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Sunday, February 24, 2013

Week in Review: South Brunswick Police Meet Pastafarian

A look back at the week in South Brunswick news.

NJ License Photos: No Smiling and No Wearing a Pasta Strainer on Your Head In a story that garnered national attention first reported by Patch, South Brunswick Police responded to the MVC facility on Route 130 in Dayton on reports that a man renewing his driver's license refused to remove the pasta strainer he was wearing on his head for his license photo. South Brunswick Dance Team Rocks UDA Nationals in Florida All four routines placed in the top ten. Von Thun Farms Honored for Fighting Hunger Monmouth Junction farm has donated more than 30,000 pounds of produce to Farmers Against Hunger. Future of South Brunswick Girls Hoops Looks Bright With Brown Amber Brown recently became the first middle school girls basketball player in South …

Wednesday, February 20, 2013

NJ License Photos: No Smiling and No Wearing a Pasta Strainer on Your Head

An Egg Harbor man's choice of head gear brought South Brunswick Police to the Motor Vehicle Commission office.

The New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission banned smiles in driver's license photos last year, but apparently imposed no restriction on cooking utensils worn as religious head gear. At least, that's how Aaron Williams saw it. At about noon on Feb. 2, South Brunswick Police responded to the MVC facility on Route 130 in Dayton on reports that a man renewing his driver's license refused to remove the pasta strainer he was wearing on his head for his license photo, according to a police report. Williams, 25, of Egg Harbor Township, said the strainer is a religious head covering and he had a right to wear it for the photo. Williams said he practices Pastafarianism, which was created in 2005 in response to a hearing in the Kansas State Board of …

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mr2

12:23 am on Friday, March 29, 2013

Other religious headgear (like Hijab, Turban, etc) is making a mockery of Canadian born religions!!! This is not Canada, this is foreign countrys exported to Canada to make the almighty million!!!!!!! I AM NOT PREJUDICE in the least but I do not agree with ppl coming to our country and saying, "You are not being fare to us, let us practice our own religion and live by our own rules, in our own …   more ›

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