• Chabad Jewish Center to offer family Passover seder

    Chabad Jewish Center to offer family Passover seder

        The Chabad Jewish Center of South Brunswick will hold its 14th annual Passover seder at 7:15 p.m. on April 22 at the center, 1 Riva Ave., North Brunswick. The seder will be led by Rabbi Levi Azimov and feature explanation and commentary based on mystical and Kabbalistic insights, humor and song. A four-course holiday dinner will be served with hand-baked matzah…

  • Police continue to investigate crash that killed 26-year-old

    Police continue to investigate crash that killed 26-year-old

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK – Police are still investigating an early morning crash on April 16 that claimed the life of a 26-year-old Middlesex County man. The crash took place on Cranbury-South River Road (Route 535) on the South Brunswick border with Monroe and Cranbury, according to a statement prepared by the South Brunswick Police Department. Police were…

  • North Brunswick School District wins note-able awards

    North Brunswick School District wins note-able awards

    By JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK — The NAMM Foundation is singing the praises of the North Brunswick School District. North Brunswick Township High School (NBTHS) was one of 118 schools across the nation to receive the Support Music Merit Award by the National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM), which honors schools that have demonstrated…

  • Scholar Athlete is cheered for her success in class and on the field

    Scholar Athlete is cheered for her success in class and on the field

    By Jennifer Amato Staff Write NORTH BRUNSWICK – The township cheered for a young woman who received accolades for her background in academics and cheerleading. Erin LaVielle received the Scholar Athlete Artist award from the North Brunswick Department of Parks, Recreation & Community Services during the April 4 Township Council meeting. “Anybody who knows anything about…

  • On Campus

    On Campus

    Elizabeth Havens of Monmouth Junction has been inducted into the Alpha Lambda Delta Honor Society at Delaware Valley University, Doylestown, Pennsylania. To be inducted, students must have a GPA of 3.5 or better during their first full time year.

  • North Brunswick Zoning Board should reject storage unit application

    North Brunswick Zoning Board should reject storage unit application

    There is a proposal before the North Brunswick Zoning Board to rezone a large parcel of land from residential to commercial along the Route 130 corridor. The purpose of this rezoning is to allow the construction of another multi-level self-storage unit in North Brunswick. There are already six of these storage units in North Brunswick.…

  • Teachers are the real stars, not technology

    Teachers are the real stars, not technology

    After reading the March 30 News Transcript article, “Board Grants Superintendent New Five-Year Contract,” I was disappointed to read Superintendent of Schools Dr. John J. Marciante Jr.’s vision for the Manalapan-Englishtown Regional School District. As a parent of three children in the district, I do not agree with many of the curricular and technological changes…

  • Freehold must speak up to get school aid

    Freehold must speak up to get school aid

    I took a trip to Trenton recently. I boarded a school bus as the rain fell. The trip gave me an enhanced concern for both the state’s “unfunded” transportation fund and my aging back. OK, so I am a “mature” citizen who can’t take the bumps as well as a student, but I don’t envy…

  • Marlboro tennis relies on balance to stay on top

    Marlboro tennis relies on balance to stay on top

    By Tim Morris A typical Marlboro High School tennis season would please boys head coach Dave Kretzmer. In recent years, the Mustangs have maintained their hold on the Shore Conference A North Division while remaining one of the conference’s best tournament teams and a perennial semifinalist in NJSIAA Central Jersey, Group IV. The 2016 season…

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