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NBTHS to celebrate black music Feb. 19
In observance of Black History Month, the African-American Club of North Brunswick Township High School will showcase the achievements of black music through the decades during “Lift Every Voice: The Evolution of Black Music” 6:30- 10 p.m. Feb. 19 at the school, Raider Road. The event will feature the “Soul Sounds” Key Arts Multimedia Production…
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Rutgers TRiO Day set for Feb. 27 on Busch
The Rutgers University-New Brunswick TRiO programs will host TRiO Day 2010 8 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. Feb. 27 at the Allison Road Classroom Building, 618 Allison Road, Busch Campus, Piscataway. TRiO programs provide first-generation, low-income and underrepresented students with services to help them gain admission to college and graduate schools. There will be food, giveaways,…
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Valentine’s Day rose sale at N.B. Fire Co. 2
North Brunswick Volunteer Fire Company No. 2, Route 130 and Adams Lane, will hold a Valentine’s Day rose sale Feb. 12-14 at the firehouse. Prices start at $10.
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Vehicles’ occupants must wear seat belt
On Jan. 18, legislation was signed into law requiring all occupants of a vehicle to wear a seat belt, regardless of their seating position. A secondary offense, the new law allows police to issue summonses to unbuckled back-seat occupants 18 years of age and older when the vehicle they are riding in is stopped for…
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Business Briefs
Friendly Ice Cream Corp. has launched its 29th annual “Cones for Kids” campaign, a Valentine’s Day fundraiser that benefits Easter Seals Camp programs across the country. For each $1 donation to Easter Seals given at Friendly’s restaurants, guests will receive five Valentine’s Day cards, each redeemable for a free Friendly’s kids cone plus a coupon…
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Sticks and stones and gems and crystals
Cha Cha Gifts offers decorative pieces with promises of healing characteristics BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer We break it, we cry. You break it, you buy. Such words of caution are displayed throughout Cha Cha Gifts, located on Cha Cha Gifts, in North Brunswick, has various amethyst geodes, an eye-catching array of crystals, gems,…
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Local letter carriers honored for driving without accidents
New Brunswick Postmaster Michael Rizzolo awarded U.S. Postal Service letter carriers for their years of accident free motor vehicle performance along their routes in New Brunswick, North Brunswick and Highland Park, during a ceremony Feb. 2. The awardees are Michael Szebeny of Old Bridge, 41 years of accident-free driving; Thomas Russo of Staten Island, N.Y.,…
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Man who helped at crash site killed
SOUTH BRUNSWICK — A 24-yearold man who was struck by a car while helping the victims of an auto accident last week has died from his injuries. Jerson Pena-Sandoval, of South River, was helping out at the scene of a separate accident on Route 130 on Feb. 1 when he was struck by a 2003…
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County archives building to ‘go green’
NORTH BRUNSWICK — Middlesex County is expected to save $100,000 when it installs a new HVAC (heating, ventilation and air conditioning) system at the county’s Archives Building off Apple Orchard Lane in North Brunswick. The county has been accepted into PSE&G’s Direct Install program, which is a new program that helps municipal, local and state…
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