• New landlord regulations in No. Brunswick

    The township of North Brunswick is reminding landlords who are renting residential property that Oct. 1 is the deadline to register under new landlord regulations. The Township Council amended the Municipal Rental Housing Code earlier this summer and established a new three-year landlord registration requirement with an associated fee of $30. Penalties are being established…

  • Woman missing from N.B. located safely

    NORTH BRUNSWICK — A woman missing from North Brunswick for five days was found safe last week. Dorila Rodriguez, 68, of Brooklyn, N.Y., was last seen Sept. 1 in the area of Willowbrook Drive in North Brunswick while visiting with a relative. On the morning of Sept. 6, North Brunswick police were notified that she…

  • Facebook class for adults at library

    South Brunswick Public Library, 110 Kingston Lane, Monmouth Junction, will host a Facebook class for adults from noon to 1:30 p.m. Sept. 23. The class will focus on the basics of Facebook: how to sign up, create a profile, choose privacy settings, upload photos, write posts and find friends. For more information and to register,…

  • Banquet hall application denied in So. Brunswick

    Zoning Board cites unsafe traffic conditions, late business hours as reason for denial BY DEANNAMcLAFFERTY Staff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK — Concerned residents of Whispering Woods received the news they were hoping for when the township Zoning Board handed down a unanimous vote for the denial of a banquet hall on Route 1 at its Sept.…

  • business briefs 

    Brunswick Mobility Professionals will hold its seventh annual Open House and Customer Appreciation Day Sept. 24 at 1500 Route 1 north, North Brunswick (next to DCH Toyota), from 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. A tour of the facility will be provided as well as product demonstrations by the manufacturers of wheelchair-accessible vans and mobility equipment.…

  • Middlesex County PDs equipped with automated license plate readers

    Middlesex County has purchased Automated License Plate Recognition Systems (ALPR’s) for police departments throughout the county. The ALPRs, mounted to the roof or on the trunk of a patrol car, automatically read license plates as the police vehicle is on patrol. The readers then compare the registration information against various databases. The system automatically alerts…

  • Middlesex County eligible for federal hurricane assistance

    A ll 25 municipalities in Middlesex County are eligible for federal assistance to help with costs associated with the impact of August’s Hurricane Irene. Eligibility allows residents to apply for different types of assistance, including temporary housing, repairs, replacement or other needs, such as Disaster Unemployment Assistance and Small Business Administration disaster loans. To register…

  • Single-family homes approved for Greenview Road, S.B.

    BY DEANNAMcLAFFERTY Staff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK — Despite residential concerns, town officials had no choice but to approve an application for the addition of 73 single-family homes on Route 1 south and Greenview Road. Kaplan Cos. received the go-ahead for construction of the homes at the Sept. 7 Planning Board meeting, almost 10 years after…

  • Consignment sale Sept. 23-24 in N.B.

    Jersey Kids Consignment will hold its fall sale 9:30 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. Sept. 23 and 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Sept. 24, with a halfprice sale from 1 to 7 p.m., at North Brunswick Volunteer Fire Co. No. 3, 1470 Cozzens Lane. The general sale, which is held twice a year, is open to…

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