Tag: Friends of the East Brunswick Environmental Commission
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National Moth Week begins July 22 with event in East Brunswick
The Friends of the East Brunswick Environmental Commission will kick off the sixth annual National Moth Week with a moth night at 8:30 p.m. Jon uly 22 at Community Park, adjacent to Crystal Springs Family Aquatic Center, 334 Dunhams Corner Road, East Brunswick, for new and experienced moth-ers. Special lights and white sheets will be…
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Community service project will accompany book discussion group in East Brunswick
The East Brunswick Library will hold its first “Reading To Action” program for teens and adults, combining a book discussion group with a related community service project. Taking a cue from the summer reading theme “Build A Better World,” the project is focusing on the environment. The library will be hosting a book discussion at…
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State climatologist to speak at East Brunswick Library
New Jersey state climatologist and Rutgers geography professor David Robinson will discuss the state’s climate change, its causes and impacts at 7 p.m. May 24 at the East Brunswick Library, 2 Jean Walling Civic Center Drive. This event is part of a series sponsored by the Friends of the East Brunswick Environmental Commission in collaboration…
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Talk on hydroculture slated for April 26
The Option Green Speakers Series presented by the Friends of the East Brunswick Environmental Commission continues at 7 p.m. on April 26 with a talk on hydroculture – the science of growing plants in a soil-free environment – at the East Brunswick Public Library, 2 Jean Walling Civic Center. Speaker Stephanie Alea, a field researcher in…
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Amphibian habitats protected in the Brunswick area
EAST BRUNSWICK – A longstanding effort to preserve critical amphibian habitats and vernal pools along the East Brunswick-South Brunswick border has been completed with the acquisition of a 76-acre piece of open space along Ireland Brook. Middlesex County completed the purchase of the Ireland Brook-Tamarack Hollow Extension from Freedom Run, LLC, on Feb. 16. The…
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Police close road, giving salamanders safe passage to migrate
By VASHTI HARRIS Staff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK – “A hop, a skip and a jump” is what many local amphibians were doing as they journeyed undisturbed across Beekman Road to begin mating season on March 8. Thanks to a 12-year collaborative effort from the Friends of the East Brunswick Environmental Commission (EBEC), the Township of East…