• Senior birthday celebration May 24

    The South Brunswick Senior Center invites all South Brunswick seniors 55 and over to its monthly birthday luncheon 11 a.m. May 24. If your birthday is in the month of May, call the office by May 10. A special menu will be served followed by cake. During the celebration, there will be games and trivia…

  • Win dinner with soccer star Tim Howard

    Soccer star Tim Howard, formerly of North Brunswick and currently a player for the Everton team in England, is holding a “Team Up with Tim Howard” raffle to benefit the New Jersey Center for Tourette Syndrome. Howard is one of 200,000 Americans affected by Tourette syndrome. The grand-prize winner will receive round-trip airfare for two…

  • S.B. BOE welcomes new members to the board

    Budget passes by 60 percent margin BY SAM SLAUGHTER Staff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK — The South Brunswick Board of Education will be infused with both old and new members in the coming year, with the three three-year terms being filled by two newcomers and one incumbent. Newcomer Patrick Del Piano, in his second bid for…

  • N.B volunteer fire company starting up motorcycle fundraiser

    Bike custom built by Orange County Choppers to be raffled to help buy new fire engine BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer North Brunswick Volunteer Fire Company No. 3 is looking to trade in one type of engine for another. Lt. Dave Klisch and his wife, Jennifer, had been watching the show “Orange County Choppers” one…

  • Planting time

    Above: Zac Rafano, 10, helps his mother, Amy, an English teacher and Environmental Club adviser at North Brunswick Township High School, plant trees around the school on April 30. Amy Rafano obtained the trees through a grant from the New Jersey Tree Foundation. PHOTOS BY SCOTT FRIEDMAN Shehani Wimalawansa (l-r), Rinkal Patel, Patrice Zinnikas and…

  • Local officials, residents react to death of Osama bin Laden

    ‘Justice,’ ‘closure’ are common sentiments; military personnel praised for their efforts BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer Upon the announcement that al-Qaeda leader and Sept. 11 mastermind Osama bin Laden had been killed in Pakistan by U.S. Navy SEALs, local officials and residents affected by the terrorist attacks almost a decade ago are reacting to his…

  • Changes urged to property tax appeal system

    Now, each municipality must return 100% of county, school board and special district funds BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer Senior Jason Haberman portrays Michael during a production of “Peter Pan,” a partnership between the North Brunswick Township High School Alchemist Theatre Company and Taubenslag Productions, on April 29. SCOTT FRIEDMAN A local government official is…

  • Monmouth Regional Falcons making teams very wary of their play

    Girls lacrosse team is 8-1 BYWARREN RAPPLEYEA Correspondent With a revamped lineup this spring, the Monmouth Regional High School girls lacrosse team is off to an 8-1 start and is sitting in second place in the Shore Conference’s Class B North Division. The Falcons’ program has been steadily improving, and Monmouth Regional has qualified for…

  • sport shorts

    The Tinton Falls Soccer Club (TFSC) will conduct its annual open tryouts for boys and girls ages 8 to 11 interested in being part of the 2011- 12 travel program. Try-outs will be held 5:30-7:30 p.m. May 20 at the Sycamore Avenue Soccer Complex, 977 Sycamore Ave. Rain date is May 27. For detailed TFSC…

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