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Middlesex County Parks and Recreation employee Christopher Timm feeds a banana to a deer at the zoo in Johnson Park, Piscataway. The fruit was provided by Middlesex County Food Organization and Outreach Distribution Services due to a surplus of bananas.
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COMMUNITY BULLETIN BOARD
Distinguished alumni sought for award The Education Foundation of South Brunswick Township Inc. is accepting nominations for the third annual South Brunswick High School Distinguished Alumni Award. The foundation’s selection committee will consider the following criteria: the nominee’s outstanding accomplishments in his/her chosen field, demonstrated commitment to community, acts of service and positive impact on…
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BUSINESS BRIEFS
Office-supply retailer Staples will occupy 14,000 square feet in the North Village Shopping Center, Route 1 south, North Brunswick. The lease signing by Levin Management brings retail occupancy of the 132,000- square-foot center to 100 percent. The Burger King location at 963 Livingston Ave., North Brunswick, will participate in the A Chance for Kids &…
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Man sentenced for sexual assault
NORTH BRUNSWICK — A man accused of inappropriately photographing a young girl in North Brunswick and New Brunswick has been sentenced to serve 34 years in prison. Melvin Calix-Antunez, 42, of New Brunswick, was sentenced on Aug. 18 for sexually assaulting and inappropriately photographing a child over a seven-year period beginning when she was nine…
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New members can join Sept. 2 meeting
North Brunswick AARP Chapter 3885 will meet at 1 p.m. Sept. 2 at the North Brunswick Senior Center, 15 Linwood Place. New members are welcome.
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Students study duckweed species
NORTH BRUNSWICK — North Brunswick Township High School was one of 25 schools in New Jersey that participated in an intensive three-week program by the Waksman Student Scholar Program. Funded by the National Science Foundation, Rutgers University, GE Healthcare and the Toshiba America Foundation, science teacher Lucille O’Reilly participated in the training with students Kangmin…
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Local school named ‘Best High School’
NORTH BRUNSWICK — North Brunswick Township High School has been recognized by “U.S. News and World Report” as one of its 2014 Best High Schools. There were 76 New Jersey high schools selected for the list out of a total 398 high schools in the state. The North Brunswick school was ranked 42nd and was…
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Students send 3,000 letters overseas
NORTH BRUNSWICK — A teacher at North Brunswick Township High School has set an unofficial record. Science teacher Robert Goldman has sent more than 3,000 letters to men and women serving overseas in the military. He created the patriotic program by providing information for his students to write after they completed a test or quiz…
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Volunteers, shelters prepare to help those with disabilities
By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer About 50 adults with disabilities turned out for an overnight emergency-response exercise held Aug. 22 at Rutgers University’s Livingston College Recreation Center to familiarize themselves with an overnight shelter experience in the event of a major disaster. During the night of superstorm Sandy, Ina White of Springfield found herself in…
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