• Vikings, Raiders pick up victories on the gridiron

    VARSITY REPORT By WARREN RAPPLEYEA Correspondent South Brunswick High School teammates watch the floor exercise routine during the Greater Middlesex Conference Gymnastics Championships Oct. 24 in the South Brunswick High School gym. SCOTT FRIEDMAN The South Brunswick High School and North Brunswick Township High School football teams chalked up victories Oct. 23. For South Brunswick,…

  • An Oresteia at Rutgers

    TOP PICK Lindsay Andreanszky In Rutgers Theater Company’s presentation of An Oresteia, “bloodline” takes on a whole new meaning in this trilogy of revenge and justice-seeking at the Victoria J. Mastrobuono Theater. The House of Atreus, headed by Agamemnon, king of Argos and a Greek army commander, has a long and sordid ancestry of murderers…

  • Just a man, but a truly remarkable one

    In theaters now By Paul Hall www.channelguidemag.com Steve Jobs. It’s a name synonymous with technological innovation. In the new film that bears the same name, we get a peek into the life of that man during three very different moments in his life. Jobs (Michael Fassbender) cofounded Apple with his friend Steve Wozniak (Seth Rogen)…

  • American Humane Association Hero Dog Awards 2015

    Hallmark Channel Oct. 30 at 8 p.m. This country is going to the dogs with the 5th Annual American Humane Association Hero Dog Awards. TV personality, author and animal advocate Beth Stern and television veteran James Denton (Good Witch, Desperate Housewives) will return as cohosts of the program, with celebrities including Derek Hough, Bindi Irwin,…

  • Jerry Mathers

    By Ali Datko, REMIND Magazine Jerry Mathers as Beaver Cleaver Leave It to Beaver gave us situational comedy from a child’s point of view, and Jerry Mathers (“The Beaver”) delivered the laughs with endearing naiveté. Rumor has it that during casting, 8-year-old Mathers told the show’s producers that he would rather be at his Cub…

  • Old soles will benefit animal shelters

    The North Brunswick Humane Association (NBHA) will be the host to a shoe drive that will benefit local animal shelters and rescues. Donate gently worn, used or new shoes through Nov. 10 in North Brunswick at A&P, Brunswick Shopping Center, Milltown Road; Access Storage, Milltown Road; or the North Brunswick Municipal Building, 710 Hermann Road.…

  • Shoe collection will benefit developing nations

    Karma Cat + Zen Dog (KCZD) Rescue Society is participating in the Shoes for Shelters shoe drive fundraiser that will run through Nov. 10 and will raise funds for homeless animals in central New Jersey. The rescue group will earn funds based on the number of pairs collected, as Funds2Orgs will purchase all of the…

  • BUSINESS BRIEFS

    Lago Restaurant, Lounge and Banquet Hall, 230 Washington Place, North Brunswick, will host a Halloween Paint-a- Pint Glass event 6-8 p.m. Oct. 30. Blue Moon Pints will be featured at a cost of $3 each. There will be no cover charge. The restaurant will host a Jacob’s Creek Two Lands Four-Course Tasting Dinner 6-8 p.m.…

  • Coca Cola property slated to have QuickChek, Wendy’s

    By JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK — A vacated site on Route 1 south has a refreshing new use, courtesy of the Planning Board. A developer was granted approval during the Oct. 13 meeting to knock down the existing buildings on the former Coca Cola site, just before the Livingston Avenue exit, and to…

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