• Fish-Fry Dinners to conclude at VFW

    Clark-Moetz Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 2319 will host the last of its annual Lenten Fish-Fry Dinners 5-8 p.m. March 29, Good Friday, at the post home, 45 Broad St., Milltown. A fresh-fish meal will be served. Dinner will include salad, fish, french fries, a vegetable, coleslaw, rolls and dessert. Donation is $10 for…

  • Another airsoft gun removed from Linwood Middle School

    North Brunswick school locked down for the second time in five days BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK — It happened again. That is what parents, who attended the North Brunswick Board of Education meeting on March 20, said their children told them when they arrived home from school on Monday, March 18. A…

  • Vendors welcome at Jamesburg Fall Fest

    The Jamesburg Fall Festival will be held from noon to 5 p.m. Oct. 19 on West Railroad Avenue. Vendors are sought. To reserve a space, call Councilwoman Barbara Carpenter at 732-580-4561.

  • Book Club to meet on April 1 in S.B.

    The Monday Night Book Club at the South Brunswick Library, 110 Kingston Lane, Monmouth Junction, will discuss “The Language of Flowers” by Vanessa Diffenbaugh, on April 1 in the Local History Room.

  • N.B. Board of Ed. budget restores some positions

    Impact will be $111 for the year on an average assessed home BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK — The township Board of Education approved its $91.1 million budget for the 2013-14 school year on March 21. The spending plan is at the 2 percent cap and raises taxes $9.25 a month or $111…

  • Buono ‘passionate’ about running for governor

    Democrat is optimistic about her chances against Chris Christie in November BY JESSICA D’AMICO Staff Writer Barbara Buono and her husband Martin Gizzi jog along with their dog Ruby on the Middlesex Greenway. KATHY CHANG State Sen. Barbara Buono’s long and ambitious political career could easily have become the center of her life. But, despite…

  • Retired police officers will guard N.B. schools

    Board of Ed. approves hiring of one officer for each school BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer The North Brunswick Board of Education is beefing up security with the hiring of six retired police officers, or one for each township school. The hires are part of the board’s 2013- 14 school budget, which the board approved…

  • Parents rally for more state aid in S.B.

    Allocation was increased by only one dollar for 2013-14 BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer Parents in the South Brunswick school district are “thanking” Gov. Chris Christie for a dollar. Several township residents gathered outside the South Brunswick Board of Education offices on Black Horse Lane March 21 to rally for more state aid allocation to…

  • New Jerseyans have fresh perspective on farming

    More growers are going organic, joining community-supported agriculture BY THOMAS CASTLES Staff Writer Elaine Taylor tends to the organic crops that are grown at Shangri La Farm, Howell. About one year ago, Taylor co-founded a cooperative whose members pay $35 for a 15-pound bag of seasonal produce, a half-dozen eggs, a piece of cheese and…

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