• Residents warned about email scam using fake Army address

    BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK — Councilman Robert Davis warned residents about an email scam involving the United States Army during a Township Council meeting Sept. 8. “My main concern is our senior residents. It seems they’re the ones who usually get caught up in these scams,” Davis said. Davis said he was…

  • N.B. ordinance amends parking restrictions

    States no vehicles allowed on grass in residential areas BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK — The Township Council passed a resolution regarding off-street vehicle parking during its public meeting Sept. 8. According to the resolution, in residential districts, one-family, two-family, duplex, mobile home and townhouse dwellings are allowed two off-street parking spaces per…

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    Actor Frank Dicopoulos (l), star of the TV program “Guiding Light” and a Monmouth Beach resident, and children’s singer/songwriter mr RAY stand with a Stormtrooper and a Rebel solider from Star Wars’ 501st and Rebel legions at the FAAN Walk for Food Allergy, Moving Toward a Cure, in Long Branch on Saturday. Dicopoulos was the…

  • North Brunswick resolution opposes mail operation changes

    BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK — The Township Council passed a resolution opposing the United States Postal Service’s proposed plan to consolidate mail-sorting operations currently performed at the Kilmer Processing and Distribution Center in Edison. During the Sept. 8 council meeting, the board unanimously voted in support of the resolution, which was first…

  • NBPD issues warning about vehicle burglaries

    NORTH BRUNSWICK — The North Brunswick Police Department issued a release last week urging residents to protect their vehicles from theft and burglaries. Due to a recent rash of vehicle burglaries, which are considered “crimes of opportunity,” the department is urging residents to follow security methods to protect their automobiles: • Never leave the car…

  • N.B. reports reduction in crime

    BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK — North Brunswick Police Director Kenneth Mc- Cormick issued a statement last week that North Brunswick has seen a significant reduction in violent crime and a reduction in nonviolent crime for 2008. According to the Uniform Crime Report, there was an overall 3.5-percent reduction in reportable crimes. Violent…

  • In the Service

    Benjamin C. Sanfilippo has graduated from the Army Reserve Officer Training Corps Leader’s Training Course at Fort Knox, Ky. The four-week course is a leadership internship for cadets that can lead to the goal of becoming an army officer. A 2007 graduate of South Brunswick High School, Sanfilippo is a student at Vanderbilt University, Nashville,…

  • S.B. to celebrate Navratri

    BY JENNIFER BOOTON Staff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK — The Indo- American Cultural Foundation of Central New Jersey (IACFNJ) will kick off its fifth annual Navratri celebration this weekend in the South Brunswick High School gymnasium. Navratri, which translates to “nine nights” in English, is a Hindu festival that celebrates the nine forms of the goddess…

  • S.B. residents pitch a new form of horseshoes tourney

    Will hold ‘washers’ tournament this weekend BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK — Three local residents will bring a form of horseshoes to South Brunswick this weekend. Kevin “Rudy” Ryan, Mike Vibronek and Cliff Breese have been playing a simpler and more efficient version of traditional horseshoes, called washers, or urban horseshoes, for years…

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