• Free prostate cancer screenings offered

    The Cancer Institute of New Jersey (CINJ), in collaboration with the Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Community Health Promotion Program and cosponsored by Panera Bread, is hosting free prostate cancer screenings at CINJ, 195 Little Albany St. 5-8 p.m. Sept. 19, 20 and 21. The screening is open to men 40 years of age and…

  • Middlesex County expects federal disaster aid for hurricane

    Middlesex County fully anticipates a federal disaster declaration in the coming days, which will ensure that the 25 municipalities will receive federal disaster aid. Middlesex County Freeholder Director Christopher D. Rafano said county and town governments have taken and will continue to take the necessary steps to ensure residents’ needs are met in the aftermath…

  • No. Brunswick resident attempts 100-mile marathon

    Along the way Mohit Moondra raised over $1,100 for people with disabilities BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK — Mohit Moondra spent four years at North Brunswick Township High School on the track and cross-country teams. As a sophomore and junior at Carnegie Mellon University, he decided to join the cross-country team again. When…

  • 9/11 observances

    PHOTO BY FARRAH TOMASELLI The most powerful weapon known to humanity is not an airliner flown into a building. Nor anthrax. Nor even a nuclear device. The most powerful weapon is fear. Fear is the only weapon that can destroy a country, because it is the one thing that can make people surrender their ideals.…

  • Memorial plaque honoring events of 9/11 to be unveiled

    North Brunswick’s commemorative ceremony to begin at 8:30 a.m. Sunday BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer Miles Kirwin Editor’s note: The location of the Walk of Remembrance has been changed to the intersection of Routes 1 and 130 by the American flag. The public is invited to meet at 7:15 a.m. Sept. 11 in the Chili’s…

  • So. Brunswick still reeling from effects of Irene

    Town is the hardest hit in the county for power loss Alden Rathburn Jr. stands in his front yard on Fresh Ponds Road in South Brunswick on Aug. 31, assessing a tree that nearly fell on his home after Hurricane Irene. JEFF GRANIT staff South Brunswick officials and emergency response teams were tested during the…

  • Update: Woman missing from No. Brunswick located safely

    NORTH BRUNSWICK – A woman missing from North Brunswick since Sept. 1 has been located safely. Dorila Rodriguez, 68, of Brooklyn, N.Y., was last seen 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 was at Raritan…

  • Community YMCA swimmers shine at national championships

    The CommunityYMCA’sAquarockets swim team earned top spots at the 2011 YMCA National Long Course Swimming Championships, held in Atlanta, Ga., over the summer. The boys’ team ranked ninth overall, and 13 local swimmers earnedAllAmerican status (placing in the top 20 of an event). “Our swimmers continue to excel at Y Nationals, and we are very…

  • Scarlet Knights open 2011 with victory they needed

    BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer Rutgers University’s football team did what it wanted and needed to do Thursday night, and that was to get the 2011 season off on a positive note. “We all needed to get the monkey off our back,” said head coach Greg Schiano, who is beginning his 11th season on the…

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