• Applications taken for SWCS scholarship

    The Firman E. Bear Chapter of the Soil and Water Conservation Society (SWCS), Somerset, is accepting applications for the $1,000 Edward R. Hall/Robert R. Hanna Scholarship through April 15. The scholarship will be awarded to a student majoring in natural resource conservation, environmental science or a related field. For a list of qualifications or to…

  • Scouts’ anniversary celebration Feb. 8

    The Boy Scouts of America will be celebrating its 100th anniversary. The Joyce Kilmer, Semeos, and Raritan Bay districts will celebrate with a candle-lighting ceremony for all Scouts and alumni 7-8:30 p.m. Feb. 8 at 265 Ridge Road, Dayton section of South Brunswick. For more information, visit www.joycekilmerdistrict.org. For information on how to join the…

  • Business Briefs

    Inner Light Yoga Center, 1626 Route 130 north, North Brunswick, will hold an open house 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Jan. 31. It will feature gentle yoga, beginner yoga, and multilevel yoga (some experience recommended). The event will be a fundraiser for North Brunswick Humane Association and its efforts to build a no-kill shelter for the township.…

  • South Brunswick loses lawsuit against developer

    South Brunswick Center LLC must prove why zoning protection should last until ‘14 BY JENNIFER BOOTON Staff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK — A lawsuit filed against South Brunswick two years ago involving the township’s decision to not grant an extension on a developer’s agreement was resolved last month in the developer’s favor. South Brunswick Center LLC…

  • Devastation

    A fire destroyed a house at 1443 Finnegans Lane in North Brunswick on Jan. 12, resulting in the death of resident William McGrory, 57. According to police, the fire started in an electrical panel in the basement of the home around 2:36 a.m. and was controlled within approximately an hour. JEFF GRANIT staff

  • Suggestions reviewed to ease N.B. Community Park traffic

    BY JENNIFER AMATO NORTH BRUNSWICK — Suggestions are being reviewed by the township’s Traffic Safety Committee for ways to alleviate traffic concerns coming into and out of North Brunswick Community Park. At the Jan. 11 Township Council meeting, resident Linda Warhaftig told officials that the ingress and egress along Route 130 is dangerous, causing residents…

  • Locals do a ‘Wii’ bit of fundraising to help fight cancer

    Video game tournament raises $1,200 for pediatric treatments BY JENNIFER BOOTON SOUTH BRUNSWICK — A Nintendo Wii charity tournament held at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Monroe and South Brunswick on Jan. 14 helped raise funds for the fight against childhood cancer. The first interactive video game tournament, sponsored in part by the New Jersey…

  • N.B. Planning Board denies change in Pulda Farm zoning

    BY JENNIFER AMATO NORTH BRUNSWICK — The North Brunswick Planning Board denied a revised application for a development planned for the town’s Pulda Farm site. Edgewood Properties went before the board on Jan. 12 to present plans for a nonage restricted community, now allowed by legislation that was passed by the state Legislature early last…

  • Remembrance

    Sixth-grader Eric Reardon arranges one of 15 panels that are on display at Linwood Middle School in North Brunswick honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The exhibit is on loan to the school from the Martin Luther King Jr. Commission of the State of New Jersey. Throughout the week, teachers used the panels in the…

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