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By KENNY WALTER Staff Writer In recent years, coaches have placed greater importance on understanding the dangers of practicing in the heat and the need for proper hydration. Coaches have received training on hydration, concussions and the use of defibrillators in an effort to improve player safety. STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR High school coaches are…

By CHRISTINE BARCIA Staff Writer Sherry Prioli watches as her sons Joe, 12, and Nick, 10, play a numbers game at the Howell Public Library. The eight Prioli children have been home schooled. STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR As summer draws to a close, many families turn their attention to the upcoming school year. Shopping for…

In the United States, one in six men can expect to be diagnosed with prostate cancer, while there is a one in seven chance that a Canadian man will be diagnosed with prostate cancer at some point during his lifetime. Those elevated incidence rates could be a byproduct of an aging population, as age is…

By KENNY WALTER Staff Writer When Eric Katz was looking to begin his career as a wheelchair athlete, his first choice was at his home school of Rutgers University. However, Katz, now 32, was forced to enroll at the University of Arizona because Rutgers did not offer an adaptive sports program at the time, a…

By JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer WWE Superstar Dean Ambrose will hold a meet-and-greet with fans at iPlay America in Freehold on Sept. 5. PHOTO COURTESY OF WWE The Lunatic Fringe is about to descend upon New Jersey. WWE Superstar Dean Ambrose is holding a meet-and-greet with fans at iPlay America in Freehold from 11 a.m.…

The South Brunswick Police Department will once again increase safety and police visibility around town in anticipation of the start of the new school year. Chief Raymond Hayducka announced that Operation Safe Schools 2015 will create enhanced traffic safety and police presence at all schools. “The start of each school year creates a lot of…

By JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer Roz Shaw, left, and Helen Gordon sit in Gordon’s garden in England during a recent visit the North Brunswick native took to visit her pen pal of 60 years. PHOTO COURTESY OF ROZ SHAW NORTH BRUNSWICK — A local resident has a story of friendship 60 years in the making.…

By JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer Neal Gaeta NORTH BRUNSWICK — Neal Gaeta has been selected as the 2015 Volunteer of the Year Municipal Alliance award winner for Middlesex County. Neal volunteers with the North Brunswick Youth Council as a senior member, the North Brunswick Municipal Alliance Committee as a student liaison, the North Brunswick Township…

SOUTH BRUNSWICK — Three residences were left uninhabitable after South Brunswick’s three fire departments battled a blaze at the Oakdale Mobile Home Park on Aug. 25. The fire was reported at a Lemon Street home off Route 1 around 10:30 p.m., according to information provided by the South Brunswick Police Department. A resident was sleeping…