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This week's Reader's Choice poll asked where you go when you can't go away on vacation. The winner is New Brunswick.

Hank Kalet grew up in South Brunswick and spent 20 years with the Princeton Packet group before moving to Patch.com as regional editor for southern Middlesex and Mercer counties.
He is a poet whose work has appeared in numerous publications. His chapbook, Certainties and Uncertainties was published by Finishing Line Press in November.
He is an adjunct professor of English at Middlesex County College and a member of the editorial board of Middlesex: A Literary Journal. He runs the monthly poetry series at the South Brunswick Library, which started in 2005 and has featured numerous award-winning regional and national poets. His column, Grassroots, runs in The Progressive Populist twice a month, his music and arts journalism has run in numerous publications and he is author of the blog, Channel Surfing (www.kaletblog.com).
He is a long-suffering fan of the Mets and Knicks and lives in South Brunswick with his wife Annie and his two dogs.
This week's Reader's Choice poll asked where you go when you can't go away on vacation. The winner is New Brunswick.

Grammy nominees featured in long weekend of concerts.
Where do you go when you don't want to leave home. Vote in our Readers' Choice poll.
Respondents to our poll said the council needs to maintain the police and road departments and cut elsewhere.
Stage version of Hitchcock whodunit to open at George Street Playhouse, accompanied by slate of events to underscore comedy.
Award-winning folksinger, classical music and family entertainment on tap over the weekend.
Opera double bill will be centerpiece of June arts celebration.
Group organizes writing workshops in New Jersey and New Mexico.
Patch wants residents of Lawrence Township to help set priorities for the Township Council as it attempts to trim more than $2 million from its spending plan. Offer your thoughts and vote in our poll.
New Brunswick man drowned after his boat capsized near Perth Amboy, according to press reports.
In the wake of the tax referendum defeat Tuesday, Lawrenceville Patch wants to know what you would do to help balance the budget. Today, we ask about trash collection.
We're here to talk and share some coffee, so stop by and say hi.
Lawrence municipal budget question, school board tally were among the very few to get nixed by voters in New Jersey this year.
Lawrence one of only two towns to seek special vote to exceed 2 percent tax cap.
Crossroads Theatre begins previews on award-winning musical.
Hearings are being held on the state's proposed spending plan. What would you do, if you were in charge?
New Brunswick choreographer among those to win stipend.
Two Princeton professors among those who will win stipend.
CME, which works for township, contributed more than a half-million dollars to political action committees in Middlesex County.
Two-Time Tony Nominee Howard McGillin to be Joined By Broadway and Regional Vets Michael Thomas Holmes, Stacie Morgain Lewis and Mark Price in GSP’s 2011-12 season closer as Mark Shanahan stages the hilarious Hitchcockian hijinks April 24- May 20.