• MCC honors adjunct faculty members

    Middlesex County College (MCC) honored adjunct faculty members for service anniversaries during the Adjunct Faculty Development Day in March. The following faculty members were honored: Joseph Whelan, of Edison, of the English as a Second Language Department received an award for 20 semesters of teaching; Julio Arboleda, of Parlin, of the English as a Second…

  • North Jersey Media Group goes live with solar power

    North Jersey Media Group switched on its solar power facility last week, enabling the company to generate more than 60 percent of the electricity required for its Rockaway printing plant with the sun’s energy. In a partnership with KDC Solar, of Bedminster, the solar facility has an output of 5 megawatts of power, which is…

  • County seeks PSAs on distracted driving

    Middlesex County has announced its 2013 “Don’t Drive Dangerously” publicservice announcement (PSA) contest. The contest calls on teens in all public and nonpublic Middlesex County High School to create 30-second PSAs focusing on the consequences of all forms of distracted driving. Middlesex County high schools are urged to submit student-produced public service announcements in both…

  • Workshops to focus on rain barrels

    Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Middlesex County will present a Build a Rain Barrel workshop at 6:30 p.m. on April 10, at the EARTH Center in Davidson’s Mill Pond Park, 42 Riva Ave., South Brunswick. Participants will build their own rain barrels and learn how to install them at home. A rain barrel is placed under…

  • Second Amendment has no chance of being repealed

    There has been much concern by some people lately that somehow the government is coming to take their guns. There is no law that can be written to stop anyone from having a gun (just certain types). It would require an amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which requires both houses of Congress to vote in…

  • ‘Signs’ of unfair politics

    So we have the South Brunswick Township Council considering a do-notknock law restricting solicitors between the hours of 7 p.m. and 8 a.m. This seems fair, but here comes the caveat: The township attorney has announced to the council that political solicitations are exempt. Why are politicians special? Another example of hypocrisy is campaign signs.…

  • Center helps women to achieve goals

    March marks Women’s History Month, a national commemoration of the economic, political and social achievements of women. As we celebrate women’s accomplishments, I invite you to remember the local women who need our help to become economically and personally self-sufficient. I’m talking about displaced homemakers — women who have lost their primary means of financial…

  • Photo

    A salamander takes part in the annual migration in East Brunswick, Middlesex County, on March 12. Each year as spring approaches, the amphibians cross Beekman Road to reach vernal pools for breeding. PHOTO COURTESY OF THE FRIENDS OF THE EAST BRUNSWICK ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION

  • Artists wanted to design sculpture

    New Brunswick Public Sculpture has released its “Call for Artists” for the inaugural installation of a life-sized bronze sculpture of Col. John Nielson. The sculpture will show Nielson atop a table addressing the New Brunswick community during the third reading of the Declaration of Independence, which was read just a few days prior in Philadelphia…

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