• Free download service for North Brunswick Library cardholders

    Free download service for North Brunswick Library cardholders

    North Brunswick Library patrons can access instant streaming or temporary downloading of thousands of movies, television shows, music albums, e-books, e-audiobooks and comics by using Hoopla, a new digital service being offered through the Libraries of Middlesex Automation Consortium. Check out a maximum of five items per month. Audiobooks, e-books and comics can be borrowed for 21…

  • South Brunswick fights compressor project in Franklin

    South Brunswick fights compressor project in Franklin

    BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK – The township has joined the fight against a proposed compressor project planned for nearby Franklin Township. South Brunswick Mayor Frank Gambatese attended one of two information sessions provided by the Tulsa, Oklahoma-based The Williams Companies on June 28 for the plan to construct a 32,000-horsepower gas compression station at the intersection of…

  • Legislation could help South Brunswick in its fight against proposed pipeline

    Legislation could help South Brunswick in its fight against proposed pipeline

    South Brunswick residents who are fighting a proposed pipeline in nearby Franklin Township are receiving assistance from a local congresswoman. Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-Burlington, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean) has announced that she will introduce legislation to toughen Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) oversight by requiring it to apply more comprehensive procedures to its review of proposed…

  • South Brunswick detective receives Clean Communities award

    South Brunswick detective receives Clean Communities award

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK – South Brunswick Police Detective Michael Pellino has received the annual Enforcement Award from the New Jersey Clean Communities Council (NJCCC). Along with making multiple arrests this past year, Pellino set an example in his community with his hard work and dedication to the South Brunswick Clean Communities Program. In April 2016, the…

  • Writer supports Pelaia in Freehold Township

    Writer supports Pelaia in Freehold Township

    It has been 43 years since the five-member Township Committee in Freehold Township has had a Democratic member. Over 40 years! Where are the checks and balances in our local government? As a Democrat living in Freehold Township, I feel like my concerns have not been addressed. I am tired of a one-party town. I…

  • State champions Roche, Kern lead girls district track and field team

    State champions Roche, Kern lead girls district track and field team

    Led by state champions Ciara Roche and Rachel Kern, it was another big year for girls track and field in the Freehold Regional High School District (FRHSD). School, district and meet records fell by the wayside throughout the season, highlighted by the continual excellence of Freehold Township High School’s Roche and the emergence of Howell…

  • Brannan, Amponsah, Staklinski head up district boys track and field team

    Brannan, Amponsah, Staklinski head up district boys track and field team

    Colts Neck High School’s distance runners were the highlight of the 2016 boys track and field season in the Freehold Regional High School District (FRHSD). Jordan Brannan and Anthony Russo ran a series of fast times that put them up with the state’s best. Brannan took fourth at the NJSIAA Meet of Champions (MOC) in…

  • Sports shorts

    Sports shorts

    Former Freehold Township High School and Monmouth University star Brad Brach is having his best season in the major leagues with the Baltimore Orioles. The right-handed pitcher, who is being used in late-inning relief, is 5-1 with a 1.04 ERA for the Orioles, who through 77 games were in first place in the American League…

  • Andrews looking to add Olympian to track accomplishments

    Andrews looking to add Olympian to track accomplishments

    By Tim Morris Robby Andrews has represented the United States at track and field world championships. He won a gold medal at the IAFF World Relays, anchoring the U.S. team to victory in the 4×800-meter relay. He made the indoor and outdoor World Championship Teams, finishing fourth in the 1,500 meters at this winter’s indoor…

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