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  • Miss Universe

    Top: Avni Bhatt, 18, of East Brunswick, comes up from the audience to rap alongside Andrew Buckner (l) and Isaiah McNeill, of the South Brunswick group I.O.U. (Inside Our Universe) at the Middlesex County Fair in East Brunswick on Aug. 12. Above: Buckner (lr), DJ Chilly Church and McNeill perform. PHOTOS BY SCOTT FRIEDMAN

  • Audit questions bonuses for top MCIA managers

    Authority responds by citing millions in tax dollars saved, high level of performance BY JAMES McEVOY Staff Writer The Office of the State Comptroller (OSC) announced that $100,000 in “substantial annual bonuses” was paid to top executives of the Middlesex County Improvement Authority (MCIA) that were not provided for in employment contracts. The OSC announced…

  • Kids in blue mind their p’s and q’s

    Junior Police Academy cadets learn etiquette, accountability during annual summer program BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer North Brunswick Junior Police Academy cadet Jessica Ardita and her fellow cadets participated in an etiquette lesson at Sir John’s restaurant, North Brunswick, as part of a surprise graduation luncheon on Aug. 1. PHOTOS BY JEFF GRANIT staff The…

  • Parsons targets pre-K students in united learning endeavor

    United Way, Target contribute to kindergarten readiness program BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer Target of Milltown donated 22 sets of composition notebooks, flash cards and reading books to the Parsons Elementary School Pre-Kindergarten Summer Academy Program in North Brunswick. JENNIFER AMATO NORTH BRUNSWICK — “What number comes after 12?” teacher Lisa Rudolph asked the 22…

  • N.B. officials call Route 130 construction area ‘dangerous’

    BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK — Township officials are concerned that the roadway construction along Route 130 presents a hazard. Mayor Francis “Mac” Womack said that the uneven payment near the new Walgreens and childcare center outside the Renaissance housing development, which is across the street from the workhouse fields and county offices,…

  • N.B. residents can help out in a variety of ways

    Organizations find ways to donate money, time, goods for benefit of others BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK — Throughout the township, several endeavors are ongoing to make the community a better place, be it through fundraising, recycling, volunteering or otherwise. At the township public library, 880 Hermann Road, several collections are ongoing. There…

  • South Brunswick teen proves she is a warrior

    Jessica Himmel competed in the 2012 Warrior Dash event BY DEANNA McLAFFERTY Correspondent SOUTH BRUNSWICK — On a Saturday afternoon at Lewis Morris County Park in Morristown, Jessica Himmel of South Brunswick bounded over fire, trudged through mud, and scaled obstacles over more than three miles of extreme terrain. She and nearly 7,000 other participants…

  • The hills are alive for So. Brunswick college student

    Kendall Park resident spent three weeks studying abroad in Austria BY DEANNA McLAFFERTY Correspondent Kimberley McGrath, of Kendall Park, participated in the Susquehanna University Global Opportunities (GO) Austria program, through which she studied abroad for three weeks in the late spring. SOUTH BRUNSWICK — It is often said that there is no better or more…

  • Organizations sought for county Re-Use It Book

    Comprehensive guide lists sites where residents can donate goods The Middlesex County Improvement Authority (MCIA) is recruiting businesses, schools and other organizations that would benefit from a variety of donations for inclusion in its 2013 Re-Use It Book. The book is a guide to area sites where residents can donate their used, and in some…