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South Brunswick nine win GMC South tourney
BY WARREN RAPPLEYEA Correspondent The future of the South Brunswick High School baseball program is bright. The school’s summer senior team won the Greater Middlesex Coaches Conference Middlesex County South Tournament on Saturday. The Vikings downed neighboring North Brunswick, 8-2, to take the crown. During the spring high school campaign, the varsity contingents from…
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N.B. football team’s golf outing Aug. 3
The North Brunswick Township High School football team will hold a fundraiser golf outing Aug. 3 at the Cranbury Golf Club, 49 Southfield Road, Cranbury. The shotgun start will be at 10 a.m. There will be prizes and hole-in-one contests. For more information contact Laura Pelszynski at [email protected]. Early birds will save $10 registering by…
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Local kids win world champion titles in taekwondo
All are students of ATA Black Belt Academy in East & South Brunswick BY JENNIFER BOOTON & JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writers Several local children were crowned world champions at the American Taekwondo Association’s (ATA) World Championship tournament, held June 21-27 at ATA headquarters in Little Rock, Ark. Schuyler O’Malley All of the students are under…
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Four local teens attend American Legion Boys State
BY JENNIFER BOOTON Staff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK — In what is considered one of the most selective government education programs for high school students in the country, four local boys traveled to a mythical 51st state last month to run for office and create a mock legislative system. Co-sponsored by American Legion Post 401, Monmouth…
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Livingston Park Elem. School has new principal
Jennifer Dinardi will take over for the retiring Peter Bowman BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer Jennifer Dinardi NORTH BRUNSWICK — Jennifer Dinardi has been appointed as the new principal for Livingston Park Elementary School. Beginning today, Dinardi will take over for Peter Bowman, who retired after 21 years of service as principal. “Dr. Bowman is…
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Planned Parenthood victim of misleading attack
In the Assembly Budget Committee on Thursday, June 24, Assemblyman Jay Webber referenced a brochure called “Healthy, Happy and Hot” developed by young people living with HIV to help other young people living with HIV. We would like an opportunity to correct the record and present the facts about these materials. These materials were developed…
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Make smarter choices to avoid future tragedy
The tragic explosion at BP’s offshore drilling facility in the Gulf of Mexico and its devastating aftermath underscores the need for America to reduce its reliance on gasoline and other fossil fuels and embrace clean energy alternatives. Regulation and oversight is one part of the equation. Congress must pass meaningful legislation, not only to prevent…
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Thank you for a special Flag Day at LMS
On behalf of the Linwood Middle School (LMS) students and staff, I want to thank Mrs. Woods for her presenting the American flag to our school on Monday, June 14, Flag Day ceremony. Each year, LMS celebrates Flag Day to commemorate the adoption of the flag of the United States. In 1949, President Harry S.…
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This tax cap law looks like a good deal, but
CODA GREG BEAN Before we start popping the champagne corks over the fact that the New Jersey Senate passed a bill last week limiting property tax increases to 2 percent a year — with certain exceptions — we ought to remember that old Latin admonition Caveat emptor (Let the buyer beware). On first blush, the…
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