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    SCOTT FRIEDMAN Tawanna Sampson (l) and Rose Venutolo enjoy dancing to the sounds of “Stronger Than Dirt” during the annual Dayton Village Community Picnic on Sunday, which was sponsored by the Dayton Village Citizens’ Coalition and the South Brunswick Garden Club.

  • N.B. fire, first aid squads in dire need of donations

    BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer On March 28 of this year, there was a near-fatal accident around 3 a.m. at the intersection of Route 1 and Fashion Plaza Drive in North Brunswick. A woman, who is in her 30s, was extracted from underneath a tractor-trailer. Members of the North Brunswick Police Department, the volunteer fire…

  • N.B. police lieutenant faces official misconduct charges

    Keith Buckley also charged with vehicular homicide for death of Lt. Christopher Zerby last year BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer North Brunswick Township police Lt. Keith Buckley is facing two counts of official misconduct related to a fatal motor vehicle accident he was involved in last year. Lt. Keith Buckley The July 7 grand jury…

  • Historical home becomes more than This Old House

    Michael Sassman Construction Co. restores 270-year-old J.J. Lake House in So. Brunswick BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer Three years ago there was a dilapidated house visible to anyone driving down Ridge Road off Route 1 in South Brunswick. JEFF GRANIT staff South Brunswick local Michael Sassman stands outside the back of the historic J.J. Lake…

  • Website offers information regarding teenage drivers

    Anew website, NJteenDriving.com, will help increase awareness and educate parents about the risks associated with teen driving. The site was developed by the Brain Injury Association of New Jersey upon recognizing that an informed parent plays a key role in keeping teens and young adults safe on New Jersey’s roads. According to a press release…

  • Local teen to attend Boys Nation

    One of two students representing New Jersey in national activity BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer Nick Perkons SOUTH BRUNSWICK — Nick Perkons is one of two representatives from New Jersey selected to attend the simulation Boys Nation in Washington, D.C., July 17-25. Perkons, a Kendall Park resident, was selected as a delegate to Boys State…

  • WMGQ, WCTC take top honors at Ad Club awards

    NEW BRUNSWICK — Creative ServicesDirector Bert Baron, of Greater Media’s WCTC and WMGQ radio stations, has been presented with two New Jersey Advertising Club awards. The Greater Media New Jersey Creative Services Department was awarded first place for Best Local :30 Spot and second place for Best Unsold Work, a category open to all media,…

  • Experts advise there’s hope for some crops

    Although it seemed as if June had record-breaking rainfall, it was actually the third wettest June this decade. In the July 1 edition of the Plant and Pest Advisory, a Rutgers Cooperative Extension publication, New Jersey state climatologist David Robinson, Ph.D., writes, “As June draws to a close, preliminary statewide rainfall total is 6.61 inches,…

  • October gala to honor six small-business owners

    Will commemorate North Brunswick’s 230th anniversary BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK — Happy birthday, North Brunswick. In commemoration of the township’s 230th anniversary, Michael Hritz and Richard Liguori are co-chairing a gala, which will honor several local small-business owners in October. Invitations will be mailed this summer, with an open invitation going out…