Category: archives

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Judge rejects motion to lower suspects’ bail

    By Davy James, Staff Writer    A Superior Court judge in New Brunswick rejected a motion to lower bail for a local resident and his co-defendant who are charged with murdering the co-owner of a North Brunswick deli.    Judge Frederick DeVesa kept bail at $2.5 million each for defendants Raymond Troxell, 49, of Christopher Avenue in…

  • ROBBINSVILLE: Armed robbery suspects remain at large

    By Jessica Ercolino, Staff Writer    ROBBINSVILLE — Police continued to search this week for two men involved in an armed robbery.    Police said a 6-foot, medium-built, black man approached a female victim in the parking lot of her Andover Drive home around 3:40 a.m. Jan. 15. The woman was sitting in her car when the…

  • Cooking Up a Healthy Meal Plan

    Cooking Up a Healthy Meal Plan

    Kick poor eating habits with the help of dietitians, cooking schools and food preparation companies By Megan Sullivan    THE holiday season has wrapped up, but the effects of overindulging and unhealthy eating at office parties, family celebrations and friendly gatherings might still be lingering. Savories and sweets that we don’t regularly feast on, from cheese…

  • MANVILLE: Vietnam’s lost lives focus of Saturday event

    By Audrey Levine, Staff Writer    The setting for Saturday’s commemoration for soldiers taken prisoner or missing in action during the Vietnam War at the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2290 on Washington Avenue includes an empty glass, an empty chair and salt.    The symbols reflect the lives lost in the war — the empty glass…

  • NEW HOPE: Michener gives parting gift to New Hope

    Officials hope to find a place for the interactive exhibit at the borough’s New Street site By Linda Seida, Staff Writer    NEW HOPE — When the James A. Michener Art Museum closes its New Hope satellite Feb. 1, it will leave a valuable departing gift to the town.    ”The Artists Among Us” is an interactive…

  • Dancing Feat, Move to the Beat

    Dancing Feat, Move to the Beat

    Dance isn’t the only way to get in shape – Tamer Ibrahim, a personal trainer with CAN DO Fitness in Princeton, works with students in the kettlebell class.

  • Open Book

    Open Book

    Lawrence Library provides everything needed to start a book club through its Book-Club-In-A-Bag program.

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Things to Do

    Jan. 25 It is not too early to start thinking of spring. The South Brunswick Garden Club will have its Annual Seed and Plant Workshop from 1:15 to 4:30 p.m. in Meeting Room A/B of the South Brunswick Public Library. The free workshop is being presented in conjunction with the Dayton Village Citizens’ Coalition. Attendees…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Prosecutor IDs police involved in shooting

    By Davy James, Staff Writer    The Middlesex County prosecutor’s office has released the names of the two South Brunswick police officers who shot and killed a Ewing man, who authorities say charged the officers with a knife following a traffic pursuit and crash Jan. 12 on Route 1.    The two officers have been identified as…