• Do the conga!

    Abuhadba’s Cartoon Poodles form a conga line during the Cole Bros. Circus of the Stars in North Brunswick on May 22. SCOTT FRIEDMAN

  • NBTHS supports American Cancer Society with donation

    BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK — North Brunswick Township High School raised $5,000 to benefit the American Cancer Society (ACS). The Student Government Organization (SGO) organized a school-wide charity effort. Members voted on who they wanted to support in September; SGO Vice President Jeremy Kaye said that the ACS received more than 75…

  • Big Brothers Big Sisters expands to Middlesex

    BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer MILLTOWN — Big Brothers Big Sisters of Monmouth & Middlesex Counties (BBBSMMC) has opened an office at the United Way of Central Jersey in Milltown. Since January, the organization, which matches adults with children in need of a mentor, has brought all of its services to Middlesex County, since the…

  • A special ride

    Joedy Rodriguez of Parsons Elementary School in North Brunswick rides a horse during a trip to Special Strides Therapeutic Riding Center in Monroe on May 16.

  • Cricket tournament to be held in So. Brunswick June 11

    BY SAM SLAUGHTER Staff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK — This June, residents are once again invited out to watch some wickets. On June 11, the Ananda College Old Boys Association (ACOBA) East Coast Chapter will host its annual East Coast Cricket Festival at Tall Timbers Park in South Brunswick. Residents will be treated to eight cricket…

  • In New Jersey, police chiefs are well protected by law

    CODA GREG BEAN In my years as a New Jersey newspaperman, I’ve seen it time and again — local politicians decide to take their community’s police chief to task, discipline or even get rid of said top cop — and come up puny in their efforts. That’s because unlike civilian “police directors” or “public safety…

  • This Is for the Soldiers

    This is for the red the red that beats through the heart and bleeds through the clothes of every american citizen, of every american soldier this is for the white, the black, the yellow, the red, the brown skin of the soldiers who fight not for the respect of a man but for the love…

  • Poverty main cause of student underperformance

    The media, the Republicans, Arne Duncan, and Bill Gates are fond of talking about the “educational crisis” in this nation, because the United States placed in the middle among 30 industrialized nations on the 2009 Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) test. But it is seldom noted that the U.S. also has the highest poverty…

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