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  • CRANBURY: Committee fetes manufacturer

    CRANBURY: Committee fetes manufacturer

    By Kaitlyn Kanzler    CRANBURY — A local company was honored for its outstanding safety record during the March 11 Township Committee meeting.    Main Tape Company, Inc., located on Capital Drive, manufactures surface protection films for metals, glass, and plastics and transfer applications for the sign and graphics industry.    The committee congratulated Main Tape and its…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Warehouse using sun for power

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Warehouse using sun for power

       Solis Partners, a leading commercial solar developer, recently completed a 1.82 MW rooftop solar electric system at Freeze’s manufacturing and distribution facility in Dayton.    Solis Partners designed, engineered and constructed the solar PV system on the roof of the 320,000-square-foot facility.    The system operates under a full service PPA allowing Freeze to receive all the…

  • JAMESBURG: A ‘Devil’ lends wisdom to hockey league

    JAMESBURG: A ‘Devil’ lends wisdom to hockey league

    By Ed Birch, Special Writer    JAMESBURG — The 58 junior hockey players who participate in the Jamesburg Youth Hockey Program recently gathered for the Saturday morning set of regularly scheduled interleague games at the Grace M. Breckwedel Middle School gymnasium, unaware league officials had prepared a special surprise for them.    As the early morning games…

  • ‘Snatch that Snitch!’

    ‘Snatch that Snitch!’

    Students compete in the ultimate wizardry of match-ups By Maria Riegel, Special Writer    Despite South Brunswick winning state championships in several sports this year, Harry Potter and his crew need not worry when it comes to the premiere game at Hogwarts.    South Brunswick High School’s Renaissance Club held its third annual Quidditch Tournament on March…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: BOE honors merit scholars

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK: BOE honors merit scholars

    By Ed Birch, Special Writer    At a recent South Brunswick Board of Education meeting, the district honored 39 high school seniors who were recognized as National Merit Achievement Scholarship Outstanding Participants and National Merit Commended Students.    Each student received a Certificate of Appreciation from Board President Stephen Parker and also honored a faculty member who…

  • MONROE: Applegarth students get hearts jumping

    MONROE: Applegarth students get hearts jumping

    By Amy Batista, Special Writer    MONROE — Hundreds of students at Applegarth Elementary School came to school dressed in red as students supported “Wear Red Day” and got their hearts pumping for its first annual Jump Rope for Heart on Feb. 27.    ”So far, it’s been a huge success,” gym teacher Stacy Fleisher said. “The…

  • Local Design Firm Launches Children’s Storybook iPad App

    Local Design Firm Launches Children’s Storybook iPad App

    By Graymedia FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Email: [email protected] GRAYMEDIA ANNOUNCES RELEASE OF PUPPUP’S GREAT ADVENTURE: LOST AT THE ZOO, A CHILDREN’S STORYBOOK IPAD APP Meet new zoo friends with Puppup in this richly illustrated iPad app  Roosevelt, NJ – Graymedia today announced the release of its new interactive children’s app for iPad, Puppup’s Great Adventure: Lost…

  • ‘Snatch that Snitch!’

    ‘Snatch that Snitch!’

    Maria Riegel photos SBHS students compete in the third annual Quidditch Tournament at the high school on Ridge Road last week.

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Somerset County budget brightened by rosier economy

       The Somerset County Board of Freeholders has introduced a 2013 county budget that features some modest revenue increases for the first time in several years. A public hearing on the proposed budget will be held Thursday, April 11, at 5 p.m. at the county administration building, 20 Grove St., Somerville.    ”What makes this year a…