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Local musicians jazz up their summer camp
BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK — Three local students participated in the Rutgers Summer Jazz Institute, sponsored by the Rutgers University Mason Gross School of the Arts. Angela and Sabrina Porcelli, two sisters from Kendall Park, as well as a young man from Monmouth Junction were among the 50 students ages 13 to…
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A century of memories
Anna Bowman celebrates her 100th birthday by reminiscing about her ‘very happy life’ BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer Anna Bowman NORTH BRUNSWICK — Anna Bowman has seen it all: Two world wars. The Great Depression. The landing on the moon. The assassinations of President John F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr. The turn of…
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Pharmacy and retail center approved for Finnegans Lane
BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK — An application for a pharmacy and retail center on the corner of Route 27 and Finnegans Lane was approved by the township Planning Board on Aug. 4. An application by Riya Finnegans LLC has been pending before the board for five years, according to Mayor Frank Gambatese.…
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Junior cadets learn the ins and outs of police work
BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer There was a glorified game of manhunt at North Brunswick Township High School on Aug. 4. Above: North Brunswick Junior Police Academy cadets practice wrapping bandages on fellow cadets during a first aid drill during the annual academy, held this year from Aug. 2 – 12 at North Brunswick Township…
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Changes to N.B. recycling program effective Sept. 1
BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer Effective Sept. 1, there will be some changes in the recycling collection in North Brunswick. All recycling will be done within one week every other week, so sections of town may have schedule changes. Recycling will be picked up as a single stream, meaning all recyclables can be placed in…
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Junior Police Academy
North Brunswick Junior Police Academy cadets practice wrapping bandages on fellow cadets during the annual academy, held this year Aug. 2-12 at North Brunswick Township High School. See story, page 3. JEFF GRANIT staff
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S.B. municipal budget reduced to 5-cent increase
Public hearing on the budget will be Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer The South Brunswick Township municipal budget was amended during a meeting on Aug. 10, reducing the tax rate increase from an additional 8 cents per $100 of assessed valuation to an additional 5 cents. Mayor Frank Gambatese said it…
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Will you pledge life, fortune and honor for America?
GUEST COLUMN RICHARD A. PENDER “And for the support of this declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of Divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.” Most people concentrate on that portion of the Declaration of Independence that gives them something: “life, liberty and the…
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