• Parents urged to apply for insurance

    The Association for Children of New Jersey (ACNJ) is encouraging parents in Middlesex County to fill out applications for health insurance that were mailed in early June by the State of New Jersey. The applications — marked Express Lane Application for Health Insurance — were sent to families who have children who are uninsured. The…

  • N.B. Republicans name new candidate

    The North Brunswick Republican Organization named Jordan B. Rickards as a candidate for the November 2009 Township Council election. The lifelong resident graduated from Rutgers Preparatory School in 1997 and from Liberty University in 2001 magna cum laude, where he was a member of the National Dean’s List. In 2004, he graduated from Washington and…

  • Epilepsy fundraiser raises $3,010

    A fundraiser held by the Meehan family on June 20 raised $3,010 to benefit the Epilepsy Foundation of New Jersey. The fourth annual barbecue was held in honor of Michael Meehan, who was a 26- year-old North Brunswick and Kendall Park resident who was involved in a fatal motor vehicle accident in February 2006. Meehan…

  • Josephine B. Mickelson

    Mrs. Mickelson, 78, of Lawrenceville, Ga., and formerly North Brunswick, died June 26, 2009. She was retired from AT&T, where she was employed 20 years. During retirement, she was employed at a local Hallmark store. She was predeceased by her first husband, Robert H. Morris; her husband, Arthur P. Mickelson; and a sister, Marie Pagano.…

  • Grace LaRosa Vaccaro

    Mrs. Vaccaro, 97, of New Brunswick, died June 27, 2009, at home. She was employed at Personal Products, Milltown, for 18 years, retiring in 1974. Prior to that, she was a seamstress at Bond Clothing Company and Brunswick Blouse Company, both New Brunswick. She was predeceased by her husband, Vito J. “Bill” Vaccaro, in 1985;…

  • Khalia Jermaine Gordon

    Mr. Gordon, 33, of North Brunswick, died June 30, 2009, in Edgewater Park. He was a former tow truck driver at Garden State Trucking & Auto, Monmouth Junction section of South Brunswick. He is survived by his wife, Bryn Gordon; his mother, Rutha Gordon; his father, Amos Jackson; four sisters, LaShaunda Simmons, Asia Luckey, Jameelah…

  • Ruth Anne Mariano

    Mrs. Mariano, 68, of Metuchen, died June 19, 2009, at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. She was a receptionist at CDI Headstart, North Brunswick, for more than five years. She was predeceased by her father Rocco A. Mariano; and two brothers, Richard and Robert. She is survived by a daughter and son-in-law, Annamae…

  • Tell Corzine to leave EMT Training Fund alone

    The volunteer Emergency Medical Services (EMS) community understands this difficult economy requires serious belt tightening. Gov. Jon Corzine’s plan to redirect $4 million from the Emergency Medical Technician Training Fund to the general fund, however, would only make things worse, especially on the local level. The New Jersey Legislature established the fund in 1995 to…

  • Open forts to housing for homeless veterans

    There are about 20 million U.S. military veterans ages 20-90 in the U.S.A. About 500,000 of them are homeless, and who knows how many are unemployed. Congress should consider making surplus government housing available to homeless veterans. Places like Governors Island, Fort Hancock and Fort Monmouth have thousands of housing units that are empty. Veterans…

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