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Dominican Republic mission cited as life-changing experience
By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer Alex Gruber, left, spent two years in the Dominican Republic as a missionary. SOUTH BRUNSWICK — After spending two years in the Dominican Republic, Alex Gruber said he has a new outlook on life. A 2010 graduate of South Brunswick High School and a devout Mormon, Gruber, 21, decided to…
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Health care options exist for small businesses
Small business owners looking to make sense of the Affordable Care Act and provide health insurance options to their employees have new resources available. The Small Business Health Options Program (SHOP), a part of the new Health Insurance Marketplace, gives small business owners access to available choices for quality, private health insurance plans. This helpful…
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Sunday comic offers religious ‘gems’
Reading the Sunday comics or even the daily ones is a way of life for many here in America. This tradition has been going on for many decades. The comics can make you laugh or make you think about the theme they portray. Recently, a long-running comic staple, “The Family Circus,” showed the family coming…
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Criminals don’t count bullets
While other crimes are on the decrease in New Jersey, shootings are on the increase every day. When a shooting is recorded, it says nothing about the shooter going for a background check or a firearms identification card, or magazines that hold only 15 rounds, so all the gun control laws are only going to…
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Food donations needed for contest
The South Brunswick Food Pantry has partnered with the Feinstein Foundation for the foundation’s 17th annual Challenge to Fight Hunger. Each year, from March 1 to April 30, each food item donated to the pantry will be valued at $1. The more items that are collected, the larger the percentage of money the pantry will…
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Earth Day cleanup coming to Kingston
The Kingston Greenways Association will hold an Earth Day cleanup session on April 26. From 9-11 a.m., volunteers will collect trash around the Rockingham Historic Site, 84 Laurel Ave., Kingston section of South Brunswick. From 2-4 p.m., volunteers will collect trash in the Cook Natural Area, 32 Heathcote Road, Kingston, and parts of the Kingston…
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Animal cruelty case spurs increase in enforcement
By GREG KENNELTY Following the death of a 3-month-old boxer puppy named Caramel, both the township of North Brunswick and the Helmetta Regional Animal Shelter will be stepping up enforcement of animal cruelty laws. On April 10, Helmetta animal control officers Brandon Metz and Joseph Reid responded to a call of possible animal cruelty involving…
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‘Mad Dog’ Lopez inducted into rock hall
By MAUREEN DAYE Correspondent After the E Street Band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the new inductees were honored at a Rolling Stone magazine party. Original E Street Band drummer Vini “Mad Dog” Lopez, of Jackson, is holding his statue, flanked by daughter Elizabeth Brooks and girlfriend Dawn Bearce. A…
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