• Campaign focuses on not leaving kids unattended in cars

    State reps talk about vehicle-related dangers BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer Never leave a child unattended in a car, even for a minute. That is the message the state Department of Children and Families (DCF) wants to get across through the “Not Even for a Minute” summer campaign they officially launched at the Miller Buick…

  • Mary B. Devich

    Mrs. Devich, 90, of Highland Park, died July 26, 2009, in Raritan Bay Medical Center, Old Bridge division. Her husband, Charles Devich Sr., died in 2005. She also was predeceased by four brothers and one sister. Surviving are four sons, Richard Poznick, and his wife, Shari, of Florida, Raymond Poznick of California, Dimitri Devich, and…

  • Entries due Aug. 7 for India contest

    The 4-H Indian Langoor Club is inviting area youths ages 5-19 to take part in a competition themed “India, What It Means to Me.” Entry deadline is Aug. 7, and entries must be submitted to the North Brunswick Public Library, 880 Hermann Road. Students may submit a drawing, painting, collage or any other medium on…

  • Local day camp stocks So. Brunswick Food Pantry

    BY JENNIFER BOOTON Staff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK — After weeks of preparation, counselors-in-training at Mill Road Day Camp in South Brunswick stocked the shelves of the township’s Food Pantry July 29. For the fourth consecutive year, a handful of the 13- to 15-year-old trainees voluntarily filled the pantry with an assortment of foods and school…

  • Jack Elwood Brownworth

    Mr. Brownworth, 75, of North Brunswick, died July 23, 2009, at CareOne at East Brunswick. He was a licensed professional mechanical engineer for over 35 years in New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania and Rhode Island; and president and owner of Brownworth Engineering Associates, Piscataway. He is survived by his wife of 49 years, Eleanor “Ellie”…

  • Yard sale at South B’wick condos Aug. 8

    Whispering Woods, Route 1, Monmouth Junction section of South Brunswick, will hold its first community wide yard sale 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Aug. 8 (rain date Aug. 9). Residents will set up tables throughout the 540-unit complex, and offer items such as clothing, furniture, antiques, prints, books, magazines, tools and computer equipment. For more information, visit…

  • ‘An elephant’s faithful, 100 percent’

    Young Adult Drama Group to perform ‘Seussical’ this weekend in North Brunswick Tickets are on sale for performances of “Seussical,” North Brunswick’s 39th annual Young Adult Drama Group performance, sponsored by the township Department of Parks, Recreation and Community Services. PHOTOS BY JEFF GRANIT staff Above: Jaclyn Angstreich (l) and Carol Leigh Womack will be…

  • Anne B. Szaber Shymanski

    Mrs. Shymanski, 84, of Old Bridge, died July 1, 2009, in Saint Peter’s University Hospital, New Brunswick. She was a sales clerk at Macy’s for many years. Her husband, Aloysius “Lou” Shymanski, died in 1994. Surviving are a son, Donald Shymanski, and his wife, Margie, of Rock Creek, Ohio; a daughter, Susan Carlowicz, and her…

  • ‘Yellow Ribbon’ program offered at Rider U.

    Rider University, Lawrenceville, is offering a “Yellow Ribbon” tuition-free degree program for veterans of the U.S. Armed Forces who have served their country for at least three years following 9/11. A provision of the Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2008, the Yellow Ribbon GI Education Enhancement Program allows institutions of higher learning in the…

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