• El Dorado fundraiser for Dardani family

    From Monday through Thursday during the month of May, El Dorado Tex Mex Restaurant, 4095 Route 1, Monmouth Junction, will donate $1 per entrée to the family of Tom Dardani, a longtime South Brunswick resident, who passed away from advanced esophageal cancer last month. Dardani and his family have spearheaded the Skull Riders Charity Bike…

  • Students, staff safe after evacuation at Noor-Ul-Iman

    No signs of hazardous materials found at the school BY DEANNAMcLAFFERTY Staff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK — No health hazards were found at Noor-Ul-Iman school in Monmouth Junction after 200 students were evacuated May 3. The evacuation took place at approximately 10:15 a.m. shortly after three students fell ill. South Brunswick police said staff members at…

  • Marlboro man charged with defrauding clients

    Suspect allegedly misappropriated investment money from senior citizens SOUTH BRUNSWICK — A Marlboro man was charged for the third time in four weeks for allegedly defrauding senior citizens. Middlesex County Prosecutor Bruce Kaplan and South Brunswick Police Chief Raymond Hayducka announced on May 1 that Jordan Zemlock, 50, was charged with attempted theft by deception…

  • So. Brunswick responders save choking woman

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK — Township police officers and members of Kendall Park First Aid Squad saved a choking woman recently. Police said a 58-year-old Kendall Park woman was eating dinner with her husband at 7 p.m. April 28 when she began to choke on a piece of food. Her husband attempted to help her but quickly…

  • Financial assistance available for college students

    Rep. Rush Holt, South Brunswick Library share information with parents BY DEANNAMcLAFFERTY Staff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK — The transition from high school to college can be a difficult one, not only for students but their families as well. In an effort to ease the adjustment, Rep. Rush Holt (D-12th District) hosted a student aid workshop…

  • St. A’s students put their minds to work

    Odyssey of the Mind team to compete in World Finals BY DEANNAMcLAFFERTY Staff Writer Jason W. (l-r), Anush C., Benjamin P., Alejandro R., Samuel G., Christian F. and Nicole Z. will represent St. Augustine of Canterbury School at the 2012 World Finals of the Odyssey of the Mind competition May 23-26 at Iowa State University.…

  • Council thanks those who made festival successful

    On behalf of the board and staff of the Arts Council of Princeton, I would like to thank everyone — including the close to 40,000 visitors, 200 vendors and 40 performance groups — who helped make the 42nd annual Communiversity Festival of theArts such a spectacular event on a beautiful day. When the Arts Council…

  • This ‘grassroots’ protest is a long way from the grass

    CODA GREG BEAN The far-right group One Million Moms was back in the national news last week, calling for yet another boycott of J.C. Penney, this time for running an ad in a Mother’sDay catalog that featured two women in a presumably same-sex marriage (they were wearing matching wedding rings), their children and a grandma.…

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