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Conference to address transportation issues
The Aging in Place Partnership’s annual Transportation Summit will be held 9 a.m.- 2:45 p.m. May 13 at the public works building in the South Brunswick Municipal Complex, Route 522 West, Monmouth Junction. The summit will bring individuals in need of transportation together with service providers from government and nonprofits from Mercer, Middlesex and Somerset…
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Brush collection begins in South Brunswick
South Brunswick will begin curbside brush collection on May 4. Materials must be at the curb — not in the street — by 6:30 a.m. in order to ensure collection. Residents are asked to be patient, as the townwide collection may take more than one week. Items that will be picked up from the curb…
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‘Selma’ director talks race, gender in entertainment field
By JEREMY GROSSMAN Staff Writer Ava DuVernay, director of the Oscar-winning film “Selma,” speaks with Rutgers University Professor Brittney Cooper about her experience with race and gender in the entertainment industry for this year’s Susan and Michael J. Angelides Lecture, presented by Rutgers University’s Institute for Women’s Leadership. PHOTO COURTESY OF HILARY WILLIAMS Women making…
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All-you-can-eat pasta dinner set for May 16
The Sons of the American Legion Post 25 will hold an all-you-can-eat gourmet pasta dinner 4-8 p.m. May 16 at the post, 4 JFK Blvd., Milltown. Three pastas, three sauces and meatballs will be served. There will be a cash bar for beer and wine. Tickets are $9 for adults, $5 for children under age…
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Flea market, clothing drive, book sale slated
South Brunswick High School Project Graduation will sponsor its annual flea market, used clothing drive, used book sale and Mother’s Day plant sale 8 a.m.-2 p.m. May 9 in the front parking lot of the school, 750 Ridge Road, Monmouth Junction. In the event of rain, the sale will be held in the cafeteria. The…
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5K to benefit foster and adopted children
Harvest of Hope Family Services Network, Inc. will kick off National Foster Care Awareness Month with the fourth annual Destination Home: Be A Champion for Children 5K Run and Walk at 8 a.m. May 2 at North Brunswick Community Park, 2053 Route 130 South, North Brunswick. The event will raise funds to support the agency’s…
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Area teen places first at math competition
Kush Singh of North Brunswick placed first in the national finals for the 10th-grade division of the MathCON math competition in Chicago on April 25. The sophomore competed against 45,000 students from 330 schools in 42 states. Kush studies at the Middlesex County Vo-Tech’s Academy for Science, Mathematics and Engineering Technologies in Edison. He received…
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Gov. Christie is not presidential material
As Gov. Chris Christie hobnobs all over the country with his affluent friends, the residents of his own state are telling the rest of the country: buyer beware. Gov. Christie’s approval in New Jersey is at the lowest point ever; steadily dropping in an uninterrupted freefall. The majority of New Jersey residents disapprove of his…
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TOM ROBERTSON Each spring, Edward Avenue becomes one of Monroe’s most colorful streets when the cherry blossoms bloom.
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