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Apple Store to Open at Quaker Bridge Mall on Saturday

No more long drives to visit the Apple Store for South Brunswick residents.

The new Apple Store will open at Quaker Bridge Mall on Saturday, June 29 at 10 a.m., company officials announced Tuesday.

The store will give away free commemorative T-shirts to the first 1,000 customers.

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Now Mac enthusiasts won’t have to make the trek to Freehold or Bridgewater, both at least a 30-minute drive away.

The Apple Store may be the most anticipated store opening at the renovated mall on Route 1. For months, rumors swirled that a Mac-centric store was coming, but Apple officials declined to confirm the rumor.

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Then on May 30, the mall posted a photo on its Facebook page

It was shortly after 4 p.m. when someone managing the Mall's Facebook account posted a photo of the new store location inside the mall along with the message, "Guess who is coming to Quaker Bridge Mall!?"

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