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Community Bulletin Board: the North and South Brunswick Sentinel (for May 26)   The regular public meeting of the North Brunswick Board of Education will be held in person at 7 p.m. May 26 at North Brunswick Township High School in the auditorium, 98 Raider Road, North Brunswick. For instructions on how to access the meeting and make public comments during the livestream, visit www.nbtschools.org     Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital and Safe Kids Middlesex County will co-host Summer Safety at the North Brunswick Library, a series to help children stay safe while having fun. Webinars...

Community Bulletin Board: Criterion Sentinel (for May 26)   The Township of Edison and the Jewish Renaissance Foundation (JRF) Community Health Center have partnered to provide pop-up COVID-19 vaccination clinics of the Moderna vaccine from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. May 26, June 9 and June 23 at the Edison Township Senior Center, 2963 Woodbridge Ave., Edison. Appointments are required, and may be made by calling 732-482-9600 or by visiting the JRF website at www.jrfnj.org/chc. The Township of Edison’s website, www.EdisonNJ.org,  contains a registration link directing visitors to the JRF regist...

Community Bulletin Board: Criterion Sentinel (for May 19) The Metuchen Recreation Commission is sponsoring a Pop Up Dance for current Metuchen eighth- and ninth-graders and their escorts at the Metuchen Pool from 6:15 – 9 p.m. May 20. All state and CDC recommendations will be followed, including mask-wearing and social distancing. The event is limited to 200 attendees, including staff. The dress code is business casual for the escorts and semiformal, “anything goes,” for the young ladies, according to the commission. The recommendation is to bring flat shoes or flip-flops as the event w...

New report: Pre-pandemic literacy has improved but will students be retained? Third grade literacy has improved in Michigan according to a new report on Michigan’s Read by Grade 3 law from Michigan State University’s Education Policy Innovation Collaborative, the strategic research partner of the Michigan Department of Education.     But progress is threatened because of insufficient targeted funding and concerns that students have fallen behind during the COVID-19 pandemic.   This new report reviewed mostly pre-pandemic data beginning Sept. 2019 through May 2020. Overall, 45% of Mic...

BAAA chief Archer happy track is back Drumeco Archer. The Bahamas Association of Athletic Associations (BAAA) experienced the official opening of its season this past weekend with the staging of the BAAA Odd Distance Classic, the Neymour Athletics Christmas Odd Distance Classic and the Blue Chip Athletics Throwers Meet. President of the BAAA, Drumeco Archer, was happy to see the meets take place without a hitch. Blue Chip was the first meet on Saturday morning at the old Thomas A. Robinson Track and Field Stadium, and the BAAA Odd Distance Meet was held at the Thomas A. Robinson Nationa...