Author: Claire Reed, Managing Editor

  • Young Knights bowlers offer program bright future

    Young Knights bowlers offer program bright future

    By Warren Rappleyea After posting 11 wins a year ago, this has been a rebuilding year for Old Bridge High School’s boys bowling team. The Knights have managed to win five matches. But, more importantly, the future looks bright for the program with several young kegglers in tow. Old Bridge regularly plays four underclassmen, all…

  • Solid showings for Vikings, Raiders at GMC swim meet

    Solid showings for Vikings, Raiders at GMC swim meet

    By Warren Rappleyea The South Brunswick High School and North Brunswick Township High School swimming teams turned in strong showings this week at the Greater Middlesex Conference (GMC) Tournament. South Brunswick’s girls and boys both finished fourth overall in the team standings. The Lady Vikings compiled 369 points. The highlights included a third-place showing in…

  • Recreation director honored as pediatric cancer volunteer

    Recreation director honored as pediatric cancer volunteer

    South Brunswick – The 2016 Hugs for Brady Foundation’s Ellen Gambatese Pediatric Cancer Volunteer of the Year award will be presented to South Brunswick humanitarian Tom Morris during the sixth annual Hugs for Brady Foundation Gala. The Hugs for Brady Foundation’s Winter Gala, “Hugging Heroes,” will be held on March 5 at The Palace at Somerset…

  • Holland Kelton

    Holland Kelton

    Holland Kelton, 87, formerly of New Brunswick, died Jan. 24 at The Elms of Cranbury, Cranbury. A retired New Brunswick police detective lieutenant, Holland was a former trustee at Ebenezer Baptist Church; past president of the Rotary Club, Hightstown/South Brunswick; former supervisor of Juvenile Aid Bureau; member of Concerned Black Parents of South Brunswick; South…

  • ‘Harry Potter’ night to feature trivia, wand making on Feb. 4

    Barnes & Noble will hold “Harry Potter’s Night of Magic!” at 6 p.m., Feb. 4, at its North Brunswick location, 869 Route 1 south. There will be wand making, trivia games, a mystery raffle and a “Leaky Cauldron Cafe” featuring four specialty Hogwarts drinks. For more information, call 732-545-7966.

  • Vendors needed for indoor garage sale on April 2

    Vendors needed for indoor garage sale on April 2

    Vendors are needed for the sixth annual Indoor Garage and Bake Sale to be held by the Our Lady of Peace Columbiettes 9 a.m.-3 p.m. April 2 at the church, Route 130 and Washington Place, North Brunswick. This year’s event is a fundraiser for Lenny, an Army veteran who is wheelchair bound. Lenny needs a new…

  • Zwicker appointed to three Assembly committees

    Zwicker appointed to three Assembly committees

    Newly sworn-in Assemblyman Andrew Zwicker will serve on three Assembly committees as the 217th legislative session begins. Speaker Vincent Prieto has appointed the 16th Legislative District representative to serve on the Assembly Environment and Solid Waste Committee, the Assembly Judiciary Committee and the Assembly Telecommunications and Utilities Committee. The physicist from South Brunswick looks forward…

  • ‘Follow the Drinking Gourd’ African American music set for Feb. 7

    ‘Follow the Drinking Gourd’ African American music set for Feb. 7

    Experience the power of African American musical forms with the voices and music of “Follow the Drinking Gourd” at 2 p.m. on Feb. 7 in the Ellen Gambatese Room at the South Brunswick Public Library, 110 Kingston Lane, Monmouth Junction. Pianist Diane Goldsmith and singers Ivan Woods and Shannon Hunt will perform spirituals in all kinds of…

  • Minor injuries reported as cement truck flips onto truck in South Brunswick

    Minor injuries reported as cement truck flips onto truck in South Brunswick

      SOUTH BRUNSWICK – A cement truck toppled onto a pickup truck on Route 130 on Jan. 29, causing minor injuries. The motor vehicle crash occurred at the Stults Road intersection around 2:15 p.m. The driver of the pickup truck, Jaison Schnabel, 43, of Chalfont, Pennsylvania, was transported to Princeton University Hospital for non-life threatening injuries. The…