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    JEFF GRANIT staff Nikhil Dondapati, 9, adds sprinkles to his “Volcanic Eruption” cake during a decorating contest at North Brunswick’s Judd Elementary School Jan. 26.

  • School events raised thousands for victims

    BY MELISSA CIFELLI Staff Writer BY MELISSA CIFELLIStaff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK — Students throughout South Brunswick schools spent the month of January raising funds for the victims of the South Asian tsunami disaster. The children held bake sales, penny wars, signed dollar for chores donations, and gave up their own money to help others a…

  • Scholarship fund getting bounce from hoopsters

    BY MELISSA CIFELLI Staff Writer BY MELISSA CIFELLIStaff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK — In an effort to raise scholarship money, students and faculty will square off at the Parent Teacher Organization’s (PTO) basketball tournament. Money raised from the tournament will go toward senior PTO scholarships. “We’re trying to build some community in addition to helping the…

  • Mental illness advocates object to radio comments

    Talk show hosts joked about Codey BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK — A township-based nonprofit launched a protest against a local radio station this week. NAMI NJ, an organization on Route 130 that provides assistance for those with mental illness, responded this week to an attack on women suffering…

  • Cops recognized at dinner

    BY MELISSA CIFELLI Staff Writer BY MELISSA CIFELLIStaff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK — All in a day’s work. The Police Benevolent Association and Fraternal Order of Police held their seventh annual police awards dinner Saturday to honor its officers. Several officers and detectives from the South Brunswick Police Department were recognized for acts of heroism and…

  • No. Brunswick names Feb. artist

    BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer JENNIFER KOHLHEPP North Brunswick resident Bill Kastan’s artwork will be on display in the Hermann Road Municipal Building throughout the month of February. NORTH BRUNSWICK — A new art exhibit graces the walls of town hall this month. The township will display the artwork of resident…

  • Photorealism movement explored in new exhibit

    BY LAUREN MATTHEW Staff Writer BY LAUREN MATTHEWStaff Writer NEW BRUNSWICK — Photorealist paintings on display at the Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers University offer a new perspective on reality. The “American Photorealism” exhibition features 67 paintings by 27 artists, including many influential in the photorealism movement, such as Robert Bechtle, Charles Bell, Don Eddy,…

  • Soil cleanup delays high school expansion finish

    Target date for project completion is now June 2006 BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK — Soil contamination found at the township’s high school will set the school’s renovations back about one year. The $29.9 million North Brunswick Township High School expansion, approved by a referendum vote in January 2002,…

  • Alchemist Co. show rescheduled

    NORTH BRUNSWICK — The show must go on. The curtain didn’t go up on the Alchemist Theatre Company’s winter production on Jan. 22 due to the snowstorm, but it will this week. North Brunswick Township High School’s theater group will present “Theatre Revue 2005” at 8 p.m. on Jan. 29. Joel Chesler, the company’s advisor,…