• Panel to discuss succeeding with learning differences

    Panel to discuss succeeding with learning differences

    METUCHEN — A panel at Metuchen High School will feature student mentors from a national advocacy group talking to middle and high schoolers and their parents about succeeding with learning differences. The panel will speak from 7-9 p.m. on Jan. 19 at the high school library at 400 Grove Ave., Metuchen. Known as “Yes! Ambassadors,”…

  • Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage Cares donates $100,000 to local charities

    Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage Cares donates $100,000 to local charities

    Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage Cares, the philanthropic arm of Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage in New Jersey and Rockland County, New York, recently presented checks totaling $100,000 to 10 charities who assist residents in need throughout local communities. Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage Cares donated $10,000 to each of the following nonprofit organizations: Cabaret for Life, the…

  • Monroe man charged with killing stepfather

    Monroe man charged with killing stepfather

    MONROE – A township man has been charged with killing his stepfather. Joao C. Torres, 26, was charged on Jan. 5 with the murder of Christopher Ernst Sr., 46, who was found dead in a garage room of a home they shared on Garvey Drive in Monroe Township, according to a statement released by Middlesex County…

  • Howell police chief announces promotions

    Howell police chief announces promotions

    By Peter Elacqua Staff Writer HOWELL – Three officers in the Howell Police Department were promoted during a ceremony on Jan. 3 as the Township Council held its 2017 reorganization meeting at the municipal building. In addition to the promotions, officers who have recently joined the police department were introduced to the governing body and…

  • Berger takes oath as Howell mayor; O’Donnell joins council

    Berger takes oath as Howell mayor; O’Donnell joins council

    By Peter Elacqua Staff Writer HOWELL – Democrat Theresa Berger and Republican Evelyn O’Donnell have joined the Howell Township Council as mayor and councilwoman, respectively. Howell’s governing body held its annual reorganization meeting on Jan. 3 at the municipal building. Berger was sworn in to begin serving a four-year term as mayor by state Assemblyman…

  • Fire inspector rules cause of East Brunswick barn fire ‘undetermined’

    Fire inspector rules cause of East Brunswick barn fire ‘undetermined’

    By VASHTI HARRIS Staff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK–Firefighters from the Brookview Volunteer Fire Company in East Brunswick and the Milltown Volunteer Fire Department responded to a fire that severely damaged a barn on New Year’s Day. “We had the fire under control in about 10 minutes and [the] fire was completely out in 25-30 minutes,” Kevin…

  • Lodzinski sentenced to 30 years for killing young son

    Lodzinski sentenced to 30 years for killing young son

      BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer NEW BRUNSWICK — Middlesex County Superior Court Judge Dennis Nieves handed Michelle Lodzinski a 30-year prison sentence for killing her five-year-old son Timothy “Timmy” Wiltsey in 1991. Nieves sentenced Lodzinski, 48, formerly of South Amboy, to the minimum sentence permitted under the law at a hearing on Thursday, Jan.…

  • Special event collected food for Howell pantry

    Special event collected food for Howell pantry

    On Dec. 17, Santa Claus assisted the Ramtown-Howell Fire Company with its annual Santa Ride/Food Drive to assist the Howell Food Pantry. Santa and Ramtown firefighters collected more than 3,800 items for the food pantry. We all are very grateful for the generous donations and the outstanding number of items collected. The items collected will…

  • Metuchen mayor forecasts busy year

    Metuchen mayor forecasts busy year

    By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer METUCHEN — Borough officials have a full agenda as they enter 2017. The focus will be on modernizing the Parking Authority, helping volunteer emergency services, finding a new location for the Metuchen Firehouse, bike and pedestrian safety, park improvements, curbing development that would change the character of neighborhoods and the…

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