• Titus headstone effort finally reaches fruition

    Since 2003, I have been researching Thomas Titus, who died in South Brunswick New Jersey in July 1849. Today, in the month of his 160th birthday, the research is completed. Thomas was a slave in the Kendall Park section of the township who was able to purchase an 11-acre farm that still stands as an…

  • All immigrants should be covered by health insurance

    As an immigrant myself, I am very troubled by a common attack used by opponents of national health care reform: that a public health insurance option will provide coverage to undocumented immigrants. Regardless of one’s political or personal opinions about immigration, a public health insurance plan will be most effective at driving down skyrocketing health…

  • Michael Jackson coverage is ‘totally ridiculous’

    Ihave had enough of Michael Jackson. Yes, he was talented and brought the entertainment world to a new level, but let’s get real. The coverage he is getting from the media is totally ridiculous. Yes, ridiculous. Our beautiful military men and women have given so much more, and we hear about it so much less.…

  • People need for public health insurance option

    As a college student slated to graduate in two years, the rising costs of health care are alarming. I worry that I and my peers — despite working hard to develop the skills and credentials necessary to thrive independently — will not be able to secure the medical coverage that we need. As health costs…

  • Snapple Bowl

    Above: North Brunswick’s Matt Primavera throws to a receiver during the first quarter of Snapple Bowl XV, held at Kean University’s Alumni Stadium in Elizabeth on July 16. Right: South Brunswick’s Justin McLendon sprints upfield during the second quarter. PHOTOS BY ERIC SUCAR staff

  • NBTHS team shines at cheer camp

    N.B. cheerleaders receive several awards at Rutgers program BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer G-O N-B-T-H-S! The North Brunswick Township High School varsity and junior varsity cheerleading squads received numerous accolades during a recent cheerleading camp. Seventeen varsity and 14 JV girls participated in the National Cheerleaders Association [NCA] summer camp at Rutgers University’s Livingston campus…

  • Oh yes, it’s ladies night, and the feeling is right

    Coda • GREG BEAN This presentation of the Greg Bean Common Sense Award goes to New Jersey Senate Republican leader Tom Kean, who has struck a blow against stupid bureaucratic intervention in the private sector. Specifically, Kean — who represents Essex, Union, Somerset and Morris counties — called on state Democrats last week to support…

  • Business Briefs

    Anderson & Collins Inc. (ACCRINC), an independent clinical research site dedicated to full-service care, is looking for volunteers for its clinical trials. Trials that are available now are: osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis; migraine; menstrual migraine; osteoporosis; fibromyalgia; and hypertension and flu vaccine, according to Melissa Cardillo, M.H.A., vice president. ACCRINC has been in operation in…

  • Obama lends star power to Corzine PNC rally

    More than 17K attend re-election stump BY ERIN O. STATTEL Staff Writer Despite the heat and humidity, thousands of people packed the PNC Bank Arts Center in Holmdel last week to hear President Barack Obama speak about his health care initiative and urge voters to support the re-election campaign of Gov. Jon Corzine. PHOTOS BY…

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