Tag: Veterans
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Salute to Veterans ceremony set for Nov. 9
North Brunswick Township High School will hold a Salute to Veterans pre-Veterans Day ceremony at 9:30 a.m. on Nov. 9 in the auditorium at the school, 98 Raider Rd. The patriotic ceremony will include a panel discussion with local veterans as well as lunch with students afterward. For more information, contact 732-289-3702.
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Rights of veterans will be discussed at free public seminar
The New Jersey State Bar Foundation will address the needs and rights of veterans from 10 a.m. to noon on Nov. 9 at the New Jersey Law Center, 1 Constitution Square, off Ryders Lane, New Brunswick. The seminar will cover topics such as the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act; New Jersey’s military custody statute; domestic violence issues impacting…
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Street signs adorned with veterans’ names in North Brunswick
NORTH BRUNSWICK — The township added two more names to the honorary street signs it has placed around town to recognize local veterans for their service — Paley Way and Francisco Way. Robert Alan Paley was born Aug. 12, 1946, in Vineland to George and Virginia Paley. He enlisted in the U.S. Air Force in June 1965 and was…
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Middlesex County, Sansone pilot employment program for veteran inmates
Middlesex County is piloting a Veteran Inmate Employment Program that provides veterans and their immediate families opportunities to engage in full-time, meaningful employment. To qualify for the program —which is sponsored and administrated by Sansone Auto Mall in Avenel — inmates must be military veterans or the immediate family of a veteran and be scheduled…
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North Brunswick officials unveil sign for Veterans Way
By JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK — The clouds cleared and the sun broke through to shine down on a very important day in North Brunswick. Part of a years-long program that has added secondary street signs to existing ones in order to honor veterans in town, the intersection of Roosevelt Avenue and Halsey Road…
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Veterans Park holds memories of past, present and future
By JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK — After years of closure and remediation due to medical waste contamination, township officials and residents rejoiced in the reopening and rededication of North Brunswick Veterans Park. “Tonight we come together with much community pride as we rededicate Veterans Park,” Lou Ann Benson, director of the North Brunswick…
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Veterans memorialized with street signs in North Brunswick
NORTH BRUNSWICK – The Township of North Brunswick’s Veteran Street Sign Program allows township residents who were wartime veterans to be recognized with a secondary street sign on an existing municipal road. On Aug. 29, Linwood Place and Waksman Place were designated as Pacia Way, while Willow Avenue and Cypress Avenue were renamed Krauss Way. The late Francis Pacia…
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Ceremony to remember POW/MIA military on Sept. 16
The North Brunswick Township High School Social Studies Department will hold its annual POW/MIA commemorative ceremony at 6 p.m. on Sept. 16 at the new veterans memorial monument at Veterans Park, Roosevelt Avenue, North Brunswick. The public is invited as the North Brunswick community gathers to remember the men and women who remain prisoners of war…
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Rib fest in South River to benefit veterans
The Level Club of South River Philo Lodge No. 243 F&AM will hold its semi-annual rib fest from 1-5 p.m. on Sept. 24 at the lodge, 120 Old Bridge Turnpike, South River. Twice a year, the brothers invite veterans from the NJ State Veterans Memorial Home in Menlo Park to attend the rib fest, who…
