• Scout blazes a trail that will serve many

    BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer Kevin Johnson, who graduated from East Brunswick High School in June, recently completed the restoration of a trail through Rutgers Gardens in New Brunswick. EAST BRUNSWICK — Students at Rutgers University this fall will find a place to walk and enjoy nature thanks to Kevin Johnson. The 2009 East Brunswick…

  • Police locate, arrest suspect after theft at gas station

    EAST BRUNSWICK — Police arrested a New York man last week after he allegedly stole fuel from a local gas station and drove off in a stolen van. An employee of Raceway gas station at Ryders Lane and Milltown Road called police at 4:16 p.m. on Aug. 18 to report that a van had left…

  • E.B. resident, 32, turns to community for help

    Father of two seeks DNA match for stem cell transplant BY JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent Mitchell Brown and his family are waiting for someone to step forward and help save his life. Mitchell and Jill Brown with their children Jack, 3, and Sydney, who was born in June. The 32-year-old East Brunswick resident, who was diagnosed…

  • Run for the Fallen

    CHRIS KELLY staff Sue Dvorin of East Brunswick hugs retired U.S. Air Force Officer Roger Ball of Juliestown during the New Jersey Run for the Fallen at the state Veterans’ Memorial in Holmdel. Ball ran in honor of Dvorin’s son, Army 2nd Lt. Seth J. Dvorin, who was killed in Iraq in February 2004 at…

  • Reduced trash pickup to begin next month

    E.B. council OKs contract for once-a-week collection BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer After months of debate and bid rejections, the East Brunswick Township Council has approved a new contract for garbage pickup, and with it a new, reduced schedule for collection. At its meeting on Monday, the council approved a resolution awarding the contract to…

  • School board, parents resolve busing issue

    Children will be bused to homes of both parents BY BRIAN DONAHUE Staff Writer The East Brunswick Board of Education will accommodate the wishes of divorced parents whose children are bused to both parents’ houses on alternating schedules. Though the district informed parents who share equal custody of their children that it would no longer…

  • Photo

    SCOTT FRIEDMAN Cousins Roman and Igor Marach, ages 11 and 12 respectively, check out the interior of a 1949 Ford Club Coupe during Cruise Night in South River on Aug. 20. Car owner Joe Knoblock of South River can be seen in the rearview mirror.

  • Anna V. Diem

    Mrs. Diem, of Spotswood, formerly of South River, died July 29, 2009, at home. Prior to her retirement in 1975, she was employed for many years at Tobin’s Pharmacy, New Brunswick. Her husband, Rolland Diem, died in February. She also was predeceased by two sisters, Mary Haramy and Barbra Brennan, and a brother, John Vulkan.…

  • Evelyn Rule

    Miss Rule, 90, of Milltown, died Aug. 12, 2009, at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. She had worked for the city of New Brunswick in the tax collector department for 53 years, retiring as a supervisor. She was predeceased by a sister, Dorothy Rule; a sister and brother-in-law Elizabeth and J. Edward Kreiger;…

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