• Register for Day With Character by March 2

    Crossroads South School, 195 Major Road, South Brunswick, will host the fourth annual Day With the Character Event for seniors 10 a.m. March 4. The event showcases the school’s musical, “Anything Goes!,” and is free to any senior preregistering at South Brunswick Senior Center by March 2. The show’s main characters will join seniors for…

  • Historical events at library this month

    North Brunswick Public Library, 880 Hermann Road, is joining the New Jersey State Library, the New Jersey Library Association and libraries statewide to honor the legacy of Abraham Lincoln by participating in the Pennies for Peace campaign. The library is collecting pennies to be donated to Pennies for Peace, a project of the Central Asia…

  • Stop, drop & roll

    PHOTOS BY JEFF GRANIT staff Above: Rich Kosmoski, a fire instructor from the Middlesex County Fire Academy, assists Sara Salluce with the stop-drop-and-roll technique during a fire safety demonstration held at Kiddie Academy of North Brunswick Feb. 19. Below: Fire instructor Frank Dellapietro watches a shirt catch fire inside of a special fire trailer.

  • Mick Moloney at NBTHS March 4

    Middlesex County Cultural and Heritage Commission and the Folklife Program for New Jersey welcome the return of musician and vocalist Mick Moloney at 7 p.m. March 4 at North Brunswick Township High School, Raider Road and Route 130. He will be joined by John Doyle, vocals and guitar; Athena Tergis, fiddle; Niall O’Leary, step dancing;…

  • Keeping with the flow

    PHOTOS BY JEFF GRANIT staff The North Brunswick Senior Center has started a new Thursday morning tai chi program. Dorothy Yang (photo at left) volunteers her time teaching the seniors.

  • ‘Silver Alert System’ to help locate missing

    The Senate Law and Public Safety Committee approved a bill that establishes a “Silver Alert System” for missing persons believed to be suffering from dementia or other cognitive impairments. The emergency plan is based on the “Amber Alert” system used by State Police to locate missing children. The alerts will include a description of the…

  • Carrying the torch

    Carter embraces her family’s heritage in country music BY BRIAN DONAHUE Staff Writer She grew up the child of country music royalty, performed often with her mother and stepfather, June Carter and Johnny Cash, and built her own successful career over 30 years as a solo artist. Carlene Carter, daughter of June Carter Cash and…

  • Country breakfast set at Masonic lodge

    Milltown Masonic Lodge No. 294, 30 N. Main St., will host its All-You-Can-Eat Country Breakfast 8 a.m. – 1 p.m. March 8. The menu will include pancakes, eggs, potatoes, sausage, bacon, coffee and juice. Cost is $6 for adults, $3 for children under 12. Tickets will be available at the door.

  • N.B. uses grant money for GREAT causes

    BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK — The township Police Department and school district are working GREAT together to educate students about gang-related issues, drug and alcohol abuse, and community relations. GREAT, or Gang Resistance Education and Training, is a program funded through the federal Bureau of Justice. Started in 1991 in Arizona, the…

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