• S.B. council looks ahead to a challenging new year

    Board members reflect on positive aspects of 2010 BY SAM SLAUGHTER Staff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK — At the South Brunswick Township Council reorganization meeting, the councilmen and Mayor Frank Gambatese took time to look back over the previous year’s trials, tribulations and successes as well as set their sights on new goals for 2011. Chief…

  • Drug Court a fresh start for graduates

    Enrollees undergo treatment while working or attending school BY CHRISTINA HABERSTROH Staff Writer NEW BRUNSWICK — Twenty participants in the Middlesex County Drug Court program were honored with a graduation ceremony recently in the Freeholder Meeting Room of the county administration building. Thiswas the fourth graduation since the intensive probationary and drug treatment program began…

  • Holiday time

    Aamna Azam shows off her henna and bangles, which are part of the Muslim Eid-ul-fitr celebration, during a presentation for Maureen Carter’s “Holiday Tradition Project” at John Adams Elementary School in North Brunswick on Dec. 23. Students were asked to share their holiday customs with their fellow classmates. Aamna Azam shows off her henna and…

  • Tomaro eager to take service to county level

    Democrat is first freeholder from Edison in six years BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer A s Edison bid farewell to a longtime Township Council member last week, Middlesex County said hello to a new freeholder. Charles Tomaro resigned from the council effective Jan. 6 to be sworn in as the newest member of the Board…

  • Scott ‘opens doors’ as county sheriff

    Ex-freeholder is Middlesex’s first new sheriff in 30 years, first female sheriff BY SAM SLAUGHTER Staff Writer The Hon. Travis L. Francis (r), assignment judge of the state Superior Court Middlesex Vicinage, administers the oath of office to Sheriff Mildred S. Scott as her mother, Gertrude Lincoln, and husband, Richard D. Scott, hold the Bible…

  • Vets turn fabrics of war into artwork

    Combat Paper Project uses paper making as healing process BY JACQUELINE HLAVENKA Staff Writer Drew Matott works on a design during the Combat Paper Project held at the Vietnam Era Museum and Educational Center in Holmdel last month. Below: Jim Petillo, Air Force veteran of the Vietnam War, works on the project. Bottom: Linderman, executive…

  • S.B. changes insurance funds

    Town expects to see significant savings BY SAM SLAUGHTER Staff Writer I n a move that could save the township $650,000 in 2011, South Brunswick voted at a Dec. 31 emergency Township Council meeting to switch insurance carriers. The council voted to change from the Garden State Joint Insurance Fund (GSJIF), which the township had…

  • Cast members don’t stop believin’ in their own talents

    Student-run ‘Theatre Revue’ to be held this weekend at NBTHS BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer Dancers walk through a scene from “Footloose” during a rehearsal for “Theatre Revue 2011,” to be held this weekend at North Brunswick Township High School. “Theatre Revue” is a compilation of skits and numbers from television, theater and the movies…

  • No changes to recycling, garbage pickup in S.B. on Monday

    South Brunswick Township homeowners with garbage or recycling pick up scheduled for Monday, Jan. 17, will not have an interruption of service due to Martin Luther King Day. Although township offices will be closed, the contractor will be performing normally scheduled Monday collections. Call the Public Works office with any questions at 732-329-4000, ext. 7260.

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