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  • Workshop to focus on positive risk taking

    Workshop to focus on positive risk taking

      The South Brunswick Parent Acadeny will hold the workshop “Freedom to Fail: Fostering Positive Risk Taking, Creativity & Growth” at 7 p.m. on Dec. 1 at Crossroads North Middle School, 635 Georges Rd., Monmouth Junction. Guest speakers will discuss ways to challenge students to take positive risks and broaden their horizons, even at the risk of falling…

  • Two-part Excel workshop scheduled for Dec. 3 and 10

    Two-part Excel workshop scheduled for Dec. 3 and 10

      The South Brunswick Library will hold a two-part class on Intermediate Microsoft Excel from 12:30-3:30 p.m. on Dec. 3 and 10 that will cover the intermediate applications of Excel 2013. On Dec. 3, learn the personal applications of Excel, including budgets, records and lists. On Dec. 10, learn the business applications, including cover charts, conditions, sorting and connecting…

  • On Campus

    On Campus

        Alex Veglia of Monmouth Junction earned a Bachelor of Science in Marine Biology from Roger Williams University, Bristol, Rhode Island, during the spring 2016 semester.  

  • Police ask residents to secure vehicles in Milltown

    Police ask residents to secure vehicles in Milltown

     MILLTOWN – Police are investigating a number of vehicle burglaries in the area of South Street in Milltown. Police encourage all residents to secure their vehicles and personal property whenever possible. Report any suspicious activity to the Milltown Police Department.

  • St. Stan’s to hold service for fallen Army soldier

    St. Stan’s to hold service for fallen Army soldier

      St. Stanislaus Kostka Church, 225 MacArthur Ave., Sayreville, will hold a special service at 11 a.m. on Dec. 3 honoring Army Staff Sergeant John W. Perry, who was killed in a suicide bomber attack in Afghanistan and who saved his unit, on Nov. 12.

  • Bowne-Munro students win agricultural poster contest

    Bowne-Munro students win agricultural poster contest

    EAST BRUNSWICK – The New Jersey Agricultural Society recently announced the winners of its annual Farm-City Week Poster Contest from Bowne-Munro Elementary School in East Brunswick. First grader Brayden Faley, second grader Abby Mix, third grader Ayaan Hossain, fourth grader Hannah Stratton and fifth grader Prisha Dhruve, who is the grand prize winner for fifth…

  • Vo-tech students create device for wheelchair-bound man to play with dog

    Vo-tech students create device for wheelchair-bound man to play with dog

    EAST BRUNSWICK – Advanced manufacturing majors in the Middlesex County Vocational and Technical Schools (MCVTS) are taught to identify a problem and then seek a solution. A recent problem involved a disabled man who wasn’t able to exercise his service dog with a simple game of fetch. Students on the MCVTS East Brunswick campus made…

  • Local police departments join program to help seniors, children with autism

    Local police departments join program to help seniors, children with autism

    The Monroe Police Department and the Sayreville Police Department have been added to the Middlesex County Sheriff’s Office’s search and rescue component of the county’s Project Lifesaver program. The combined effort will enable the county to better meet the need of some of the county’s most vulnerable citizens: seniors living with Alzheimer’s disease or dementia,…

  • ‘Our favorite things’ at the library Dec. 20, 21

    ‘Our favorite things’ at the library Dec. 20, 21

    Throughout the year, there are stories and activities that have become special favorites. The annual celebration of what’s number one on our book will be held at 1:30 p.m. on Dec. 20 or at 10:30 a.m. on Dec. 21 at the Main Edison Branch Library, 340 Plainfield Ave., Edison. Registration is open to the community…