Tag: Veterans
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North Brunswick Buddy Ball members present flags before Memorial Day
PHOTO COURTESY OF PETE CLARK The North Brunswick Buddy Ball Soccer program commemorated Memorial Day by presenting mini American flags to Paul Carroll from North Brunswick American Legion Post 459 on May 22 that will be placed in front of the American Legion flagpole and also at the veterans monument on Georges Road to “remember…
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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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Rider University offers program for entrepreneurial vets and military
Entrepreneurial veterans and active-duty military are encouraged to apply to Rider University’s Veterans Entrepreneurship Training program. Returning for its eighth year, the free, seven-week program helps veterans and active-duty military develop a business concept or grow an existing business. Led by faculty in Rider’s Norm Brodsky College of Business, the program guides participants through a…
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Mercer County Military Action Council supports military personnel, their families
Two Mercer County residents with ties to the Armed Forces have founded the Mercer County Military Action Council (MCMAC), a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting the service members and the mission of Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst (JB MDL), as well as active-duty personnel, reservists, guardsmen, veterans and their respective families living in local towns. Regina Arcuri…
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East Brunswick Elks support veterans at transitional housing facility
The East Brunswick Elks Lodge 2370 Veterans Committee, led by Colleen Murphy, used $2,500 from the Freedom Grant to assist veterans with food and supplies at the Veterans Transitional Housing Facility in Lyons. Murphy, Andrea Evans and Beverly Christensen delivered food and supplies to Stacia McDonough, president of Independence for Veterans. McDonough has volunteered for…
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Opinion: A veteran’s thoughts about Christmas Eve
As I sit now in my living room, listening to Christmas songs, my mind drifts back many years as I recall our practices on Christmas Eve. In our denomination we didn’t eat meat on Christmas Eve before church services. My mother usually made fish cakes using Gorton’s shredded cod in a can. She added mashed…
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Spotswood Senior Center staff members deliver gift bags for Veterans Day
SPOTSWOOD–Going the extra mile for servicemen and women, Spotswood Office on Aging (OOA) and Senior Center staff members delivered gift bags to local veterans for Veterans Day on Nov. 11. Abiding by social distancing protocols, OOA Program Coordinator Beth Blatt said she, OOA Director Donna Faulkenberry and driver Larry Hollander drove to 14 veterans’ residences…
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Opinion: East Brunswick Army vet is ‘greatest unsung hero of World War II’
I am a former director of Public Safety in East Brunswick, and I’m also a military veteran of the U.S. Navy, which I served in from 1975 through 1980. I served as director in East Brunswick from 1998 until 2005, and served the East Brunswick Police Department from 1980 through 2005. I am now a…
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Burlington County freeholders thank voters for approving ‘Vet is a Vet’ amendment
The Burlington County Board of Chosen Freeholders applauded voters approval of a Constitutional amendment expanding eligibility for New Jersey’s $250 property tax deduction to all honorably discharged veterans rather than just those who served during wartimes. The amendment was seemingly approved by New Jersey voters by an overwhelming margin. As of Nov. 4, the unofficial…