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    SCOTT FRIEDMAN Rabbi Eliezer Zaklikovski of the Chabad Jewish Center in Monroe holds a shofar made from a ram’s horn in preparation for Rosh Hashana, which begins at sundown Friday. Students in the center’s new Hebrew school made the shofar on Sunday at the Gravel Hill Road synagogue.

  • Coalition: Let’s keep shoppers in Jamesburg

    Revitalization panel meets to discuss ideas for improving downtown BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer BY JESSICA SMITHStaff Writer JAMESBURG – Members of the Revitalization Coalition are moving along with plans to improve the borough’s downtown. The group met last Thursday to discuss its ideas for revitalization, but also called upon the business and residential communities…

  • Commerce Bank OK’d to replace four houses

    Jamesburg officials say bank is a positive addition to downtown BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer BY JESSICA SMITHStaff Writer A new Commerce Bank branch will soon be built in place of several existing buildings at a prominent Jamesburg intersection. The Land Use Board on Sept. 14 approved the bank’s proposal to open a 4,100-square-foot branch…

  • Donor match found for local Navy Seal

    BY MARY ANNE ROSS Correspondent BY MARY ANNE ROSSCorrespondent Justin SPOTSWOOD – A young Navy Seal may as well have won the lottery. Not the million-dollar one … the bone marrow lottery. In June, Justin, a Spotswood native whose last name is being withheld at the request of the U.S. Navy, was diagnosed with a…

  • Kunz resigns B.A. post after two years

    BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer BY MICHAEL ACKERStaff Writer SOUTH RIVER – The Borough Council bid farewell to Business Administrator Joseph Kunz at what would be his last public meeting Monday. With Kunz’s resignation, borough Police Chief Wesley Bomba will be acting business administrator. If he is unavailable, the responsibility falls to Mayor Robert Szegeti…

  • Warning issued after rabid raccoon is found

    EAST BRUNSWICK – Residents are again being warned to avoid contact with wild animals and stray pets, as another rabid animal has been found in southern Middlesex County. On Saturday afternoon, a raccoon tested positive for rabies after being found in the vicinity of Vanderwater Court, off Hardenburg Lane. A resident noticed the raccoon’s unusual…

  • Kickin’ back

    PHOTOS BY JEFF GRANIT staff Above: Soccer was the name of the game on the new turf fields at East Brunswick’s Heavenly Farms during Labor Day weekend. The township’s soccer club hosted some 120 teams over two days at that location and two other parks on Cranbury Road. At left: Shannon Nulty, 13, of East…

  • Ex-Sen. Lynch pleads guilty to tax evasion

    Admits accepting payments to lobby for sand-mining operation BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer BY CHRIS GAETANOStaff Writer One of the most powerful Democrats in New Jersey has pleaded guilty to corruption charges. Former state Senate President John Lynch, 67, of New Brunswick, pleaded guilty Friday to one count of mail fraud and one count of…

  • YMCA gets new fitness center up and running

    BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK – The Raritan Valley YMCA has opened its new wellness center and is holding an open house next week. The wellness center, which is the most recent component to be completed at the YMCA’s new Tices Lane location, includes state-of-the-art training equipment, according to…