• Invaluable partnerships made event successful

    The more than 250 individuals of all ages — children, high school and college students, parents and senior citizens — who attended the Nov. 20 “Exploring Options: A Multicultural, Multigenerational Day Of Discovery,” experienced firsthand the results of a successful partnership. The Aging in Place Partnership’s annual Outreach Forum at the South Brunswick Senior Center…

  • Clerk appreciates support of county voters

    Avery sincere thank you to the voters of Middlesex County who re-elected me as county clerk. I pledge to continue my efforts to provide the most current, accurate and extensive record system in the state. My office will remain user-friendly and be there for all of you. Elaine M. Flynn Middlesex County Clerk

  • Resident weighs in on billboard message

    I will admit to some anger when I learned of the anti-Christian billboard that an atheist decided to grace our highways with for this holiday season. But after further reflection, I realized this wasn’t the appropriate response; rather, it’s better to do what Catholics do each year: pray for him and all atheists.   To…

  • Here’s your Boy Scout knife, and here are the handcuffs

    CODA GREG BEAN There’s an episode of my old favorite television show “MacGyver,” where a small-town cop arrests MacGyver for carrying his Swiss Army knife. The cop is just throwing his weight around, and he charges our hero with carrying a concealed weapon or something equally as bogus, puts him in handcuffs and hauls him…

  • Lakeview’s careful restoration proceeds

    Basement required concrete slab to prevent walls from caving in BY DAN HOWLEY Staff Writer The first phase of a multiyear restoration project aimed at returning the Lakeview mansion in Jamesburg to its former splendor is wrapping up. Shuttered for nearly two years due to a number of structural deficiencies that caused portions of the…

  • Voices of September 11th documents lives lost

    Archive will hold workshops at Middletown Library on Dec. 16, Jan. 6 BY ANDREW DAVISON Staff Writer MIDDLETOWN — Staff from Voices of September 11th will be at the Middletown Township Public Library on Dec. 16 and Jan. 6 to archive and document the lives of those lost for its 9/11 Living Memorial. Those who…

  • WCTC listeners contribute to LeGrand ‘Believe’ fund

    NEW BRUNSWICK — Six thousand dollars will be added to the Eric LeGrand “Believe” fund, thanks to the fundraising efforts of WCTC (1450-AM) radio morning personality Jack Ellery and midday host and Program Director Bert Baron. The fund was established in an effort to defray expenses for paralyzed Rutgers University football player Eric LeGrand, a…

  • Photographs

    Left: Lorraine Starks, the leader of Girl Scout Cadette Troop 81554, helps Samone Meyers (l) and Kellie Andreko hang ornaments on a tree at the Slack-Carroll House during the Dayton Village Citizens Coalition’s holiday lighting celebration Dec. 5. Right: A familiar snowman pays a visit. PHOTOS BY SCOTT FRIEDMAN

  • Bringing more light into the world

    Chabad sponsors Hanukkah ceremony to bring together multicultural community BY SAM SLAUGHTER Staff Writer The Chabad of North & South Brunswick held a lighting ceremony for an 18-foot-tall menorah at the Monmouth Mobile Home Park on Route 1 in South Brunswick on Dec. 1. SAM SLAUGHTER SOUTH BRUNSWICK — While the headlights on Route 1…

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