• Police: Monroe teen charged in shooting of local man, 19

    MONROE — Police have charged a 17- year-old juvenile with attempted murder after he allegedly fired a gun and injured a township man. Police said the shooting occurred in the early hours of Aug. 14 on Jeremy Court, off Spotswood Englishtown Road. Officers were dispatched there at 2:49 a.m. on a report of a large…

  • Fed’l funds will help bring back teachers

    Holt: Delays may result in some being hired during school year BY LAUREN CIRAULO Staff Writer SPOTSWOOD — An extra $268 million will soon be appropriated to New Jersey public schools, but most local schoolteachers and officials have been unaware of just how the newfound funding will help. U.S. Rep. Rush Holt (NJ-12th District) visited…

  • Tourette’s, an often misunderstood, maligned neurobiological disorder

    BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer Mention Tourette’s syndrome to most people, and they will conjure up an image of a person barking out swear words or making strange noises. But the percentage of Tourette’s patients with coprolalia, a symptom involving involuntary obscene or inappropriate utterances, is less than 15 percent, according to the Tourette…

  • East Brunswick board files motion to stop charter school

    Dispute centers on whether first-year school has met its required enrollment BY LAUREN CIRAULO Staff Writer Less than a month before students are scheduled to file into the classrooms of the Hatikvah International Academy Charter School, the East Brunswick Board of Education has initiated litigation aimed at preventing it from opening. The school board filed…

  • Three brothers lead full lives, despite Tourette’s

    Family finds ways to cope with a series of challenges BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer There’s a reason Colin Lang likes to keep his hair longer than most boys these days. Those neatly cut locks aren’t just a fashion statement. Colin (l), 14, and Jack Lang, 12, play the guitar and banjo in the…

  • N.B. salon to host fashion show

    Salon D.P. LoRana is celebrating its 10-year anniversary with a cocktail celebration and a hair and fashion show at 6:30 p.m. Aug. 30 at Sir John’s at Farrington Lake, 230 Washington Place, North Brunswick. Tickets are $35. The celebration will benefit Camp Daisy, a nonprofit organization that assists special-needs children and their families in the…

  • Vendors welcome at yard sale

    The Society of St. Vincent de Paul of East Brunswick and the St. Bartholomew Knights of Columbus will hold their annual Yard Sale 7 a.m.-2 p.m. Sept. 11 in the parking lot at St. Bartholomew’s Church, 460 Ryders Lane, East Brunswick. The event will be held rain or shine. A limited amount of vendor spaces…

  • Reformed Church plans golf event

    The Reformed Church Home, Old Bridge, will hold its 19th annual Golf Outing Aug. 23 at Forsgate Country Club, Monroe. A $190 registration fee will include continental breakfast, green fees, golf cart, an awards luncheon and the opportunity to win a $10,000 hole-in-one prize. There will be a 50/50 raffle and a silent auction featuring…

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