being involved in a child’s life without being intrusive is a difficult situation many parents face nowadays. However, with the advances coming about in social media and technology, it is even more imperative…
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Video-game nirvana
Sayreville man’s passion for gaming systems yields two books, film in the making BY SAM SLAUGHTER Staff Writer Bill Loguidice SAYREVILLE — Two white bars and a white ball. A pure black background. The distinct “plink” sound of deflecting that ball back at an opponent. That was Pong. And that was how Bill Loguidice began…
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N.B. tries to dodge substance abuse problems by teens
Through county grant, Municipal Alliance is holding dodgeball games BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK — Normally if there is a group of teenagers hanging around a school at 7 p.m. on a Friday, the automatic thought is: trouble. Yet at Linwood Middle School for the next few weeks, the exact opposite is true.…
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S.B. pharmaceutical company receives federal contract
Snowdon Inc. works to discover drug molecules to combat biological warfare pathogens BY SAM SLAUGHTER Staff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK — A South Brunswick company recently received a three-year, $8.2 million contract from the Department of Defense (DOD). Snowdon Inc., a company that focuses on pharmaceutical drug discovery and development, was contracted to discover novel potential…
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Restaurant no longer ‘steak’ing claim in local market
Charlie Brown’s Steakhouse closed in Kingston section of South Brunswick BY SAM SLAUGHTER Staff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK — Say goodbye to the endless salad bar. CB Holding Corp., the Mountainsidebased company that owns the Charlie Brown’s Steakhouse chain, announced Nov 15 the closing of 20 steakhouse locations, almost half of the chain, which includes the…
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Middlesex County celebrates National Adoption Day
Eighteen children adopted to families in Edison, Monroe North Brunswick, Sayreville BY SAM SLAUGHTER Staff Writer NEW BRUNSWICK — Speaking to a room filled with suits and strollers, Assignment Judge of Middlesex County Travis Francis called Nov. 18 the “happiest day in the courthouse.” It would be hard to find anyone milling about the second…
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Museum celebrates water as art world inspiration
Water is the subject and title of a far-reaching exhibition at the Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers University, New Brunswick, this fall. Ranging from a 17th-century Chinese landscape to Bill Viola’s 2005 visceral video work, “Ablutions,” works on display are drawn from the museum’s own collections of French, American, Russian and SovietNonconformist art,…
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