• Reader urges awareness of pancreatic cancer

    Unfortunately, in 2011 alone more than 44,000 people were diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, and what’s worse is that nearly 38,000 died. In fact, 74 percent of patients die within the first year of diagnosis and the fiveyear survival rate is just 6 percent because the disease is typically caught at a late stage and is…

  • Christie thanked for crackdown on contractors

    Following the freak October snowstorm of 2011, as well as Hurricane Irene, tens of thousands of New Jerseyans suffered significant property damage requiring extensive repair. Backlogs of work among many reputable and well-established area contractors led many to seek out secondary or perhaps even tertiary options via word-of-mouth, telephone directories, online searches or even fliers…

  • The dream lives on

    The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was invited to inaugurate a lecture series at the Alumni Memorial Gymnasium (now Boylan Gymnasium) at Monmouth College, West Long Branch, on Oct. 6, 1966. PHOTO COURTESY OF MONMOUTH UNIVERSITY ARCHIVES

  • Zimmerli to host Philly museum trip

    Visit the Philadelphia Museum of Art and two historic Fairmount Park houses on Tuesday, Feb. 7, on the Zimmerli Art Museum’s next bus trip. Associate Curator of European Art Christine Giviskos joins the trip to provide insight in addition to the guided tours. The bus departs at 8:15 a.m. from the Sears parking lot on…

  • Blood drive Jan. 22 at B’nai Tikvah

    Congregation B’nai Tikvah, 1001 Finnegans Lane, North Brunswick, will hold a blood donor drive 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Jan. 22 Donors age 17 and up (or 16 with written permission from parent/guardian) are eligible, and must be in good general health and weigh at least 120 pounds. Donors should eat before donating, and have…

  • So. Brunswick school district sets some very important dates

    Students to read ‘Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland,’ participate in activities BY DEANNAMcLAFFERTY Staff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK — Participating students will make the trek from Oz to Wonderland as the South Brunswick Reads program kicks off its second year to promote improved literacy within the school district. The district, in partnership with the South Brunswick Public…

  • Students participate in regional DECA marketing challenge

    North Brunswick, Sayreville among teams represented BY DEANNAMcLAFFERTY Staff Writer Above: North Brunswick Township High School senior Hayley Toth pitches her ideas on marketing fashion and apparel to a DECA regional competition judge during a competition at Middlesex County College on Jan. 10. Left: North Brunswick Township High School senior Katelyn Pietrocola shows off her…

  • Free yoga class at S.B. library Jan. 23

    South Brunswick Public Library, 110 Kingston Lane, Monmouth Junction, will hold a free yoga class Monday, Jan. 23, at 7 p.m. Participants must be over the age of 14.

  • Crowds come out to fight mail operations transfer

    USPS hears comments on plan to move mail processing from Edison to Kearny BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer Keep the mail center in Edison open. That was the consensus among hundreds of people who attended the U.S. Postal Service’s public hearing on its proposal to consolidate and move operations from the Kilmer Processing & Distribution…

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