• N.B. slates chess program for kids

    The North Brunswick Department of Parks, Recreation & Community Services is accepting registration for its “Chess for Kids” program to be held 5:30-6:30 p.m. Fridays, Feb. 25 to April 1, at the North Brunswick Municipal Complex. The program is for children age 6 and over and is geared for beginners and advancing beginners. Alexander Braylovskiy,…

  • ‘Rock-a-Thon’ at NBHS Feb. 26-27

    The 26th annual “Rock-a-Thon,” a 24-hour rocking chair marathon, will be held from 11 a.m. Feb. 26 to 11 a.m. Feb. 27 in the commons at North Brunswick High School. Event proceeds will benefit St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Operation Jersey Cares, the Haitian Relief Fund and the North Brunswick Food Bank. Visitors are welcome…

  • E. Brunswick wins Middlesex County Consumer Bowl

    Defeats North Brunswick by score of 125 to 85 BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer Above: North Brunswick Township High School and East Brunswick High School competed in the Consumer Bowl, presented by the N.J. Division of Consumers Affairs and Middlesex County at East Brunswick High School on Feb. 9. East Brunswick defeated North Brunswick 125…

  • NBTHS Care to Walk Club makes donation to CINJ

    Students take tour of cancer center, hang Valentines in pediatric unit BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer Top: The executive board of the Care to Walk Club at North Brunswick High School presented a donation for $11,000 to Dr. Deborah Toppmeyer (c) of the Cancer Institute of New Jersey on Feb. 11. Pictured l-r are Stephanie…

  • Pet food drive at N.B. Library through Feb.

    The North Brunswick Library’s Teen Advocacy Group, with the North Brunswick Humane Association, is sponsoring a pet food drive through February. The pet food can be brought to the library, 880 Hermann Road. Library hours areMonday through Thursday from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m., Friday and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Sunday…

  • Veterans’ stories recorded for national archive

    Vietnam War veteran from S.B. adds her experiences to Veterans History Project BY ANDREW DAVISON Staff Writer Danielle Peloquin Behind each war story in the media are the men and women who lived it before it was news; for them, it was reality. Iraq War veteran Justin Sasso, of Holmdel, hopes that adding his oral…

  • Select teachers in N.B. to receive classroom grants

    Gloria Zastko’s anniversary gift to supplement school programs BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer Gloria Zastko NORTH BRUNSWICK — Gloria Zastko, whose real estate company in North Brunswick has stood by the motto “Our PeopleMake the Difference” for the past 20 years, is extending that philosophy to her “Teachers Who Make a Difference” initiative . Zastko…

  • Workshop presents techniques of Chinese energy healing

    Salvatore Canzonieri to demonstrate qigong in N.B. again on Saturday BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer Salvatore Canzonieri displays a technique of qigong, or Chinese yoga, to attendees at a workshop at Cha Cha Gifts & Wellness Center in North Brunswick on Feb. 12. His next workshop will be Saturday. JENNIFER AMATO NORTH BRUNSWICK — Salvatore…

  • One more lost opportunity to avoid looking foolish

    CODA GREG BEAN I wonder if anybody at the New Jersey Education Association took a look at what was happening in Wisconsin last week and said, “Man, as much as we don’t like Chris Christie, things could get a whole lot worse around here.” Last week, the Wisconsin State Capitol in Madison looked a lot…

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