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    JEFF GRANIT staff Anushca Vasee (l-r), Pooja Yerneni and Jadaa Cruz sing during John Adam Elementary School’s kindergarten holiday concert in North Brunswick on Dec. 18. JEFF GRANIT staff

  • Livingston Park Elem. celebrates achievements

    State of the School address delivered Dec. 9 BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK — Livingston Park Elementary has been named a School of Character by the New Jersey Department of Education. It has received a Best Practice award for citizenship and tolerance. It has received a New Jersey Star School designation from the…

  • SBHS senior dies during basketball game

    Cause of collapse unknown at this time BY JENNIFER BOOTON Staff Writer A 17-year-old South Brunswick High School senior died Dec. 17 shortly after collapsing at a recreation basketball game, authorities said Friday. Brandon A.M. James, an honor student and lifelong Monmouth Junction resident, passed away last Thursday evening at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital,…

  • Students don’t ‘cow’-er away from idea of helping others

    Judd Elem. fifth-graders donate money to Heifer International BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK — A popular children’s book begins, “If you give a mouse a cookie,” but the fifth-grade class at Judd Elementary School is wondering what happens if you give a family a cow. About 120 students in the classes of Ernest…

  • N.B. finally adopts FY 2010 budget

    Residents will see 5¢ increase BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer The North Brunswick Township Council finally approved its fiscal year 2010 budget on Monday night after months of waiting for pension numbers from the state. Back in September, Business Administrator Robert Lombard gave a formal presentation of the budget, which carries a 5-cent increase for…

  • John Adams Elem. 4th-graders share holiday traditions

    BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer PHOTOS BY JENNIFER AMATO Students in Maureen Carter’s fourth-grade class at John Adams Elementary School in North Brunswick shared their various holiday traditions during a special presentation for students and parents on Dec. 18. Megha Choudhari displays a puja plate used during the Indian festival of Diwali. “I really think…

  • Hands up

    JEFF GRANIT staff Danielle Marrone (l) and Fabian Alexander perform during John Adam Elementary School’s kindergarten holiday concert in North Brunswick Dec. 18. JEFF GRANIT staff

  • Middlesex County Drug Court holds ceremony

    Twenty participants graduated Dec. 1 from Middlesex County Drug Court, an intensive probationary and drug treatment program, during a ceremony at the Freeholder Meeting Room at the Middlesex County Administration Building in New Brunswick. This was the third graduation since the program began in September 2004 as an alternative to incarceration. The graduates, who reside…

  • Rocky Top Dog Park up for sale

    Current owner hopes next buyer continues tradition of a dog park BY JENNIFER BOOTON Staff Writer After nine years of service and dedication to dogs and their owners, the Rocky Top Dog Park in Kingston may be coming to a close. Owner and manager Gretchen Zimmer of West Windsor has put the 5.75-acre privately owned…