Author: Claire Reed, Managing Editor

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  • Residents lightly impacted by downgraded winter storm

    Residents lightly impacted by downgraded winter storm

    *please post online. thank you.   By JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer Even though Winter Storm Stella made less of an impact than what the original forecast predicted,  residents of North and South Brunswick still felt her effects on March 14. In South Brunswick, police responded to a crash around 9:35 a.m. on Route 130 near Stults…

  • Police close road, giving salamanders safe passage to migrate

    Police close road, giving salamanders safe passage to migrate

    By VASHTI HARRIS Staff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK – “A hop, a skip and a jump” is what many local amphibians were doing as they journeyed undisturbed across Beekman Road to begin mating season on March 8. Thanks to a 12-year collaborative effort from the Friends of the East Brunswick Environmental Commission (EBEC), the Township of East…

  • Hazlet residents speak out at township meeting

    Hazlet residents speak out at township meeting

    By KATHARINE FRIEDMAN Correspondent The Hazlet Township Committee met recently to discuss issues concerning residents, resolutions and ordinances. The committee received a letter from Andres Torres, who resigned from his position as a crossing guard effective Feb. 17. During the consent agenda portion at the March 7 meeting, the committee voted “yes” on the issuance of…

  • Discovery of old artifacts creates new costs for South Amboy ferry project

    Discovery of old artifacts creates new costs for South Amboy ferry project

    By Jacqueline Durett Correspondent SOUTH AMBOY—The discovery of historic railroad artifacts at the ferry site in South Amboy has driven the cost of the project up, but at this point, city taxpayers will not directly shoulder the cost. Work stopped last month on the site when the project was just a week-and-a-half from completion because…

  • South Brunswick search for superintendent comes to an end

    South Brunswick search for superintendent comes to an end

    By MATTHEW SOCKOL Staff Writer The South Brunswick School District has ended its search for a new superintendent, while Board of Education members in the Millstone Township K-8 District will begin a search of their own. Millstone Superintendent of Schools Scott Feder will become South Brunswick’s superintendent on July 1. He was hired by the…

  • Manalapan OKs residential uses in Village Center zone

    Manalapan OKs residential uses in Village Center zone

    By Mark Rosman Staff Writer MANALAPAN – Following nearly three hours of comments from residents concerned about development at a location that has become one of the most congested spots in Manalapan, the Township Committee agreed to permit residential uses on a 130-acre property at the corner of Route 33 and Millhurst Road. On March…

  • Feder will leave Millstone for South Brunswick top job

    Feder will leave Millstone for South Brunswick top job

    By Matthew Sockol Staff Writer The South Brunswick School District has ended its search for a new superintendent, while Board of Education members in the Millstone Township K-8 District will begin a search of their own. Millstone Superintendent of Schools Scott Feder will become South Brunswick’s superintendent on July 1. He was hired by the…

  • Sectional champion Bombers fall short in Group IV finals

    Sectional champion Bombers fall short in Group IV finals

    By Warren Rappleyea It was a great run through the postseason for Sayreville War Memorial High School’s girls’ basketball team, as the Bombers came up one win short of making a trip to the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association Tournament of Champions. Franklin High School (22-7) ended the Blue and Gray’s run in the…