• Veterans sought for Nov. 11 parade

    The Veterans Alliance of Raritan Valley, the City of New Brunswick and the Borough of Highland Park are hosting a parade to honor all veterans, past, present and future, on Nov. 11. The parade will start at 11 a.m. in Highland Park near the Doughboy Monument, and will march to New Brunswick, ending at the…

  • Donors needed for E.B. blood drive

    The East Brunswick Community Blood Drive is set for 3-8 p.m. Oct. 24 at the East Brunswick Public Library, Jean Walling Civic Center. Residents are asked to donate blood to save a life. For more information, call 732- 390-6819.

  • Fall fun on tap in downtown Jamesburg

    BY JAMES McEVOY Staff Writer JAMESBURG — Residents of all ages are invited to celebrate autumn with games, music and food at the annual Jamesburg Fall Festival this weekend. Councilwoman Barbara Carpenter said the event, which will take place Sunday from noon to 5 p.m. along West Railroad Avenue, is a great opportunity for the…

  • Hero from Sept. 11 honored

    Lt. Keegan, of E. Brunswick, also recognized for work with Int’l Rett Syndrome Association BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer Lt. William Keegan Jr., a 20-year veteran of the Port Authority Police Department, was the nighttime operations commander of the World Trade Center rescue-recovery teams after the terrorist attacks of 9/11. He also is involved with…

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    Amanda Desimone, a member of the Monroe Township High School Color Guard, performs for the audience during halftime of the school’s football game on Oct. 14. JEFF GRANIT staff

  • Electric rates a key issue for South River hopefuls

    Krenzel, Vaughn vie to serve as mayor for next four years BY DEANNAMcLAFFERTY Staff Writer With two new candidates for the South River’s mayoral position, the race might boil down to one key issue: electric rates. Democrat Matt Vaughn and Republican John Krenzel are both current members of the Borough Council, with Krenzel serving as…

  • East Brunswick school board settles fire claim

    Insurer to pay $6.69M; most will go to construction of new Memorial School BY CHRIS ZAWISTOWSKI Staff Writer The East Brunswick Board of Education has reached a $6.7 million insurance settlement, ending a longstanding dispute over reimbursements for Memorial Elementary School, which was largely destroyed in a July 2008 fire. The school district amicably settled…

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    Some 25 musicians performed at the East Brunswick Public Library on Oct. 16 during the Harpers’ Escape Concert. Players came from all over the country to be part of the 19th annual Harpers’ Escape weekend at Rutgers University, which culminated with the concert at the library. SCOTT FRIEDMAN

  • EBC Radio Completes Acquisition of Greater Media’s WWTR-AM

    EBC Radio has completed its acquisition of Greater Media’s 1170 WWTR-AM in Bridgewater, NJ. The Greater Media property is in the Middlesex-Somerset-Union NJ market, which is ranked 40th by Arbitron. EBC has been operating WWTR-AM for several years under a time brokerage agreement with Greater Media and features a South Asian format for the expanding…

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