• Fire safety demos part of open house Oct. 10

    North Brunswick Fire Co. No. 3 will hold a Fire Safety Prevention Week Open House from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Oct. 10 at the firehouse, 1470 Cozzens Lane, North Brunswick. There will be fire safety demonstrations, interactions with firefighters, a visit by Freddie the Automated Fire Truck and the Middlesex Fire Safety Smoke…

  • Dog walk to include adoption event Oct. 4

    The North Brunswick Humane Association (NBHA) will hold its 12th annual Dog Walk-a-Thon and Adoption Day event 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Oct. 4 at North Brunswick Community Park, 2053 Route 130 south, North Brunswick. Registration begins at 10 a.m. Pre-registration is $15 for the first dog, $5 for each additional dog, by Sept. 1. On the…

  • 5K will be held in memory of Linwood teacher

    The Purple for Pappas 5K will be held Oct. 4 at Linwood Middle School, 25 Linwood Place, North Brunswick. Aubrey Pappas was a Linwood teacher who passed away in a motor vehicle crash on Oct. 8, 2014. The 5K run and walk will include children’s activities, food and entertainment. Registration begins at 7 a.m., followed…

  • North Brunswick residents can now pay taxes online

    NORTH BRUNSWICK — Taxpayers in North Brunswick are now able to use an online service to pay their property taxes. Payments can be made through the Link2Gov/WIPP payment system at https://wippii.edmundsassoc.com/Wipp12 14/ Certain fees apply to paying a property tax bill online. If a resident pays by ACH or e-check, there is a $1.05 convenience…

  • Community Campout set for Oct. 2

    The North Brunswick Department of Parks, Recreation & Community Services will hold its annual Community Campout and Movie Night from 7 p.m. Oct. 2 to 8 a.m. Oct. 3 at North Brunswick Community Park, 2053 Route 130 south. There will be s’mores, popcorn, camping and a screening of “Rio 2.” The cost is $5 per…

  • The life of a volunteer firefighter: long workdays followed by longer nights

    By JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK — Being a volunteer firefighter is taxing enough, but being a volunteer firefighter after working a full day during one of the most massive fires in the state is even more stressful. Ten employees of the North Brunswick Department of Public Works (DPW) are also volunteers with the…

  • Prayer service

    PHOTOS COURTESY OF AZRA BAIG More than 3,500 people attended Eid prayer services on Sept. 24 at Rowland Park in South Brunswick, led by the Islamic Society of Central Jersey.

  • Thinking outside the box

    FRANK WOJCIECHOWSKI Matt Kenny tosses a box during the “box put” event at the LogistX games in South Brunswick on Sept. 25. The four-event competition focused around the value of the logistics and distribution industry in New Jersey while also fundraising for the Wounded Warriors Project.

  • Drop the labels, we are all Americans

    When you put a label on something, you separate it from everything else around it. For example, if you have a box of shoes and you label one pair “brown shoes,” you have a box of shoes that contain one pair of brown shoes, separating them from the rest. We have been doing the same…

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