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Post commander takes pride in VFW’s service
BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer AHelmetta resident has attained All American status as a Veterans of ForeignWars post commander. Frederick Hague, former commander of Post 4589 in Spotswood, was recently selected to be one of fewer than 200 All American post commanders in the world, according to a letter from the national VFW organization. “I…
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On Campus
Jillian Kelly, daughter of Shelley and Frank Kelly of East Brunswick, has been awarded a Bachelor of Arts degree in communications from Quinnipiac University, Hamden, Conn., where she was named to the dean’s list for the spring semester and was the recipient of the Outstanding Achievement in Media Studies senior award. While at Quinnipiac, she…
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Game time
PHOTOS BY JEFF GRANIT staff Above: Daniel Grosso, 4, of Spotswood, gets a close look at the Grab It game during the final session of Summer Story Time at the Spotswood Public Library Aug. 11. The event featured crafts, games and treats. Below: Isabella Barberis, 5, scores one in the Dunk It game.
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Road improvements to help rescue squad
County, E.B. team up for work on Cranbury Road BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK — Middlesex County will perform road improvements on Cranbury Road in front of the township’s rescue squad building in the hope of making it easier for responders to avoid traffic while leaving the site. Traffic at the intersection of…
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Monroe moving forward with senior center plans
New round of construction bids expected this month BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer MONROE — Work on the long-awaited senior center, slated for a 20-acre parcel at Applegarth and Halsey Reed roads, is expected to soon get off the ground. The township advertised the legal public notice for construction bids on July 29. Bid opening…
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S.R. implements new notification system
BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer SOUTH RIVER — With the recent implementation of Global Connect’s emergency notification system, borough officials can notify thousands of residents in a split second. The system launched on Aug. 3 with a message to residents about the following night’s National Night Out event. “With this system, we can notify residents…
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Debate heats up over use of recycling funds
BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer SPOTSWOOD — The fire department is discontinuing its decades-old scrap metal recycling program, and laying the blame for that on elected officials. In a fundraising letter sent to residents, Spotswood Enterprise Hook & Ladder Co. President Richard Goglia said that after Sept. 1, residents should instead call the mayor’s office…
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Two hospitalized after Rt. 18 crash
EAST BRUNSWICK — Two cars and a motorcycle were involved in an accident at 1:34 p.m. Aug. 17 on Route 18 south near Naricon Place. According to police, all three vehicles were proceeding south on Route 18 in different lanes. The vehicle in the left lane, a 1995 Infiniti operated by Fady Aziz, 18, of…
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Car strikes pole, tree on Cranbury Road
EAST BRUNSWICK — A township woman was injured Aug. 11 after a one-car accident on Cranbury Road. Police said Elizaveta Kuznetsoff, 27, had been traveling northbound at a high rate of speed around 10:41 p.m. when she lost control of the vehicle, a 2008 Honda Accord, near Evergreen Boulevard. The vehicle struck the curb on…
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