• DPW fire leaves No. Bruns. in need of four new trucks

    BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK — A fire at the township Department of Public Works [DPW] on Quarry Lane has left the town in need of three mason trucks and one utility pickup truck. Department Director Glenn Sandor asked for the trucks to be replaced during Monday’s town council meeting. He said the…

  • Commission’s Jazz Café begins Sept. 11

    South Brunswick Arts Commission will begin its fall season Jazz Café 8 p.m. Sept. 11 at Herb Eckert Auditorium at the South Brunswick Municipal Complex, 540 Ridge Road. The David Aaron Quartet with clarinetist David Aaron will perform. Aaron has been compared to Benny Goodman, and has performed since the 1980s and the quartet of…

  • Taxing soda not appropriate solution to insurance reform

    “Sin taxes” seem to be the wave of the future to be used for balancing budgets or paying for new programs — from Congress to local mayors, many politicians are considering a variety of these taxes without thinking about the impact the tax may have on their constituents. For example, as Congress debates health care…

  • Area canines part of ‘Sorcerer’s Apprentice’

    Wolf dogs to appear in new version of old favorite, starring Nicolas Cage BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer Four local residents will make their screen debut in Disney’s “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice,” due in theaters next July. PHOTOS BY ERIC SUCAR staff Above: Trainer Jackie Morgan and Mike Hodanish give treats to his wolf dogs at…

  • Musikgarten demos Sept. 9-11 in S.B.

    The New School for Music Study, Kingston section of South Brunswick, will offer free Musikgarten demonstration classes 9:30 a.m. Sept. 9 and 10, and 1 p.m. Sept. 11 at Kingston United Methodist Church, 9 Church St., Kingston. Musikgarten is an early childhood music and movement program. Children will learn to sing, move, dance, play, create,…

  • Times are tough, but Americans must hang on to hope

    Many have said there is a great similarity between what this country is experiencing now and what it experienced during the 1930s and the 1940s. And well this may be. Having lived the “high” life for so many years with prosperity oozing from everyone’s pores and the ongoing effects of a warlike situation across the…

  • So. Bruns. prepares for 2009-10 school year

    Focus is on continued academic achievement BY JENNIFER BOOTON Staff Writer The South Brunswick High School class of 2009 SAT scores are up again this year, and district professionals, who commend the entire school district for the exam’s success, have set 2009-10 school year goals to assist with further academic achievement. The SAT scores for…

  • Register for prostate cancer talk by Sept. 10

    The Cancer Institute of New Jersey (CINJ) and its network of hospitals are offering screenings and information statewide during September, National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month. A seminar by Isaac Kim, M.D., and Mark Stein, M.D., will be 5:30-8 p.m. Sept. 15 at Arline and Henry Schwartzman Courtyard at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, 1 One…

  • Help raise awareness about animal welfare in factory farms

    On Sept. 20, there will be a Farm Sanctuary Walk for Farm Animals in Princeton. These walks are held nationwide each autumn around World Farm Animals Day to raise awareness about animal welfare issues associated with factory farming. This year there are over 50 walks scheduled across the country and thousands of people will participate.…

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