Community Bulletin Board: the North and South Brunswick Sentinel (for April 21)
The Anshe Emeth Community Development Corp (AECDC) Central Jersey Diaper Bank is collecting baby clothing sizes newborn-2T, diapers and books.
Donations can be picked up if within Middlesex County. Volunteers from the Rutgers School of Nursing will arrive between 10 a.m. and noon on the day indicated.
At this time, no shoes, equipment, toys, etc. can be collected.
North Brunswick PBA Local 160 announced the return of its annual Cops & Rodders Car Show for Sept. 19. Rain date will be Sept. 26.
More details will be announced.
For more information, email carshow@nbtpba160.com
District attorney, shooting victims raise awareness about National Crime Victimsâ Rights Week
April 18-24 is National Crime Victims Rights Week By Perry Robinson | April 20, 2021 at 11:36 PM CDT - Updated April 20 at 11:36 PM
BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - The Baton Rouge Police Department is investigating two shootings over the past few days that left multiple people dead and several others injured.
âWe had a rough year last year in 2020 and it looks like itâs really, right now, 2020 all over again,â said District Attorney Hillar Moore.
Those crimes mark the start of National Crime Victimsâ Rights Week.
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The week, led by the East Baton Rouge District Attorneyâs Office, along with law enforcement agencies and victim advocacy groups, raises awareness about crime victimsâ issues and rights and introduces the community to the important resources and services available.
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Galva church offers up pies
First Baptist Church of Galva is currently taking orders for delicious homemade pies. Rhubarb, Strawberry-Rhubarb, Blackberry, Blueberry, Apple and Cherry pies are $10 each.
To order, please call the church at 309-932-2713.
These pies will be available in May and will be on a first-come, first served basis. They may be either fresh baked or frozen. The church will call you when your order is ready for pick-up.
County highway reopens
Henry County Highway officials say that County Highway 5 (Galva-Atkinson Blacktop) is now open to all traffic.
The roadway had been closed for a little over a week to repair a deteriorating embankment there.
WAUKESHA - Despite her name, Pepper has what safely can be called a sweet disposition.
Surrounded by a score of criminal justice students Monday at Waukesha County Technical College in Pewaukee, Pepper enthusiastically made the rounds, greeting each student, checking out each bystander and generally settling down in the middle of the crowd on hand to meet her.
What s more, she loves kids, her handler said.
It s that disposition, along with the ability to respond to 60 canine commands, that makes her an ideal trained companion and an important new part of Waukesha County s Victim Witness Assistance program, officials say. We are excited to say that we have hired a very good girl, said Jennifer Dunn, director of the victim witness program and Pepper s handler for its facility dog component several years in the making. More importantly, she is calm and gentle and loves attention, especially from children.
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Photo by Derek Redd
Small purple flags fly at Heritage Port in Wheeling, recognizing those in the Northern District of West Virginia who have died from overdose. An average of 300 people die annually from drug overdoses, and one flag was placed for each of those deaths.
Hundreds of small purple flags fluttered in the spring breeze at Heritage Port on Tuesday. It was a reminder to those who walked past them of the hundreds of deaths from drug overdose seen annually in the Northern District of West Virginia.
The flags were placed by the U.S. Attorney’s Office of the Northern District of West Virginia, with help from Wheeling city officials. Other groups of flags were placed in Martinsburg, Bridgeport, Elkins and Morgantown. According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office of the Northern District, in the district’s 32 counties, an average of 300 people each year die from drug overdoses.