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Wood carvings
Marge Delanoy created a wooden owl and rose, and Frank Liu made a wooden panda as part of the North Brunswick Senior Center Wood Carving Club. PHOTOS COURTESY OF JESSICA ZINK
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Police, paramedics deliver baby at township residence
South Brunswick police and paramedics from Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick helped deliver a healthy baby girl at a township home last week. Police and paramedics were dispatched to an Aspen Court home during the early morning hours of Feb. 19 on a report of a 24-year-old woman in labor, according to…
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No. Brunswick officials mull smoking ban
North Brunswick officials are discussing the idea of prohibiting smoking at public parks. North Brunswick has more than 20 parks and open space areas for active and passive recreation. Township Councilwoman Cathy Nicola said during the council’s Feb. 9 workshop meeting that she had discussed the issue with the North Brunswick Municipal Alliance, and she…
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McTeacher’s Night
PHOTOS BY STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR Top: North Brunswick High School science teacher Tara Miliano, middle, serves a customer during the McTeacher’s Night fundraiser at the McDonald’s on Georges Road in North Brunswick. Left: North Brunswick High School supervisor of science Andrea LaMagra organizes condiments during the fundraiser.
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Teacher charged after teenager is found drunk
By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer A teacher has been suspended with pay from her job in the Edison Township Public Schools after a 15-year-old boy attending a party at her South Brunswick home was found to be heavily intoxicated, authorities said. Tracey Harding, 50, a first-grade teacher at Lincoln Elementary School, was charged with second-degree…
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Libraries, book clubs cater to niche interests
By JEREMY GROSSMAN Staff Writer Libraries throughout central New Jersey host book clubs and discussion groups to suit a broad range of patrons’ interests. STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR If New Jersey were hit with a zombie apocalypse, the odds for survival would not be great, according to Tyler Rousseau, emergent technologies coordinator at the Monroe…
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Most car shoppers suffer buyer’s remorse
Though few consumers ever buy a car or truck on impulse, even the bestprepared shoppers will end up driving off a dealer’s lot packing a trunk-load of reservations and regrets. According to surveys hosted on the car shopping/research website AutoTrader.com, 69 percent of consumers have experienced buyer’s remorse after purchasing a car. The most common…
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Identity thefts and stolen cars
Car thieves are increasingly able to get their hands on purloined rides, not by hot-wiring the ignition or copying keyless entry codes, but by simply using stolen IDs to fraudulently lease or obtain loans to purchase them at dealerships. According to the National Insurance crime Bureau in Des Plaines, Ill., the crooks simply drive off…
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Riding in cars with dogs
By Jim Gorzelany CTW Features Pet safety is paramount when traveling. Here are a few tips to help make the trip less ‘ruff’ for everyone. Whether undertaking a short jaunt or a major excursion, family road trips can be hard enough on mom and dad, but adding one or more dogs to the passenger list…
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