Author: Greater Media

  • Candy sweetens spring holidays

    By TAYLOR M. LIER Staff Writer David Gunther pours chocolate out of one of the many molds used at Old Monmouth Candies in Freehold on March 24. The shop owners say the chocolate bunnies represent the start of spring. STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR New Jersey candy factories have discovered new ways to satisfy a customer’s…

  • County jail seeks to improve justice system

    By ADAM C. UZIALKO Staff Writer The search for more effective alternatives to the solitary confinement of prisoners has spurred a partnership between a nonprofit and five correctional facilities, including the Middlesex County Adult Correction Center. The North Brunswick-based correctional facility was chosen from among 14 applicants to partner with the Vera Institute of Justice,…

  • Salamanders, frogs make annual Beekman Road crossing

    By JEREMY GROSSMAN Staff Writer Left: Families walk carefully on Beekman Road on March 25, using flashlights to search for salamanders and wood frogs crossing the road. Above: In early spring, the road is closed to protect amphibians, like this tiny frog, that cross the road to breed in the vernal pools in the forest.…

  • Former North Brunswick resident named chief revenue officer for Prudential Center

    A man with ties to North Brunswick has been named the first chief revenue officer (CRO) for the Prudential Center and the New Jersey Devils. Adam Davis — a former township resident whose father is current North Brunswick Councilman Robert Davis and whose mother is the late Linda Davis, a longtime teacher in the township…

  • BUSINESS BRIEFS

    After originally opening in 2004 under the New Jersey-based Rainbow Academy brand, the Lightbridge Academy child care and early education center, 2878 Route 27, North Brunswick, will celebrate its 10-year anniversary with a May 15 reunion at Babbage Park, Laurel Place, North Brunswick. The event will include a meet-and-greet between current and former students of…

  • Schools can score free Rutgers tickets

    Rutgers Football will offer free tickets to schools for home games against Maryland, Washington State, Norfolk State and Kansas. All students in kindergarten through eighth grade are eligible through the Outstanding Students Program. Each school is able to set its own program requirements. For more information, contact Rob Szeluga at 732-907-1575 or [email protected], or Doug…

  • Veteran of the Year nominations due

    Veteran of the Year nominations are now being accepted in North Brunswick. Send a résumé or paragraph on the veteran being nominated to Lou Ann Benson, 710 Hermann Road, North Brunswick, NJ 08902 or email lbenson@ northbrunswicknj.gov. Submissions are due by April 25.

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    MATT DENTON Easter cupcakes are ready to be served following the Millstone Township Easter Egg Hunt at Wagner Farm on March 28.

  • Proposed legislation is worthy of support

    New Jersey has some of the strictest gun laws in the United States, but not strict enough to keep guns out of the hands of domestic abusers and stalkers. Last year there were 14 domestic abuse-related murder-suicides in New Jersey. On average, 47 women are murdered by gun monthly in America at the hands of…