Authorities in South Brunswick announced that a raccoon tested positive for rabies earlier this month, the first confirmed infection in the township this year, but the third confirmed case in Middlesex County, according to officials. Authorities in South Brunswick were alerted to an interaction between a raccoon and a resident’s dogs in the area of Deans Lane on July 20, officials said in a press release. Animal control trapped the raccoon and sent it to the state laboratory for testing, which confirmed the rabies infection on July 24. South Brunswick authorities said in the release that they …