• N.B. ESL teacher makes ‘magic’ in the classroom

    Marcelino Garcia receives Greater Media’s ‘Teachers Who Make Magic’ award BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK— Marcelino Garcia turned a degree in drama into a magical teaching career. Garcia, an English-as-a-Second- Language [ESL] teacher at North Brunswick Township High School, began acting at the University of Texas inAustin, concentrating his major in accents. He…

  • Pair charged in N.B. shed theft

    NORTH BRUNSWICK — Two people have been arrested for allegedly stealing items from a shed on Sherman Road. A homeowner had called police around 4:30 p.m. Jan. 17 to report a missing snowblower, generator and chainsaw. Later that evening, after an investigation, Paul D. Ensley, 49, and Heather L. Jones, 35, both of Freehold, were…

  • N.B. authorities seize cocaine, cash

    NORTH BRUNSWICK — Over 5 ounces of cocaine and $50,000 in cash were seized from a township home on Jan. 13. Tony Falcon, 37, of 601 Lee Ave., was charged with possession of controlled dangerous substances (CDS), distribution of CDS, possession of CDS in a school zone, and possession of CDS near a park. Bail…

  • Man arrested in connection to last month’s Radio Shack burglary

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK — A 24-yearold Franklin man has been arrested and charged with the armed robbery of a Radio Shack on Route 27 last month, according to a press release. Emendo E. Bowers, of Somerset, allegedly robbed the electronics store with another black male around 10:14 a.m. on Dec. 19. The two men stole iPhones,…

  • Detecting the weather

    Middlesex County native knows when a storm is brewing BY ELLEN MONTEMARANO Staff Writer Thomas Else Thomas Else likes to play detective and has been an expert witness in trials in New Jersey and neighboring states. But Else is not a police officer or even a private investigator, he is a meteorologist. A 1993 graduate…

  • No. Bruns. man arrested on murder charge

    A North Brunswick man was charged with fatally shooting a 21-year-old in New Brunswick earlier this month. Eduardo H. Escobar-Landaverde, 18, of North Brunswick, was charged with murder and possession of a firearm for an unlawful purpose in the death of Oswaldo Lozada, 21, of North Brunswick, on Jan. 9. Escobar-Landaverde was charged on Jan.…

  • Middlesex Cty. budget to cut spending by more than $1M

    Restructuring plan began at beginning of 2011 BY DEANNAMcLAFFERTY Staff Writer The Middlesex County Board of Freeholders announced its proposal for a $404,234,000 operational budget for 2012 during a meeting on Jan. 17. The operating budget cuts spending by more than $1 million from last year and $2 million from 2010. The decrease is part…

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    Mike Wells, of Kendall Park, and Penina Klapper, of East Brunswick, relax while donating platelets during a blood, platelet and bone marrow drive in Franklin Park on Jan. 22 for the Hugs for Brady Foundation. Wells’s son, Brady, was diagnosed with non-differentiated acute lymphoma in 2009 and endured six rounds of chemotherapy, 66 blood transfusions…

  • School boards to decide if worthwhile to move elections to November

    No. Brunswick will hold special meeting on Feb. 1 Deanna McLafferty and Jennifer Amato School boards across the state are deciding whether to move their elections from April to November, after Gov. Chris Christie recently signed legislation that provides that option. The South Brunswick Board of Education is scheduled to discuss the matter at its…

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