Author: Greater Media

  • North Brunswick police sergeant locates ‘sleeping’ murder suspect

    A North Brunswick police sergeant helped locate a man wanted in a double homicide investigation. On Dec. 11 at approximately 3:15 p.m., the Raritan Borough Police Department responded to 46 First Ave. in Raritan Borough on a report of concerns regarding the welfare of the occupants of the residence. The officers entered the residence and…

  • You can go home again

    In theaters now By Paul Hall www.channelguidemag.com Sisters lets two women we absolutely love bring their comic genius to the screen. Maura (Amy Poehler) and Kate Ellis (Tina Fey) are tasked with the responsibility of cleaning out their room at their childhood home as their parents are moving to a condo. But in rehashing the…

  • Package theft a concern

    By JENNIFER ORTIZ and KENNY WALTER Staff Writers STAFF PHOTGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR The theft of packages delivered to doorsteps is becoming a bigger problem as more and more people shop online for their Christmas gifts. Woodbridge Police Capt. Roy Hoppock said package theft has become a growing issue, and there are very few ways to…

  • Middletown man charged with making threats at theaters

    REGIONAL INTEREST FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — Investigators have arrested a Middletown man and charged him with making a pair of bomb threats at the Freehold AMC movie theaters at Freehold Raceway Mall, Freehold Township, Monmouth County Acting Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni announced. The prosecutor said Jesse Carroll, 22, of Middletown, who is an employee of the…

  • Youths may enter contest

    New Jersey’s soil conservation districts are now accepting entries in a poster contest designed to raise awareness of natural resources and related issues among young people. The theme for this year’s poster is “We All Need Trees,” according to a press release. Students may compete in the following categories: Grades 2-3, Grades 4-6, Grades 7-9…

  • Pallone proposes improved disaster communications

    Proposed federal legislation could one day help residents across New Jersey who lose cell phone service and experience power blackouts similar to what occurred during superstorm Sandy in 2012. Rep. Frank Pallone Jr. (D-Monmouth, Middlesex) has introduced the Securing Access to Networks in Disasters Act (H.R. 3998) that would, if passed in the House and…

  • Townhouse resident killed during accidental fire

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK — Police have identified the man who died in a townhouse fire on Dec. 11. John Doran, 59, lived at 27 Deerberry Lane with another family member who was not home at the time of the fire, according to a statement prepared by Capt. James Ryan of the South Brunswick Police Department. The…

  • SPORT SHORTS

    North Brunswick’s Department of Parks, Recreation and Community Services is accepting applications for the 2016 boys and girls lacrosse season. Registration forms can be downloaded at http://www.northbrunswicknj.gov/DPRCS/ index.html.

  • Citizenship Award open to high schoolers

    The Jersey Blue Chapter of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution is holding its fourth annual Middlesex County Good Citizenship Award contest. All Middlesex County high school sophomores and juniors who are in good academic standing with a C average and above and who exemplify the characteristics of a good citizen of the…