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    SARAH McCOLGAN Kerri Lynn Sirkin of Edison talks with choreographer Tom Tolve during the North Brunswick Young Adult Drama Group’s auditions for the musical Grease.

  • Newark resident survives crash

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK — Anthony Thomas, 34, of Newark was saved by his seat belt and airbag after a head-on collision with a tractor-trailer on Ridge Road near Route 130 at 8 a.m., according to police. Thomas was headed eastbound on Ridge Road when he struck a Freightliner tractor-trailer being driven by Lee Talasleian, 44, of…

  • Chinese New Year

    Cassie Yeung, 6, of Kendall Park, plays a game with chop sticks — picking up candies from one tray and setting them down in another — during a Chinese New Year celebration at Crossroads Middle School in South Brunswick on Saturday. MARIE ORTIZ

  • Mayor Gambatese testifies in support of brain-injury bill Measure heads to Legislature for vote

    Staff Writer By CHARLES W. KIM Mayor Gambatese testifies in support of brain-injury bill Measure heads to Legislature for vote Frank Gambatese SOUTH BRUNSWICK — South Brunswick Deputy Mayor Frank Gambatese has done his share of testifying, but this time it was personal. Gambatese testified in Trenton on Jan. 18 in support of a bill…

  • N.B. residents want to stop DOT construction 500-name petition needed to end routes 1/130 reconstruction

    Staff Writer By dave goldberg N.B. residents want to stop DOT construction 500-name petition needed to end routes 1/130 reconstruction NORTH BRUNSWICK — About 50 North Brunswick residents met last week to stop the Route 1 and Route 130 interchange reconstruction proposed by the state. The meeting, held at the municipal building, was led by…

  • SBHS science teacher wants his job back Terrifying incident casts a shadow on family’s reputation

    Staff Writer By CHARLES W. KIM SBHS science teacher wants his job back Terrifying incident casts a shadow on family’s reputation DAWN MARIE SANNWALDT South Brunswick resident and science teacher David Umbach explains the Sept. 22 incident that caused his suspension. SOUTH BRUNSWICK — South Brunswick High School science teacher David Umbach is fighting for…

  • Warsh meets MOM line foes in S.B.

    Warsh meets MOM line foes in S.B. JERRY WOLKOWITZ NJ Transit Executive Director Jeffrey Warsh examines a grade rail crossing during a visit he made to South Brunswick last Thursday to discuss the township’s opposition to the proposed Monmouth-Ocean-Middlesex rail link between South Brunswick in Middlesex County and Lakehurst in Ocean County. NJ Transit director…

  • Sinatra tapped as acting N.B. superintendent

    Sinatra tapped as acting N.B. superintendent Craig Rosevear Board of Ed. members say search has been put on hold for now BY dave goldberg Staff Writer The North Brunswick Board of Education unanimously named Frank Sinatra interim superintendent of schools during a special meeting Tuesday night. "I think he is an experienced superintendent that will…

  • S.B. bomb scare forces evacuation

    A suspicious package led to some tense moments for a township resident on Monday. The South Brunswick police responded to a Woodland Way home on the report of a suspicious package Jan. 29 at 8:30 p.m. The Woodland Way homeowner told police that an unknown individual had left the package on his doorstep sometime between…