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BUSINESS BRIEFS
The Arc of Middlesex County will receive a $4,000 grant from LongHorn Steakhouse in North Brunswick, Piscataway and Woodbridge, and from Olive Garden in Woodbridge as part of the Restaurant Community Grants Program from the Darden Restaurants Foundation. The Arc of Middlesex County is dedicated to promoting equal life opportunities for people who have intellectual…
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Go fish
PHOTOS BY SCOTT FRIEDMAN Clockwise, from above: Levi Bobadilla, center, his father Michael, right, and his grandfather Victor fish at Boyd’s Pond in North Brunswick on June 21, despite the cancellation of the annual North Brunswick Father’s Day Fishing Derby due to weather concerns. Top right, Chuck Frobosilo helps Gianna Socio with the fishing line.…
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Vulgar, rude, obnoxious — Ted is back
In theaters now By Paul Hall www.channelguidemag.com If you thought you’d seen it all in Ted, you haven’t. Welcome to Ted 2. Ted (voice of Seth MacFarlane) and Tami-Lynn (Jessica Barth) are married and life is hard for this young couple. They turn to the one thing that they believe will save any failing marriage:…
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AMC’s new series ‘Humans’ examines what separates man from machine
By Lori Acken, www.channelguidemag.com “The best reason to make machines more like people is to make people less like machines,” declares a scientist in AMC’s intriguing new drama Humans, beginning June 28. Sounds kinda great, doesn’t it — genial, talking and walking Siris to do the housework and other drudgery that keeps us from the…
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Skin cancer screening slated for July 22
A free skin cancer screening will be held 10 a.m. to noon on July 22 at the South Brunswick Health Department, 540 Ridge Road, Monmouth Junction, for South Brunswick residents age 18 and older. Register online at www.sbtnj.net under the “Health Department” heading.
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Ice cream social set for seniors on July 16
The South Brunswick Senior Center, Ridge Road, Monmouth Junction, will hold an ice cream sundae social at noon on July 16 for township residents age 55 and older. The cost per sundae is $2. Register by July 9 by visiting the Senior Center office.
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Road closures expected at July 2 celebration
The South Brunswick Independence Day Celebration will take place 6-9:30 p.m. July 2 on the fields of Crossroads Middle School, at the corner of Major Road and Kingston Lane. Fireworks are scheduled for 9:15 pm. Major Road, Kingston Lane and Georges Road will have increased pedestrian and vehicular traffic. Police officers will be stationed in…
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Police allege man fatally shot acquaintance in South Brunswick parking lot
By JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer Investigators believe that Giver J. Vasquez borrowed this 2004 silver Volkswagen Passat and killed a 24-year-old woman in a South Brunswick parking lot on June 24, and then fled to Pennsylvania. Anyone who may have seen the vehicle is asked to call the authorities. PHOTO COURTESY OF THE MIDDLESEX COUNTY…
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Group marks 30 years of advocating for residents with mental illness
By JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK — The stigma of mental illness has changed over the past few decades, but society still has strides to make in dealing with a complicated issue. One in every four adults — or about 57.7 million Americans — is affected by some type of mental illness, according to…
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