• Mixed feelings over KaBoom’s fizzle

    BY KRISTEN DALTON Staff Writer The implosion of the long-running Ka- Boom Fireworks on the Navesink has left many wondering, now what? The KaBoom Executive Committee announced on Feb. 15 that Red Bank’s 2012 July 3 fireworks display would not take place due to soaring security costs and insurance premiums, coupled with the difficulty of…

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    Students say goodbye to a special guest after a reading of Dr. Seuss’ “The Cat in the Hat” on Feb. 16 at Point Road School in Little Silver during a kick-off for the “Read Across America” program, which will take place March 2 on the birthday of beloved children’s author Theodor Geisel. ERIC SUCAR staff

  • Sports shorts

    Teams are being formed for the Middlesex County Parks and Recreation Office’s Spring Slo-Pitch Softball Leagues. The Men’s Sunday League will begin play in late March, and the Thursday Night Coed League will begin in early April. Applications and payment are due by March 9 and are accepted on a first-come basis. Final team rosters…

  • Vikings’ Del Piano captures Group IV state title in the 1,600

    South Brunswick High School’s Cayla Del Piano continued her great 2012 indoor track season at the NJSIAA Group Championships on Saturday. A week after winning three state sectional titles (800, 1,600 and 3,200), Del Piano added the Group IV 1,600-meter state championship to her résumé at the John Bennett Indoor Athletic Complex in Toms River.…

  • NB swim coach Anderson is retiring after 39 years

    Started the program back in 1973 BY WARREN RAPPLEYEA Correspondent When Gregg Anderson answered an ad for a swimming coach at the newly minted North Brunswick Township High School back in 1973, he was also given a job as a “permanent” substitute teacher. He had no idea how permanent it would be. Anderson has become…

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    South Brunswick High School’s Jordan Pagano tried to pin Monroe’s Anthony Aversano in their 126-pound match in the semi-finals of the District 20 wrestling tournament at South Brunswick High School on Feb. 18. Pagano defeated East Brunswick’s Mike Nicolaro, 6-3, in the final. JEFF GRANIT staff

  • SAMHAJ to hold support groups

    The South Asian Mental Health Awareness in Jersey (SAMHAJ) support groups will hold the following meetings for families and individuals affected by serious mental illness. • 7-9 p.m. March 1 at 1562 Route 130, North Brunswick; and • 6:30-8:30 p.m. March 5 at North Edison Library, 777 Grove Ave., Edison. For more information, call 732-940-…

  • County debuts new traffic safety website

    Information includes road information, safety data, links to county and state offices Middlesex County is now operating a comprehensive traffic safety website for traffic safety concerns and road information, including tips for drivers, pedestrians and cyclists. The website, http://mctrafficsafety.com, also enables users to report road repair issues and provides a list of all traffic safety…

  • Mary E. (Lankes) Leahy

    Mrs. Leahy, 96, died Feb. 11, 2012, at Margaret McLaughlin McCarrick Care Center, Somerset. Born in Buffalo, N.Y., she had lived in New Brunswick before moving to North Brunswick in 1968. Mrs. Leahy was a communicant of Sacred Heart Catholic Church, New Brunswick, and was a member of the church’s Altar Rosary Society. She had…

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