• N.B. to host Heritage Day festival Sept. 29

    North Brunswick’s annual Heritage Day festival will be held from 12 to 5 p.m. on Sept. 29 at Babbage Park. The rain date is Sept. 30. Heritage Day celebrates the town’s ethnic diversity and historic traditions with food vendors, crafts, games, live music, vendors, a petting zoo, pony rides, a train ride, a horse drawn…

  • ’Tis the season … for toggle bolts

    ARE WE THERE YET LORI CLINCH Something strange happens to me this time of year. I start to feel crisp and brisk and almost as if there’s orange in my aura. While my family of men scarcely thinks of anything besides first downs and encroachments, I begin musing over berries, pine cones and raffia. I…

  • SBHS pays tribute to late coach, teacher and friend

    Laszlo Nyitrai passed away in July at the age of 82 BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK — Michael Paquette may have said it best: How do you condense 82 years of Laszlo Nyitrai into five minutes? Paquette was one of several speakers who shared their memories of Nyitrai, a coach and teacher at…

  • American Legion hosts karaoke dances

    American Legion Post 401, 148 Major Road, South Brunswick, will resume its karaoke dances on the third Friday of each month at 8:30 p.m. Karaoke is free and open to the public. Dances will be held on Sept. 21, Oct. 19, Nov. 16 and Dec. 21. For more information, call 732-329-9861.

  • S.B. library to screen Alfred Hitchcock films

    The South Brunswick Public Library, 110 Kingston Lane, Monmouth Junction, will show classic films by Alfred Hitchcock at 6:30 p.m. on the fourth Wednesday of every month through December. “Vertigo” (1958), starring James Stewart and Kim Novak, will be screened Sept. 26. This story of deception and obsession follows a private detective as he unravels…

  • Charity yard sale supports A21 Campaign

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK — A charity yard sale held at the Willows Swim Club in Kendall Park on Sept. 8 raised $3,030 to support the A21 campaign. The A21 Campaign is comprised of individuals, organizations, government officials, and citizens who are committed to abolishing injustice in the 21st century. It strives to prevent human trafficking; protect…

  • Local veteran receives Heart of a Hero scholarship

    Sgt. First Class Harvey L. Craig awarded $10,000 for post-secondary education NORTH BRUNSWICK — A township veteran has received the New Jersey Heroes Heart of a Hero scholarship. Sgt. First Class Harvey L. Craig, United States Army, was one of 10 recipients of the $10,000 scholarship, which was announced by first lady Mary Pat Christie…

  • Classroom punishment: American horror stories

    CODA GREG BEAN When I was in the third grade, we had a teacher who was mean, cruel and scared us to death. If you were just sorta bad — say, you tracked mud into the classroom after recess — she’d make you sit in the closet where they kept the hats, coats, mittens, boots…

  • Viking Closet event a community-wide success

    The Viking Closet Back to School Event that was held on Thursday, Aug. 23 was a great success. Thanks to the over 20 volunteers from South Brunswick High School and the community who helped make things go smoothly and without a hitch. The student volunteers had many jobs to undertake. There was a set up…

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