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    CHRIS KELLY staff Woodbridge’s Rich Exantus, 16, pulls a weighted sled by side stepping, while participating in an early tryout of the new Performance Enhancement Athletic Center for athletes between 8 and 18 years old at The Club at Woodbridge on Dec. 29.

  • Use of soup kitchens, food banks way up

    Local organizations struggle to feed all those in need BY MARY ANNE ROSS Correspondent As local families struggle to make ends meet, many are turning to neighborhood food banks to stretch their food budgets. In turn, that is putting a strain on some of those services. “Meals are up 21 percent and donations are dramatically…

  • Four charged in mall robberies

    EDISON — Four suspects have been arrested and charged in connection with three robberies during the past two weeks in the Menlo Park Mall, according to township police. On Dec. 31 at approximately 6 p.m., two suspects knocked a 21-year-old woman to the ground in the mall’s parking lot and took her purse, according to…

  • So. Brunswick official selected as freeholder

    Barrett takes vacant seat; Dalina will be director BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer Middlesex County has a new freeholder and for the first time in over a decade, a new director. Carol Barrett During a special convention Sunday in East Brunswick, county Democrats elected South Brunswick Deputy Mayor Carol Barrett to the freeholder seat vacated…

  • Area resident trying to find way to help panic sufferers

    As a victim of panic attacks, Judy Schiffman established Panic Relief Inc. BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK — Judy Schiffman knows about panic attacks. The township resident who lives and works out of her home in Monmouth Junction endured panic attacks before she took on the challenge of helping others overcome them since…

  • Township honor role announced

    Edison High School announced that the following students have been named to the all-A honor roll for the first marking period: Ninth-graders Deena Afflerbach, Trevor Candido, Evan Clements, Joshua Cole, Jennifer Collins, Rupanjal Dasgupta, Brianna Eskin, Sahil Khanna, Aishwarya A. Kurup, Marzia A. Lisa, Cassandra Lubonski, Louise Luciani, Esha Manzoor, Saurabh K. Modi, Meagan Mulligan,…

  • Slippers collected in son’s memory

    BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer Kellie McDavideit (left) sits with the bags of slippers donated to the annual “Wiggly Warm Toes” slipper drive she started in 2005 in honor of her son, Ian (right). Ian passed away at the age of 3 from cancer in 2004. More than 200 pairs of slippers were collected for…

  • A story of courage, hope comes to screen

    ‘Defiance’ recounts tale of Bielski brothers, the uncles of Freehold Twp. resident BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer When Lola Kline sits in a movie theater and watches “Defiance,” she will not just be a face in the crowd. Kline, 67, of Freehold Township, will actually be witnessing her family’s history as it comes alive…

  • Peace Corps volunteer shines America’s light overseas

    Michelle Miller’s mission in Moldova was to empower women, youth BY ADELE YOUNG Staff Writer Who trades a Manhattan apartment and all the comforts of the USA for an outhouse, cold showers and no cell phone? Moldovans celebrate their city of Cahul on an outdoor stage at the State University of Cahul. Women dressed in…