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Man’s body found after explosion
By JEREMY GROSSMAN Staff Writer Terry Punia was killed after an explosion at his house on Agate Road in East Brunswick. JEREMY GROSSMAN/STAFF EAST BRUNSWICK — The Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office is continuing an investigation into a Sept. 17 explosion and fire that killed the sole occupant of a home on Agate Road. The body…
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New substation will fight weather outages
On Wednesday, Sept. 17, the Milltown electric utility was given new life. There is renewed hope for the safety and reliability that our residents, business owners and employees deserve and should expect. By awarding the contract to construct our new electric substation, we have taken a major step in combating our substation flooding issues and…
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MARK ROSMAN/STAFF The arrival of pumpkins at central New Jersey farms signals the start of fall.
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Granola maker thrilled to be discovered at Documentary Emmys
By JEREMY GROSSMAN Staff Writer Olivia Lui (photo courtesy of Anna Zhu)SPOTSWOOD — Olivia Lui started her own granola company, O Made Granola, as a way to help her family with healthy eating. Not once did she imagine that her granola would end up in the mouths of Diane Sawyer, Anderson Cooper and Brian Williams.…
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Squire Street home is first to close in DEP flood buyout
By JEREMY GROSSMAN Staff Writer Longtime Squire Street resident Nancy Von Spreckelsen (second from left) talks with state Department of Environmental Protection Commissioner Bob Martin and East Brunswick Mayor David Stahl prior to the announcement that her flood-damaged home is the first in the township to close on a buyout offer from the state. EAST…
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Fun Run raises money for track team
SPOTSWOOD — More than 200 residents came out to raise money for uniforms and equipment for the Spotswood High School track and field team during the annual Spotswood 5K Race & Fun Run. “Donating the race proceeds to help out our local high school teams is a win-win for everyone involved,” event organizer Paul Wasserman…
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Riverdogs to raise funds for lymphoma research
The Sayreville 9U Riverdogs Blue team will play a doubleheader at the Sayreville Little League complex on Washington Road against the Manalapan Braves Red team beginning at 10 a.m. Sept. 27. The games are being played as a fundraiser for the Lymphoma Research Foundation in honor of Keith Cruz, father of one of the players,…
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Library Friends set cookbook sale Oct. 1-8
The Friends of the East Brunswick Library will hold a cookbook sale from Oct. 1-8 at the library, Civic Center Drive. For more information, call 732-390-6767 or visit www.ebpl.org and click on “News & Events.”
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South River Library offers online training
SOUTH RIVER — The South River Library has recently subscribed to the Online Training Library (OTL) at lynda.com. For patrons who are interested in business, software, technology or creative skills, the OTL offers information in a modular format that presents “small bites” for learning. There are more than 2,500 courses offered — including Microsoft Word…
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