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Care to Walk raises $20K for cancer research
By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer Participants in the 16th annual North Brunswick Care to Walk event warm up prior to the walk/run, which raised more than $20,000 for the Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey on Oct. 26. READER-SUBMITTED PHOTO NORTH BRUNSWICK — A beautiful fall day set the tone for the 16th annual Care…
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Project seeks to bring stories of fallen soldiers to life
By ADAM C. UZIALKO Staff Writer The Biography Project seeks to tell the stories of those who lost their lives during the Vietnam War by gathering information for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Holmdel. HOLMDEL — Despite years of work on a Biography Project, more than 300 military personnel who lost their lives in the…
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Candidate thanks voters for support
To the voters of South Brunswick, I want to express my sincere appreciation for your support during the Board of Education election for a third term. To that end, I strongly believe in the trust placed by the electorate in the hands of a board member — to provide a thorough and efficient education for…
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Governor’s stance on quarantine lauded
I want to commend Gov. Chris Christie for his firm, sensible stance on quarantining health care workers who may have come in contact with the Ebola virus. The enormous potential for Ebola to spread in the United States is something no government official can take lightly. Since the smallpox and measles epidemics of the 18th…
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Residents want gestation crates banned
Most female pigs in the United States spend their entire adult lives trapped in a metal gestation crate that is too small for them to even turn around or lie down in comfortably. The intensive confinement of these gestation crates is horrific and only serves to allow pork producers to cram together as many pregnant…
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November is Lung Cancer Awareness Month
Never in a million years did I think I would lose the love of my life to lung cancer. But I did. Just 363 days after she was diagnosed, my wife, Gail, died at the age of 47. Since her passing, I can’t shake the feeling that nobody cares about the disease that took her…
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Caregivers need to care for themselves
‘P lease put on your oxygen mask before helping others.” That is a phrase we’re all familiar with onboard an aircraft, but I believe it is just as relevant in the world of family caregiving. November is National Family Caregivers Month, and as we take time to recognize those who provide this essential service, I…
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PBA backs officers charged with planning retaliation
By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer A police union in Edison is standing behind three of the four Edison police officers indicted on charges of planning retaliation against a North Brunswick police officer in response to a drunken-driving arrest. Sal Della Fave, president of Edison Police Benevolent Association (PBA) Local 75, and Jeff Diakunczak, the union’s…
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