• Missing bench

    Frank Maltese, an 89-year-old North Brunswick resident and World War II veteran, had built and donated a bench to children in the neighborhood so they would have a place to sit and wait for the bus. The bench had been anchored 1 foot into the ground at the corner of Otis and Revere Roads in…

  • Health care bill for 9/11 responders advances

    BY KENNY WALTER Staff Writer Advocates of a federal bill guaranteeing health care for life for Sept. 11 first responders breathed a collective sigh of relief as the bill took a crucial step forward. The House Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Frank Pallone Jr. (D-6th District), passed the James Zadroga 9/11 Health & Compensation…

  • Medicare meeting

    World War II veteran Stan Hoffman (center) takes a picture with Rep. Rush Holt (D-12th District) (r) and South Brunswick Mayor Frank Gambatese during a meeting Monday at Buckingham Place Assisted Living. Holt spoke about the new health care bill, Medicare and insurance coverage. PHOTO COURTESY OF STEPHANIE GABER

  • LMS observes Earth Hour to save energy

    BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK — The lights went dim last Friday at Linwood Middle School. No, budget cuts did not turn off the school’s electricity. Instead, students and faculty took energy saving measures into their own hands, participating in Earth Hour, a global-wide effort to have everyone shut off their unnecessary energy…

  • Getaway driver gets 8 years for 2009 murder

    Andre Trott was accomplice in the death of Shakir S. McCray in N.B. BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer NEW BRUNSWICK — Andre Trott, 30, of Sandys, Bermuda, was sentenced to eight years in prison on March 24 for his role as an accomplice in the murder of a man in North Brunswick last year. Trott…

  • E.B. chiropractor shares experiences of Olympics

    Dr. Blasé Toto worked with ice dancers, hockey players, speed skaters BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK — One of the best moments of the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver in February was when Shaun White won a gold medal for snowboarding. However, East Brunswick chiropractor Blasé Toto, a member of the United States…

  • Residents of Berdine’s Corner dissatisfied with living conditions

    N.B. officials say town has been successful in abating quality-of-life infringements BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK — Several township residents are displeased with the efforts, or what they say is a lack thereof, being made to maintain the Berdine’s Corner section of town. Although only resident Tony Nastus would go on record with…

  • South Brunswick must absorb $1.1 million slash in state aid

    BY JENNIFER BOOTON Staff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK — The township will have to re-evaluate its budget to absorb an unexpected $1.1 million slash in state aid. South Brunswick took a 17.5 percent hit in its energy tax receipts, bringing state aid revenue from approximately $6.4 million last year to $5.2 million this year. “Just as…

  • NBPD’s Steven Dunkel to receive national ‘Top Cop’ award

    Pursued four suspects while being shot at in March 2009 BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer Det. Steven Dunkel NORTH BRUNSWICK — Although North Brunswick police Detective Steven Dunkel will be honored with the “Top Cop” award next month for his role in a 2009 shootout, he credits his entire department and two neighboring departments with…

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