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Trenga: Boro must address infrastructure
By JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent SOUTH RIVER — The borough’s newest councilman has made improving the borough’s streets and utilities a top priority. Councilman Michael Trenga said during the council’s Feb. 10 meeting that he is looking into ways to improve the borough’s infrastructure while spending as few local dollars as possible. “We have a major…
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Meet the bishop
PHOTO COURTESY OF CHRIS DONAHUE Bishop Paul G. Bootkoski of the Diocese of Metuchen, right, and the Rev. Thomas J. Walsh, pastor of St. Bartholomew Church, visited the first-grade classroom of Kirsten Wizeman at St. Bartholomew School, East Brunswick, during the nationally recognized Catholic Schools Week, which took place the week of Jan. 26 to…
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Raids nab 8 charged with obtaining driver’s licenses via false documents
A Milltown man and a Jamesburg woman are among eight people facing charges of creating false-identity documents to obtain driver’s licenses. An investigation by federal, state, county and local agencies determined that Manuel Pangol of Milltown, Angelica Pinos of Jamesburg and the other six defendants acted individually to obtain driver’s licenses to secure a variety…
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Hatikvah enrollment process is underway
Hatikvah International Academy Charter School is accepting new-student applications for the 2014-15 school year for full-day kindergarten through sixth grade. The school’s enrollment lottery is set for March 13. To register a child for the lottery, log on to www.hatikvahcharterschool.com.
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Nominate a ‘hero’ for home makeover
HGTV is now casting for its second season of “Cousins Undercover.” Residents can nominate a local hero who deserves a surprise home makeover. Nominees can be someone who helps their community through their work, such as firefighters, police officers, teachers, nurses, military personnel or coaches; someone who gives back to the neighborhood; or someone who…
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Puppet time
PHOTOS BY SCOTT FRIEDMAN Lizi Xia and her sons, Ethan and Leo, all of East Brunswick, enjoy the hijinx of the Tucker’s Tales Puppet Theatre’s “Cirkus” show at the East Brunswick Library on Feb. 16. Marianne Tucker talks to one of the puppets.
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Holt will not seek ninth term as congressman
By STELLA MORRISON Staff Writer U.S. Rep. Rush Holt announced this week he will not seek re-election to Congress. The eight-term Democratic congressman from central New Jersey made the announcement in a Feb. 18 email to supporters, explaining that his decision was based on a “variety of reasons, personal and professional, all of them positive…
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Friends book sale to aid Jamesburg library
The Friends of the Jamesburg Public Library is sponsoring its fourth annual Bag of Books Sale through Feb. 28 at the library, 229 Gatzmer Ave. The library is open 5-8 p.m. Mondays and Thursdays, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesdays and Fridays, and 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturdays. The facility is closed Tuesdays and…
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East Brunswick schedules kindergarten sign-ups
East Brunswick Public Schools will hold full-day kindergarten registration March 4- 7 for the 2014-15 school year. Children who will be 5 years old on or before Oct. 31 are eligible for admission to kindergarten in September. Residents should register at their home school. Parents who are unsure of their home school should call the…
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