• Rain, rain finally goes away

    Heritage Day postponed a day in North Brunswick; still enjoyed by thousands BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer Timbo the Clown juggles some swords during the 29th annual Heritage Day festival in North Brunswick on Sept. 25. SCOTT FRIEDMAN NORTH BRUNSWICK — Bad weather cannot break the spirit of North Brunswick this year. Despite snowstorms, hurricanes…

  • Park becomes the ‘greatest little park in the land’

    Twenty-five acres on the border of N.B. and Milltown named after David B. Crabiel BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer Paulette Crabiel Wahler (l), her husband Piscataway Mayor Brian Wahler (r) and their children attended the dedication ceremony of David B. Crabiel Park on Sept. 22 in honor of Crabiel Wahler’s father, the former Middlesex County…

  • Resident says politics put above interests of So. Brunswick

    On Monday, Sept 12, I [learned] that our town council intended to appoint Mr. Bernard Hvozdovic as the township manager. This appointment seems inappropriate and gives the appearance political impropriety for these five reasons: 1. Mr. Hvozdovic is the chairman of the South Brunswick Democratic Committee. 2. South Brunswick Township operates under the Faulkner Act…

  • Pride, heritage still strong despite canceled parade

    I am writing this letter in response to the Italian Cultural Society’s letter to the editor with concerns about the cancellation of the North Brunswick Italian American Social Club’s Columbus Day parade. First let me say this, no one has more pride in our Italian Heritage than the members of the Italian American Club. The…

  • Writer responds to letter about child obesity

    This letter is in response to an Sept. 15” letter written by Dr. Kenneth Maynard W ith all due respect to Dr. Maynard and his colleagues at the American Medical Association, child obesity can not and should not be attributed to food manufacturers’ lack of adherence to government “principles” or regulations; rather, it is the…

  • Town’s political power all in one basket

    The town council shattered a precedent set for more than 45 years on Sept. 14. They did this by appointing the first person to ever be given the responsibility as city manager without any experience, training, certification or qualifications for the position. I find this action to be a shocking departure from decades of honorable…

  • ‘Middle School Success’ lecture Oct. 6

    The South Brunswick Parent Academy will present “Helping Your Child Navigate the Road to Middle School Success,” 7-8:30 p.m. Oct. 6 at Crossroads North Middle School, 635 Georges Road. This workshop will address the transitions children experience during their middle school years. Parents will learn not only how to identify and understand the stranger in…

  • ‘When Winter Comes’

    Art exhibit and more at S.B. Municipal Building BY DEANNAMcLAFFERTY Staff Writer The juried art exhibit “When Winter Comes” will be featured at the South Brunswick municipal building through Dec. 26. SOUTH BRUNSWICK — Winter, in all its colors, forms and connotations, is the theme of the latest South Brunswick Arts Commission exhibit. Fourteen township…

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