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By P.J. CANDIDO Staff Writer Gary DiGregorio, owner of the Twin Pond Farm & Country Market in Howell, demonstrates pumpkin bowling. Using a small pumpkin as the ball, and hay bales as gutters, he bowls a strike. Everyone gets a prize in this game with four strikes earning the big prize. MATT DENTON Fall is…

By JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer Thousands of pounds of unwanted, unused and expired medications were collected in the state on Sept. 26 in an effort to combat drug addiction. On the local front — as part of the 10th National Prescription Take Back Day — the South Brunswick Police Department collected 90 pounds of medication,…

By JENNIFER ORTIZ Staff Writer Howell native Gary Gellman of Gellman Images was in Philadelphia on Sept. 26 covering the arrival of Pope Francis at Philadelphia International Airport and captured the moment (above) when the Pope stopped his motorcade, exited his vehicle and blessed and kissed a 10-year-old boy who has cerebral palsy. PHOTO BY…

SOUTH BRUNSWICK — Police have charged two people in connection to a string of motor vehicle burglaries along Route 27, while one suspect is still at large. The suspects allegedly broke into vehicles in South Brunswick, Franklin and North Brunswick since mid-August, according to a statement prepared by the South Brunswick Police Department, including 48…

A grand jury in Middlesex County has handed up a 142-count indictment charging two New York men with taking part in a series of burglaries in nine communities. Felix Bruno, 33, and Anthony Goodwine, 50, both of the Bronx, were charged with committing burglaries between Dec. 12, 2013, and Aug. 18, 2014, and collecting more…

SOUTH BRUNSWICK — A man was killed after being struck by a truck at a township warehouse. Responding to a 911 call, officers and paramedics arrived to find Linwood Moore, 55, of Monroe, on the ground in the lot of the Argix Direct warehouse, located at 100 Middlesex Center Blvd. around 6 a.m. Sept. 30.…

By JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK — Inspired by the pack mentality and persistence of wild dogs, the North Brunswick ICE Wolves (Inspire with Conviction and Enthusiasm) robotics team hunted down its challengers during a competition in Australia this summer. Yash Parikh, Jeevana Chirra, her sister Keertana Chirra, and Athmika Vaseeharan of FTC Team…

Breast cancer is the second most common cancer among women, second only to lung cancer. One in eight women is expected to develop breast cancer in her lifetime, and a recent survey by the Society for Women’s Health Research found that 22 percent of women named breast cancer as the disease they fear most.The specter…

FRANK WOJCIECHOWSKI Terrence Loper of Lifetime Brands in Robbinsville tosses a box during the “box put” event at the LogistX games in South Brunswick on Sept. 25. The four-event competition focused around the value of the logistics and distribution industry in New Jersey while also fundraising for the Wounded Warriors Project.