Tag: North Brunswick Wartime Veteran Street Naming Project
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Linwood Place intersection named after Navy veteran who enlisted instead of playing for the Chicago Cubs
NORTH BRUNSWICK – North Brunswick honored the late U.S. Navy veteran Irwin “Chase” Schorr by dedicating Linwood Place and Schirra Road as Schorr Way. The Township of North Brunswick’s Veteran Street Sign Program allows township residents who were wartime veterans to be recognized by adding their name on a secondary street sign to an existing…
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North Brunswick resident Honorably Discharged from U.S. Army, Reserves receives street sign in his honor
North Brunswick continued its secondary street sign designation for wartime veterans by honoring Ernest Hezekiah Wilson Jr. on May 17. The intersection of Roxanne Court and Sunny Terrace is marked by a sign for Wilson Way. According to a proclamation read in his honor, Wilson was born in Norfolk, Virginia, on July 9, 1947, the…
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Soldier killed in action will be remembered with street sign in North Brunswick
The late Steven R. Koch has been selected for recognition in the Veteran Street Sign Program in North Brunswick. An honorary street sign now bears his name at Maple Avenue and Ashland Place, and a proclamation in his honor was read on May 17. Koch was born on Oct. 15, 1984, the youngest of three…
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North Brunswick street naming program to resume in April; nominations sought for township veterans
The Township of North Brunswick will continue honoring veterans with a secondary street signs at township roads. Applications for wartime veterans are received throughout the year. The honored veterans must be a past or current resident of North Brunswick. The requirements can be found at www.northbrunswicknj.gov; on Facebook; or at the Municipal Building at the…
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U.S. Marine receives street sign in North Brunswick
NORTH BRUNSWICK – A young United States Marine has been recognized with a street name in his honor. Corey Nicholas Kunz celebrated a secondary street sign for Kunz Way on Sept. 3 at the intersection of Excelsior Avenue and Cordelia Street in North Brunswick. Kunz was born on July 13, 1991, in New Brunswick. He lived…
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Streets named after veterans in North Brunswick
NORTH BRUNSWICK – Fox Meadow Road is now symbolically Bocchieri Way, while the intersection of Tremont Avenue and Stelle Avenue bears the name of Pingatore Way, as part of North Brunswick’s veteran street naming program. Salvatore “Sam” J. Bocchieri was born on Dec. 21, 1927, in Newark. He served in the Korean War as a…
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Former U.S. Army nurse memorialized with street sign in North Brunswick
NORTH BRUNSWICK – A U.S. Army nurse will be forever memorialized in North Brunswick via a street sign in her honor. Elizabeth (Klaus) Kalasin was recognized through the Veteran Street Sign Program on May 20 with the placing of a secondary street sign at the intersection of Holly Road and Spruce Road labeled Kalasin Way.…
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North Brunswick veteran street namings begin 2019 season at Mumber Way
NORTH BRUNSWICK – The Township of North Brunswick began its street sign recognition for 2019 with the addition of a secondary street sign for Mumber Way at Cranbury Cross Road and Village Drive West. Frank Andrew Mumber was born on Jan. 22, 1925, in Bedminster Township, Pennsylvania. He moved to New Brunswick as a young…
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North Brunswick continues veterans street naming program
The Township of North Brunswick‘s Wartime Veteran Street Sign Program is designed to recognize wartime veterans who have served the community and country by adding a secondary honorary street sign to an existing municipal road. The program is open to all North Brunswick residents, born or currently living in township. Key important factors are that the…