Author: Greater Media

  • South Brunswick hit-and-run yields $3.25 million settlement

    By JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK — A case involving a 2011 hit-and-run accident has been settled for $3.25 million after laboratory analysis matched the victim’s belt to the suspect’s vehicle. Reynaldo Torres Pena was 18 years old in August 2011 when he was struck by a box truck on the shoulder of the…

  • Plastic materials needed for fundraiser

    The South Brunswick Senior Center has teamed up with an eco-wise business, Terra Cycle, to collect plastic materials and upcycle the goods into eco-friendly products. The Senior Center, 110 Kingston Lane, Monmouth Junction, will collect Brita products, chip wrappers, cellphones, laptops and ink cartridges, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. weekdays.

  • ‘A Jazzy Nutcracker’ to be staged in Monroe

    Lustig Dance Theatre of New Brunswick will perform its second annual production of Graham Lustig’s “A Jazzy Nutcracker” at 7 p.m. Dec. 12, and 1 and 4:30 p.m. Dec. 13 at the Monroe High School Performing Arts Center, 200 Schoolhouse Road, Monroe. The Christmas celebration set in the 1960s features a space-age battle scene, a…

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    STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR Christmas trees are on display at Matawan World of Gardening in Old Bridge on Dec. 4.

  • Food donation drive was a success

    We would like to thank all our generous neighbors in the Wetherhill Development and on Haypress Road in Dayton for their contributions to the South Brunswick Township Food Bank. Our community group from Element Church left donation bags and asked that they be filled and left for collection on Nov. 15. This resulted in an…

  • ‘Do Not Call’ should apply to election time

    A ssemblyman Bob Andrzejczak (DAtlantic, Cape May, Cumberland) is trying to save the citizens of New Jersey from unsolicited mail that fills our mailboxes by proposing another law that would resemble the Do Not Call law with a Do Not Mail list. I challenge him to be consistent. How about including endless phone calls and…

  • Suspect charged in 10 home burglaries after yearlong search

    A New York man has been charged for his alleged role in numerous residential home burglaries in South Brunswick, Edison and East Brunswick, dating back to last December. Police have charged Felix Bruno, 32, of the Bronx, N.Y., with 10 counts of burglary, South Brunswick Police Chief Raymond Hayducka announced on Dec. 2. “I want…

  • REAL ESTATE BRIEFS

    Jack Waters, regional vice president of Weichert, Realtors, announced that Rupinder Sodhi of the Old Bridge office was recognized for her industry success during the month of October. Sodhi led the region, which is comprised of offices throughout Middlesex, Monmouth and Ocean counties, in resales. Separately, Karen Delre, manager of Weichert, Realtors’ Old Bridge office,…

  • Driving with the big boys

    By Jim Gorzelany CTW Features The redesigned GMC Yukon SUV is an XXL ride, but it affords limo-like interior room with exceptional towing and hauling abilities Whether it’s because American motorists have finally gotten accustomed to high gasoline prices or pent up demand stifled by the Great Recession is finally boiling over, sales of large…