• Free skin cancer screening for seniors

    The Saint Peter’s University Mobile Health Services will be providing free skin cancer screenings in their mobile unit 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. July 12 and 19 in the parking lot in front of the South Brunswick Senior Center, Route 522. The screening are by appointment only and are open only to township residents age…

  • Linwood task force addresses concerns of students, parents, staff

    Bullying, discipline cited as major areas to improve BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK— Inconsistent disciplinary procedures, bullying and the monitoring of common areas are at the top of the list of issues to address at Linwood Middle School (LMS) in the upcoming school year. Rick Selover, chairman of the LMS Climate Task Force,…

  • Endurance challenge

    Above: Angela Winther, of Monroe, lifts her kettlebell during an endurance challenge held by Fitness Solutions of North Brunswick at North Brunswick Community Park on June 25. Top right: Carolyn Robinson, of Milltown, hops along in a relay race. Right: Competitors participate in the kettlebell lift. PHOTOS BY SCOTT FRIEDMAN

  • Philhower 95th reunion set for Sept. 10

    Descendants of Philip and Mary Mueller Philhower are planning their 95th annual family reunion Sept. 10 at the Cokesbury United Methodist Church in Cokesbury. Back in 1754, the family first settled the Cokesbury area as Palatine immigrants. For more information, contact Jane Eick at 908-766-0807 or visit ApgarFamily.org.

  • Round of applause

    The class of 2011 takes part in North Brunswick Township High School’s graduation ceremony at the Sun National Bank Center in Trenton on June 20. LAUREN CASSELBERRY

  • JCC slates trip to Jewish museum in Pa.

    The Jewish Community Center of Middlesex County will host a July 13 trip to the National Museum of American Jewish History, Philadelphia, for a guided tour of all three floors of the museum’s core exhibition, highlighting the diverse backgrounds, expectations, and experiences of Jews who came to and made their homes in the United States.…

  • Gosh, the truck used to be big enough

    ARE WE THERE YET LORI CLINCH We went out on a limb this past week and treated the Black Hills of South Dakota to five days of the Clinches. Yessir, there’s nothing like a bout with the Clinch clan to get a national park to rise to the occasion. The planning of a camping trip…

  • This’ll make you view the neighbors in a new light

    CODA GREG BEAN Here’s the tale of my only near brush with the fame that sometimes comes to people who witness mob violence firsthand: It was a sunny June morning in 1989, and I was the editor of an alternative newspaper serving the North Shore of Boston. My mother had been visiting, and I was…

  • State has obligation to all, not just union workers

    I agree with Sen. Barbara Buono that the public employee pension and health care issues must be separated. However, I believe that as an employer, and the largest one in the state, the state of New Jersey has the right to determine how much it will participate in and how much the public employee will…

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