• Friends and Neighbors in Action 10th annual event

    Friends and Neighbors in Action 10th annual event

    Friends and Neighbors in Action (FNA) will hold its 10th annual FNA 5K and 1 mile fun walk on Oct. 1 at 9 a.m. at Thompson Park, Forsgate Drive, Monroe Township. FNA is partnering with Rutgers Veterans Home to fund the launch of a service dog program designed to reduce the suicide rate in military…

  • Pollinator ‘hotels’ provide area for insects to rest

    Pollinator ‘hotels’ provide area for insects to rest

      By JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK — The buzz this summer is a local park being a hotbed for hotels. Patrick Fitzgerald, an Eagle Scout candidate who was a junior at East Brunswick High School at the time, constructed eight native pollinator nesting areas on the open space parcel inside of Davidson Mill Pond…

  • Local gyms help food bank refuel supplies during ‘Spoontember’

    Local gyms help food bank refuel supplies during ‘Spoontember’

    In honor of Hunger Action Month, the Middlesex County food bank has recruited several local gyms to pump up donations by hosting on-site food drives throughout September. “Food donations taper off in the summertime; that’s just the stark reality, but this season’s donations have been exceptionally lean,” Jennifer Apostol, project manager with the Middlesex County…

  • Two East Brunswick residents charged with heroin possession

    Two East Brunswick residents charged with heroin possession

    EAST BRUNSWICK — Two East Brunswick residents have been charged with possession of heroin. The Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office Narcotics Task Force and detectives from the East Brunswick Police Department executed a narcotics search warrant at 5 Dalston St. in East Brunswick on Aug. 24. The search warrant was a result of a several-month investigation conducted by…

  • Fans encouraged to wear black to South Brunswick football opener

    Fans encouraged to wear black to South Brunswick football opener

    The South Brunswick High School Vikings, the Central Jersey, Group V state playoff champion last fall, will open the football season at home on Sept. 9 against a rugged foe in Old Bridge High. South Brunswick students and fans are encouraged to wear black to the game for a “blackout.” The motto for the game is…

  • North Brunswick preschool accepting applications

    North Brunswick preschool accepting applications

    The North Brunswick Township Early Childhood Center is currently accepting applications for student registration for the upcoming school year. The half-day preschool program runs five days a week from either 8:55-11:25 a.m. or 12:30-3 p.m. The cost is $365 per month. Bus transportation is available; transportation cost is $1,000 for the school year. For more information, call Christine Caradonna…

  • Beauty is more than just skin deep when body becomes ultimate canvas

    Beauty is more than just skin deep when body becomes ultimate canvas

    By JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer A woman who had a mastectomy had such terrible scarring that she was unable to have reconstructive surgery afterward. She decided to instead get a tattoo of flowers, a butterfly and a ladybug to make herself less self-conscious about her initial surgery. “It gave her renewed vigor to be proud of…

  • School counselors go the distance for students

    By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer School counselors wear many hats — from being the go-to person for advice in determining the path beyond high school to the shoulder to cry on when tragedy strikes. “The role of counselors in the school district is very critical,” said Jim Lukach, executive director of the New Jersey School…

  • Insurance payments drive up drug prices

    Insurance payments drive up drug prices

    As a pharmacist for 58 years, I have seen what has happened to drug prices since the beginning of insurance coverage for prescriptions. The price of an Epipen has gone from hardly nothing when it was introduced to $615 for two pens. Why? Because insurance will pay. Because the public could not afford the approximate…

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