Author: Claire Reed, Managing Editor

  • Pupils will present ‘The Snow White Variety Show’

    Pupils will present ‘The Snow White Variety Show’

    By Michael Benavides Staff Writer PLUMSTED – Pupils at the New Egypt Middle School have been working hard to prepare for this week’s production of “The Snow White Variety Show.” “The Snow White Variety Show” will be presented at the middle school, 117 Evergreen Road, New Egypt, at 7 p.m. Jan 13 and 7 p.m.…

  • Mother sentenced in case that still haunts many

    Mother sentenced in case that still haunts many

    By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer NEW BRUNSWICK — In 1991, best friends Tara Packard and Timothy “Timmy” Wiltsey, who were both 5 years old at the time, had a secret code to speak to one another when they were home — by knocking on the adjoining wall that their duplex home in South Amboy shared. On…

  • Route 18’s Kmart closing down this spring

    Route 18’s Kmart closing down this spring

    By VASHTI HARRIS Staff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK–Sears Holdings Corp. informed employees at 78 Kmart stores and 26 Sears stores on Jan.4 that their stores would be closing by the spring. In accordance with this nationwide announcement, Kmart’s East Brunswick store, located on 645 Route 18, will be closing its doors this March. “The decision to close stores is…

  • Marlboro council ready for new year

    Marlboro council ready for new year

    By Peter Elacqua Staff Writer MARLBORO – Councilman Jeff Cantor will serve as president of the Township Council during 2017. He was elected to the position by his fellow council members when Marlboro’s governing body held its reorganization meeting on Jan. 5. Mayor Jonathan Hornik administered the oath of office to Cantor. “I am honored…

  • Civilian Police Academy in Edison begins Jan. 31

    Civilian Police Academy in Edison begins Jan. 31

    By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer EDISON — The Edison Police Department is continuing to seek interested residents who want to learn the ins and outs of police work through the department’s Civilian Police Academy that will begin later this month. The free academy will start on Jan. 31 and run through March on consecutive Tuesdays from…

  • ShopRite in school will give pupils a head start on life skills

    ShopRite in school will give pupils a head start on life skills

    By Matthew Sockol Staff Writer MILLSTONE – As part of a life skills program for students, a functioning supermarket has opened in the Millstone Township K-8 School District. On Jan. 6, a grand opening ceremony was held for a ShopRite supermarket in the Millstone Township Middle School. Students will work at the supermarket, which was…

  • Performers of the Week for Jan. 9

    Performers of the Week for Jan. 9

    Bid farewell to the holidays and greetings to a major dose of games and events for the 2017 winter scholastic athletic season. Here are some high school players who entered the new year with sound performances last week. The busiest results from last week were produced on the boys’ and girls’ basketball courts. In boys’…

  • Plumsted officer revives overdose victim with Narcan

    Plumsted officer revives overdose victim with Narcan

    By Michael Benavides Staff Writer PLUMSTED – A Plumsted police officer used a life-saving antidote to revive a man who overdosed on drugs on Christmas Eve. According to a press release from the Plumsted Police Department, on Dec. 24, officers responded to a home in the township in reference to a drug-related overdose of a…

  • Hazlet Land Use Board reorganizes

    Hazlet Land Use Board reorganizes

    By KATHARINE FRIEDMAN Correspondent A new year meant the Hazlet Land Use Board had to make decisions regarding who would lead the group as chairman, vice chair, secretary, attorney and engineer in 2017. These decisions and more were made at a Land Use Board Reorganization meeting on Jan. 5 that was open to the public.…