Author: Greater Media

  • Utility company: Mark-outs needed before digging projects

    PSE&G is reminding customers, contractors and excavators to call 811 to request a mark-out before digging to avoid hitting underground pipelines, conduits, wires and cables. Every digging project, including smaller endeavors such as planting a tree or building a deck, requires a call to 811. The call must be made whether a professional or homeowner…

  • Wine market flourishes in state economic sectors

    By CHRISTINE BARCIA Staff Writer Laurita Winery, which produces up to 16,000 cases of wine annually, offers wine tasting and tours of the New Egypt vineyard and winery. SCOTT FRIEDMAN New Jersey vintners have managed to quiet the skeptics who did not believe that the Garden State could produce quality wines. With award-winning wines on…

  • Programs available for area seniors

    The following programs are available for South Brunswick seniors age 55 and older:  April’s art lecture is based on “The Stein Family: The Making of Modern Art.” At 12:30 p.m. April 17, artist and historian Maurice Mahler will lead a lecture and discussion.  The movie “And So It Goes” will be shown at…

  • Diabetes workshops offered for six weeks

    Healthcare Quality Strategies, a member of the Quality Insights Quality Innovation Network, will partner with the South Brunswick Public Library to provide free diabetes education as part of the Everyone with Diabetes Counts (EDC) program. The workshops, created by the Stanford School of Medicine, help individuals take control of their diabetes and change their life.…

  • Allentown splits first two games of softball season

    ALLENTOWN By WAYNE WITKOWSKI Correspondent Allentown High School’s Sarina Campanella is locked in as she gets ready to hit a pitch during the Redbirds’ April 2 game in Allentown against West Windsor-Plainsboro High School North. Allentown lost, 3-2, evening the Redbirds’ record at 1-1. STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR Pitcher Abby Stroud believes Allentown High School’s…

  • Woman admits to illegally disseminating military information

    The former owner of two New Jersey defense-contracting businesses admitted on April 1 that she conspired to send sensitive military technical data to India. Hannah Robert, 49, of North Brunswick, was indicted by a federal grand jury on Sept. 11 for allegedly submitting fraudulent bids to the U.S. Department of Defense and disseminating military technical…

  • Relatives of deceased vets invited to ceremony

    Hosted by the Adams Athletic Club, the North Brunswick American Legion Post 459 and the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2319 will hold a Memorial Day ceremony at 10 a.m. May 25 at Sabella Park, Cozzens Lane, North Brunswick. This year, North Brunswick residents who paid the supreme sacrifice in past wars will be honored.…

  • Weichert executives named to the 2014/2015 Swanepoel Power 200

    Jim Weichert, founder and co-president of Weichert, Realtors, and Marty Rueter, president of Weichert Real Estate Affiliates Inc., have been selected for the Swanepoel POWER 200: The Most Powerful People in Residential Real Estate in 2014/2015. Weichert and Rueter were ranked No. 13 and No. 66, respectively. Both executives moved up on the list this…

  • Plays-in-the-Park auditions scheduled

    Middlesex County’s Plays-in-the-Park will hold auditions for its 2015 summer season. Open calls will be held at 7 p.m. April 17 and on noon from April 18-19. Those interested should come prepared with approximately 16 bars of an up-tempo show tune. An accompanist will be provided. They should also bring their own sheet music in…