🌱 How Piscataway Magnet overpowered North Brunswick at Community Park Field #1
North Brunswick, New Jersey Patch AM: a 4 min readMorning North Brunswick! We've got the scoop on the latest happenings in town. Read on to get looped in. ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- How Piscataway Magnet overpowered North Brunswick at Community Park Field #1
- Why judges rejected a jailed ex-cop’s latest appeal
Also on today's calendar: Spring Health & Wellness Expo and 7 more events.
Today's riddle: I Am not animal, vegetable, or mineral. I don’t eat, but need to be fed regularly to stay alive. What am I? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Friday: A shower in the p.m.; breezy, with a high of 65 and low of 50 degrees.
- Saturday: Cloudy with a few showers, temps: high: 63, low: 49.
- Sunday: Warmer, with a high of 76 and low of 53 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Piscataway Magnet gets 19th win, defeats North Brunswick (nj.com subscription) — North Brunswick baseball fell 12-2 to red-hot Piscataway Magnet in a game played right at North Brunswick Community Park Field #1, where local fans saw strong hitting on both sides. Despite the loss, North Brunswick’s Chris Cardinoza and Derek Mate each collected two hits, while Piscataway Magnet’s deep lineup powered its 19th win of the season. 
• Jailed ex-cop's appeal over sentencing silence rejected by court (nj.com subscription) — A former Edison police officer lost his latest appeal over a 20-year prison sentence tied to a series of serious crimes, including plotting retaliation against a North Brunswick police officer. Appeals judges ruled his lawyer acted reasonably in advising him not to speak at sentencing, concluding any statement would not have changed the outcome.
📸 Around North Brunswick
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Upcoming Events in
North Brunswick
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★ Featured events ★
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Spring Health & Wellness Expo →
Palmeras Entertainment, 1031 NJ-18, East Brunswick
12:00 pm
Sunday May 17
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Other local events
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SACA InnovAsian Event
North Brunswick Township High School 98 Raider Rd, North Brunswick Township, NJ 08902, USA
7:00 pm -
Volleyball: Boys White-JV vs. TBA (Away)
North Brunswick Township High School Sports New Brunswick High School
8:30 am -
Baseball: Gold-Varsity vs. TBD (Away)
Highland Park High School Sports TBA
4:00 pm -
Baseball: White-Varsity vs. Union Catholic (Away)
North Brunswick Township High School Sports TD Bank Ballpark
5:00 pm -
Twisted Teens →
In the West, 235 Jersey Ave, New Brunswick
7:30 pm -
Party Through the Decades →
Adams Athletic & Social Club, 1210 Cozzens Ln, North Brunswick Township
8:00 pm -
MS Baseball HOME Game vs Piscataway
Donaldson Park, 526 S 2nd Ave, Highland Park
4:00 pm -
MS Girls Softball AWAY game vs Piscataway
Conackamack Middle School, 5205 Witherspoon St, Piscataway
4:00 pm -
STEM Adventures at Kiddie Academy of North Brunswick →
2400 NJ-27, North Brunswick Township
5:00 pm
Friday May 8
Saturday May 9
Monday May 11
Friday May 15
📣 North Brunswick Shout Outs!
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🗓 Events Nearby
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Teacher Appreciation Week
Irving School Highland Park, NJ 08904
8:00 am -
Muffins with Mom
Edison Public Schools Preschool Edison, NJ 08817
8:15 am -
RESCHEDULED from 4/8/26 MS Girls Softball AWAY game vs South River
Highland Park Middle School South River High School, 11 Montgomery St, South River, NJ 0888
4:00 pm -
Tennis: Boys Varsity vs. Somerville (Home)
Franklin High School
4:00 pm
Friday May 8
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Residential Summer Camp
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Please share & repost to help reunite this lost cat!
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- Burlington posted a job opening for Cashier Associate - Part Time in North Brunswick. Apply here.
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🗞 Nearby News
East Brunswick
- East Brunswick Youth Fishing Derby Returns June 6 (patch.com)
Highland Park
- Piscataway Baseball Explodes for 13 Runs Behind Shingala's Dominant No-Hit Performance (tapinto.net)
- Lockeed Martin, Lithuania mark delivery of Camden-made HIMARS rocket launchers (arkansasonline.com)
- Rutgers Students, Climate Marchers Rally in New Brunswick in Support of Polluters Pay Act (insidernj.com)
South Brunswick
- South Brunswick Gets $105K In Grants For Litter Cleanup, Graffiti Removal (patch.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Fire (Thank you Steve H. for sending it in!)
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