• Silly season is over, and now it’s the Season of the Weird

    Coda • GREG BEAN It was the late, great Hunter S. Thompson who observed that “when the going gets weird, the weird turn pro.” And these days, it looks like we’ve got a whole passel of people looking to shed their amateur rags and exchange them for the flashy professional variety. We have definitely entered…

  • Business Briefs

    The OceanFirst Foundation has awarded $150,000 in grants to eighteen local organizations through the 2009 Arts and Cultural Grant program. Grants range from $1,000 to $15,000 and will provide general operating support. This year’s grant recipients are Algonquin Arts, Manasquan; Allaire Village, Farmingdale; Brick Children’s Community Theatre, Brick; Count Basie Theatre, Red Bank; Festival of…

  • Surfing the ‘net’

    CHRIS KELLY staff Branchburg’s Gail O’Brien (l) and Kendall Park’s Anna Soo battle at the net during the South Brunswick Recreation Department’s Women’s Volleyball games at South Brunswick High School on March 23.

  • Salamanders late to cross Beekman Road this year

    Spring has sprung, and usually that means the salamanders are on their way across Beekman Road. But that has yet to happen this year, due to a lack of heavy rains since the warmer temperatures began to arrive. “It will happen … we just don’t know when,” members of the East Brunswick Environmental Commission website,…

  • Workshop provides tips for job seekers

    BY BETH EISEN Correspondent NORTH BRUNSWICK — For those looking for jobs in a tough economy, “The Art of Interviewing” workshop held at North Brunswick Library Tuesday March 10 tried to help prospective employees boost their chances of landing a job. Eileen Levine of the Williamsburg Group went through the interview process and gave many…

  • New Brunswick approves waste transfer station

    No. Bruns. officials have environmental, traffic concerns BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer An application for a waste transfer station in the city of New Brunswick that was approved March 10 has North Brunswick officials concerned about the appropriateness of its location. The applicant, 986 Jersey Avenue LLC, representing the private company Wick Enterprises, brought forth…

  • NBTHS literary magazine production is under way

    BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK — Students at North Brunswick Township High School are illustrating the power of words and artistry. Members of the school’s literary magazine, Painted Words, are in the process of creating their annual compilation of student submitted literary works and artistic expressions. Beginning in September each year, the 10…

  • S.B. man must pay $35K to contractor

    Judge sentences conspirator to two years’ probation BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK — Craig Maltese recently avoided incarceration for charges that he conspired to steal $105,000 in funds that were allocated for a school in Newark. Last week, state Superior Court Judge Frederick P. DeVesa ordered Maltese, 55, of the Dayton section of…

  • Officials to discuss red light cameras in So. Bruns.

    DOT designates township for pilot program BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK — Township officials will discuss the possibility of installing cameras on the traffic lights at the intersection of Henderson Road and Route 1 next month. The state Department of Transportation (DOT) announced the designation of 10 municipalities for the Red Light Running…

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