Islamic Society Seeks to Expand
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Your Local Connection September 29, 2005 SentineIMorth Brunswick • South Brunswick l iillO Fall Home & Garden JEFF GRANIT Staff Robert Muscarella uses a level to make sure a crossbeam Is level In the bow of the Santa Maria, the float he Is rebuilding for the Italian- American Social Club of North Brunswick's Columbus Day parade on Oct. 9. For story, see page 6. Something Hearings continue Islamic Society about Mary Wo. Brunswick resident to receive Heritage Day Award on J&J, Permacel seeks to expand Page 3 " hands-on and decide the best Developers say they'll choices for North Brunswick. ... School, offices and and practices. work with No. Bruns. We want us to do what the town "We don't foresee, for example, wants us to do." homes proposed on a retail store for liquor, because Quote of the week: on futures of tracts Taikina said the approach to that is against the Muslim tradi- develop the 210-acre site, the So, Bruns. property tion," said Magdy Hagag, presi- BY JENNIFER AMATO single largest property in the BY CHRIS GAETANO dent of the ISCJ and an engineer "I saw this redhead coming up Staff Writer Stair Writer and thought, 'Wow, there's a township, is based on the theme by trade. pepper pot if I ever saw a pep- ontract purchasers of the of the master plan review ses- he Islamic Society of The senior housing units will per pot: She really got her Irish Johnson & Johnson and sions over the summer of prom- Central Jersey discussed primarily serve the Muslim com- up that night." Permacel properties on ised open forums and public plans for a massive renova- munity, recognizing that many C T Muslims who helped start the Route 1 said a lot without saying commitment. He said he sat tion of its facilities with the South - Dick Fowler much at the North Brunswick through the sessions and heard Brunswick Zoning Board on Sept. ISCJ are now in their late 60s and Page 3 Planning Board's special informa- the residents' requests for a 22. early 70s, and need easy access to tion session Tuesday. community center, teen center, Plans for the site, located off the mosque to fulfill religious Garden Commercial new library, community pool Route 1, include an expansion to duties, he said. Index Properties, the potential pur- and more affordable senior the mosque, the creation of a bur- The school is a parochial Classified/Employment .45 chasers of Johnson & Johnson, housing. He also mentioned the ial-preparation facility, the build- school for Muslims and at the moment is housed in mobile units Crossword ... "?3 did not present any detailed importance of traffic control in ing of 22 senior town houses, the plans for a redevelopment sce- the area. construction of a 40,000-square- on the premises, When the build- Entertainment . 17 nario at the meeting. Instead, "We understand all of these foot office building and the cre- ing construction is completed, the they said that the township will issues have to be talked about ation of a 104,000-squ are-foot school will have less-crowded Police Beat ... 34 be integral in giving input as to around this property," he said. school building for children from classrooms and capacity for K-12 Real Estate ... how they would like to see the Although the most promi- the area's Muslim community. enrollment. The school will be .40 limited to 520 students at a time Sports 39 property handled. nent discussion surrounding The office building will be "We have the opportunity the site is a transit village, restricted to professional use, to avoid traffic and crowding now to plan the next generation Taikina said 50 residents could housing tenants such as law or issues. of what the property will be," have 50 different definitions of engineering firms. This is to The ISCJ began in 1973, grow- Garden Commercial Director of a village. According to the state, encourage the businesses that ing as a separate organization www.gmnews.com Planning and Development the high-density housing take up residence there to be in from the student group at John Taikina said. 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