• N.B. gymnast honored for medal at NJSIAA state competition

    NORTH BRUNSWICK — For her first year on the NBTHS gymnastics team, Alexis Gabel didn’t do so badly. In fact, Gabel, a senior, set every record at North Brunswick Township High School within six months of joining the squad, according to Athletic Director Lou Emanuel. She came to the school as a sophomore but only…

  • It all makes ‘sense’

    Top: Michael Neumann is congratulated by fellow Raider Robotix team parents for winning the auction during the Quarter Auction fundraiser held by the Raider Robotix team at North Brunswick Township High School on Dec. 9. Above: Bidders raise their paddles for tempting merchandise during the Quarter Auction. PHOTOS BY SCOTT FRIEDMAN

  • Mother grateful to cheerleading coach

    My daughter has been a Pop Warner cheerleader since kindergarten and this was her last year. An eightyear journey was about to be over, then unfortunately she got sick. Her fever fluctuated and we were not very sure why. I sit back and realize how grateful I am to my daughter’s coach, who helped her…

  • You’re not getting fat, you’re just a survivor

    CODA GREG BEAN I got on the scale last week after avoiding the thing since summer and thought I had forgotten to change the batteries because it was giving me such a crazy reading. Instead of the svelte guy I see in my mind’s eye every morning, it was informing me I’d somehow transformed into…

  • S.B. child care center to offer a new ‘experience’

    Pre-enrollment discounts offered for The Learning Center of Mon. Junction BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK — The Learning Experience at Monmouth Junction is currently accepting pre-enrollment for the child care education center, which will open in January. Navin Gautam and his wife previously opened a center in Virginia, and then one in Somerset,…

  • Children embrace the holidays at annual party

    Embrace Kids Foundation provides Winter Wonderland for patients, families NEW BRUNSWICK — The annual Embrace Kids Foundation Holiday Event provided some muchneeded joy and relaxation for patients and their families. Held on Dec. 17 at the atrium of Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, the event included a catered lunch, live entertainment, a…

  • Muslims claim store hit new ‘Lowe’ with ad controversy

    BY DEANNAMcLAFFERTY Staff Writer Muslims across the country were dismayed earlier this month to hear Lowe’s Home Improvement pulled its ads from a TLC reality show, which follows five American Muslim families in Michigan, for apparently bigoted reasons. The company made its decision after receiving a letter from an evangelical Christian group, Florida Family Association.…

  • So. Brunswick man arrested for attempted murder

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK — A Monmouth Junction man wanted in connection with the attempted murder of the person he is charged with stabbing on Dec. 18 was arrested by police the following evening, according to the South Brunswick Police Department. The department, with assistance from theMiddlesex County Prosecutor’s Office and the U.S. Marshal Fugitive Task Force,…

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