• Area residents walk to take suicide out of the shadows

    Overnight event set for June 4-5 in NYC BY SAM SLAUGHTER Staff Writer Next month, around 2,000 people will take a few thousand steps toward helping bring suicide prevention and awareness to the forefront of metropolitanarea residents’ consciousness. The Out of the Darkness Overnight walk, an 18-mile journey from sunset to sunrise June 4-5, is…

  • business briefs 

    Cake & Cone, 725 Georges Road, North Brunswick, held a grand-opening celebration on May 15. The ice cream shop will be open from noon to 10 p.m. during the week.

  • If you’re happy and you know it, bake a cake

    Kelly Bakes Me Happy makes artwork edible in No. Brunswick BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer Above: Kelly McDermott of Kelly Bakes Me Happy designed a cake based on the Nick Jr. series “Yo Gabba Gabba.” Left: McDermott designed an Apple iPhone-shaped cake. NORTH BRUNSWICK — With shows like “Cupcake Wars” and “Food Network Challenge” permeating…

  • Law enforcement personnel honored for heroic actions

    MONROE — The 200 Club of Middlesex County will hold its 38th annual awards banquet honoring public safety officers for acts of valor and meritorious and community service May 19 at the Forsgate Country Club. This year’s Valor Award honorees are:  New Brunswick Police Department Lt. Michael Bobadilla and Officers Edward Bobadilla, David Bosco,…

  • Club seeks vendors for flea market

    The North Brunswick Woman’s Club is seeking vendors for its annual spring flea market, which will be held 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. June 4 at the North Brunswick Municipal Complex parking lot, 710 Hermann Road. Rain date is June 11. The cost is $15 per space, two for $25. Vendors must bring their own…

  • NBTHS student shoots for the stars with future goals

    NASA program could lead to possible aerospace career BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK — A township high school student will be heading to Mars this summer. Allison Pelszynski applied to the NASA WISH “Summer Experience” program, and was chosen to travel to the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, from July 31 to…

  • D&R Canal is subject of May 24 talk

    The Kingston Greenways Association will hold its annual meeting 7:30-9 p.m. May 24 at the Kingston Firehouse, 6 Heathcote Road, Kingston. Linda J. Barth will make a free presentation open to the public about the people, bridges, locks, and aqueducts that made the Delaware and Raritan Canal work.

  • Free eye exams for people with diabetes

    An ophthalmologist will provide free eye screenings for people with diabetes at Saint Peter’s University Hospital’s Family Health Center, 123 How Lane, New Brunswick, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. May 21. The screening is for the benefit of individuals with diabetes who do not receive regular eye care due to inadequate or lack of health…

  • LMS students learn about alternative fuel sources, hybrid vehicle

    BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK — Joe Caravella turned on the engine of his 2004 Toyota Prius. Despite the wind outside of Linwood Middle School and some chatter among students, no other sound was heard. That is because his hybrid vehicle utilizes electricity as a source, which doesn’t have the normal revving of…

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