• Calm, cool and Sully

    Calm, cool and Sully

    By Paul Hall It was a cold morning in January 2009 as US Airways Flight 1549 prepared for takeoff. The flight was scheduled to travel from New York’s LaGuardia Airport to Charlotte, N.C. A seemingly normal morning for Capt. Chesley Sullenberger was about to turn into something that was anything but ordinary. Once airborne, the…

  • Barrons top Colonia behind Henry, Ellington to open season

    Barrons top Colonia behind Henry, Ellington to open season

    By Jeff Appelblatt Just weeks before the 2016 high school football season began, Woodbridge High School head coach Kevin Coleman wasn’t sure who he’d have running things at quarterback. Last year’s quarterback, Tracy Fudge, graduated before the summer started, and Coleman found himself debating whether a sophomore was ready to fill the critical position or…

  • Lancers focusing on winning ground game on gridiron

    Lancers focusing on winning ground game on gridiron

    By Matthew Rocco St. John Vianney High School was on the losing end of last year’s NJSIAA Non-Public, Group III final, but the 2016 football season isn’t about avenging that heartbreaking end to 2015. The Lancers are remaking their identity. As head coach Derek Sininsky explains it, the Lancers are bringing old-school football to the…

  • Workshop will address harvesting and preserving herbs

    Workshop will address harvesting and preserving herbs

    The Master Gardeners of Middlesex County will hold an upcoming workshop, “The Bountiful Herb Garden: Harvesting and Preserving Your Herbs,” from 10 a.m. to noon on Sept. 24 at the Middlesex County EARTH Center, located in Davidson’s Mill Pond Park, 42 Riva Ave., South Brunswick. The workshop will teach gardeners the best times and methods to harvest leaves,…

  • Edison candidate bows out amid controversy

    Edison candidate bows out amid controversy

    By JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent EDISON — Nilesh Dasondi has withdrawn from the Edison Board of Education race. Dasondi, who spent six months in a federal prison after a conviction for money laundering in connection with an illegal fraud scheme, released a statement that indicated the controversy around his conviction had prompted his decision. Those who had…

  • Indoor vendor fair set for Sept. 24

    Indoor vendor fair set for Sept. 24

    An indoor vendor fair will be held from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Sept. 24 at the North Brunswick Senior Center, 15 Linwood Place. For more information, call 732-418-2222.

  • Directions are easy – if you know where you are going

    Directions are easy – if you know where you are going

    By Lori Clinch One of the best things about having an antique shop is going out and buying the antiques. You just never know what treasures you will find when someone invites you to their home or barns. One thing I have learned is that there are a lot of wonderful people in this world. …

  • Marlboro Day scheduled for Sept. 18

    Marlboro Day scheduled for Sept. 18

    By Peter Elacqua Staff Writer MARLBORO – The 33rd annual Marlboro Day celebration will take place on Sept. 18 from noon to 5 p.m. at the Marlboro Municipal Complex, 1979 Township Drive. Recreation Director Ted Ernst said there will be food vendors, ice cream trucks, public service representatives, crafters, representatives of nonprofit organizations and commercial…

  • Pig farm plan pits owner vs. Manalapan

    Pig farm plan pits owner vs. Manalapan

    By Mark Rosman Staff Writer MANALAPAN – There is a difference of opinion as to whether a land owner can establish a pig farm on a 130-acre property he owns at the corner of Route 33 west and Millhurst Road, Manalapan. Land owner Joseph Spano maintains he can raise pigs on the parcel; Township Attorney…

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