• Middlesex, Monmouth to share juvenile center

    Officials in Middlesex and Monmouth counties have announced an agreement to share youth detention services in hopes of saving taxpayers in each county more than $20 million over the next 10 years. The Monmouth County juvenile facility in Freehold Township will be closed, and all juveniles will be housed at the Middlesex County Youth Services…

  • Give Kids a Smile

    Above: Deziree Appea, of North Brunswick, is examined by Joann Frazer during the Give Kids a Smile Day at the Middlesex County College on Feb. 5. MCC held a dental clinic for children in need, including free exams, restorative work and cleanings. Right: Middlesex County College dental hygienist student Andrea Baros, as the Tooth Fairy,…

  • YMCA recognized for warehouse renovations

    BY JENNIFER BOOTON Staff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK — The South Brunswick Family YMCA was recently acknowledged for the conversion of 12,000 square feet of warehouse space into a stateof the-art youth complex. The YMCA of the USA honored the Monmouth Junction facility for Excellence in Facilities for Renovation and Addition. Only 197 facilities have been…

  • Brunswick Acres Elem. sends clothes to Haiti

    Twenty parent and student volunteers pack 78 boxes BY JENNIFER BOOTON Staff Writer Volunteers from the Brunswick Acres Elementary School packed hundreds of donated items last week in an attempt to offer some relief to the people of Haiti. For nearly two weeks after the catastrophic Jan. 12 earthquake hit Haiti, the Brunswick Acres School…

  • FEBRUARY 11, 2010 S.B. council chooses no. side of Ridge Road for sidewalks

    BY JENNIFER BOOTON Staff Writer After deliberating about three options, the South Brunswick Township Council has chosen to lay the final portion of Ridge Road sidewalks closer to residential neighborhoods. The two-phase sidewalk project will stretch from Georges Road to Route 522 and calls for new sidewalks and improvements to the storm sewers. The first…

  • Middlesex County College dental hygiene students

    Stephenie Appea, of North Brunswick waits to get X-rays with Middlesex County College dental hygiene students Andrea Baros, portraying the Tooth Fairy, and Linda Furka during the Give Kids a Smile Day at the college Feb. 5. More photos, page 8. JEFF GRANIT staff

  • Looks like we survived the ‘storm of the decade’

    Coda • GREG BEAN By the time this column sees print, the Great Blizzard of 2010, nicknamed “Snowpocalypse” by some creative member of the national press, will just be a memory. You know, before we moved to the East Coast, I used to believe that folks out here were scared of only one thing, and…

  • Country needs president with backbone, fortitude

    Open letter to President Obama: America needs you to step up and support the military and the sovereign rights of this great country. We need a president with backbone, fortitude, resolve and love of his country to give America and Americans back their respect and prosperity. Stop treating Muslim terrorists as a criminal element by…

  • Two teachers unhappy with education committee report

    Dr. Brian Zychowski, superintendent of the North Brunswick Township Public School System, was a member of then-Gov.-Elect Chris Christie’s Transition Education Subcommittee. Usually a town would consider such an appointment as an honor, and its residents should be proud. In this case, because the recommendations are detrimental to New Jersey public schools, North Brunswick should…

View our current articles

Stay connected to your community