Tag: South Brunswick
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COVID cases in South Brunswick jump by 65 percent; but town is one of top vaccinated in county
The South Brunswick Office of Emergency Management is advising residents of rising COVID numbers in the community. Last week the township saw 81 new cases, a 65% increase over the previous week, according to information provided on March 22. This increase mirrors similar increases statewide, according to the statement, and New Jersey is now the…
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DEP grants enhance recycling programs in Middlesex County
To further support local government efforts to ensure that all New Jersey residents enjoy cleaner communities, the Murphy Administration is awarding $16 million in grants to municipalities across the state to enhance waste reduction and recycling efforts. “Thirty years after becoming the first state in the nation to enact a recycling law, New Jersey…
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SBHS teacher remembered for creating a platform for students and teachers
SOUTH BRUNSWICK – The South Brunswick High School community is mourning the loss of one of its teachers. Sean Padraic Cannon passed away on March 18 at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick after a brief illness. He was 52. After graduating South River High School, Cannon attended Rutgers University and…
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DEP grant enhances recycling program in Florence
To further support local government efforts to ensure that all New Jersey residents enjoy cleaner communities, the Murphy Administration is awarding $16 million in grants to municipalities across the state to enhance waste reduction and recycling efforts. “Thirty years after becoming the first state in the nation to enact a recycling law, New Jersey…
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South Brunswick schools will go virtual after spring break
525,600 minutes: How do you measure a year? On March 10, 2020, Amy Finkelstein, the supervisor of Student Assistance and Wellness for the South Brunswick School District, called Superintendent of Schools Scott Feder to let him know about a potential case of COVID-19 in the district. That night became an all-nighter, Feder recalled, as he…
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Middlesex College student earns NASA experience
Middlesex College student Izabella Burzynski of the Dayton section of South Brunswick participated in the NASA Community College Aerospace Scholar (NCAS) Program this spring. Because of her work in the program, she was invited to the one-week NCAS Onsite Experience, which is normally held at one of the NASA facilities but is now being done…
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Your Turn: One year after closing, South Brunswick Library staff sees ‘light at the end of the tunnel’
In South Brunswick, the date of March 13, 2020, will be remembered as the day a pandemic closed the doors of the South Brunswick Public Library, along with the rest of our community, state, country and the world. Some places closed days before and some after, but we all closed. Nothing like this had ever…
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South Brunswick cases rise, but vaccine eligibility expands
Following a month during which numbers of positive cases of COVID-19 seemed to have plateaued, South Brunswick’s COVID-19 cases appear to be rising again with 49 new cases. Although the reason for this increase in cases is not immediately apparent, the curve of the weekly case graph appears to be very closely mirroring that of…
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South Brunswick officials reflect one year after COVID-19 reported in town
SOUTH BRUNSWICK – March 10 marks the one-year anniversary when the first possible COVID-19 case was reported in South Brunswick. The first notification didn’t come from a doctor, hospital or public health official, but from the township’s partnership with its schools; the school district became one of the first in Central New Jersey to go…
