• Barnes & Noble plans pop culture programs

    Barnes & Noble will host a month-long celebration of pop culture at its North Brunswick location, 869 Route 1 South. Throwback Thursdays on July 9, 16, 23 and 30 will feature a different, specially crafted display wall each week containing fun facts, images and products about the decades from the 1960s to the 1990s. DC…

  • Seats available on school board

    The North Brunswick Board of Education will have three seats on the ballot in the Nov. 3 annual school election. A full term on the school board is for three years. Prospective school board candidates may obtain a “School Board Candidate Kit” online at www.njsba.org. Published by the New Jersey School Boards Association, the kit…

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    FRANK WOJCIECHOWSKI Volunteers prepare meals to be distributed by the Hunger Van to hungry and homeless people in the area, at The Islamic Society of Central Jersey in Monmouth Junction on July 4.

  • Understanding sun poisoning

    A trip to the beach is an enjoyable way to spend a day.With warm waves lapping at your feet and a good book to enjoy, hours relaxing at the seaside tend to pass by quite quickly. While such days are often comfortable and relaxing, if you aren’t careful, you may be putting yourself at risk…

  • N.J. needs to be smarter and more efficient

    New Jersey does have one of the lowest gasoline taxes in the United States. We also have the highest property taxes of all 50 states. New Jersey is No. 1, 2 or 3 on every list of the worst taxed states in the nation. We are No. 1 among all the states in the number…

  • Islamic center invites community

    We are still mourning the loss of nine of our African-American brothers and sisters last month in Charleston, South Carolina. Just a few months earlier, three young Muslim students were murdered in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, purportedly over a parking dispute. The best way for all of us to prevent similar tragedies from occurring in…

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    STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR A shovel and sand make a dynamic duo at the Jersey shore.

  • Salvatore A. Amato

    Mr. Salvatore Amato passed away July 1, 2015, at the John F. Kennedy Medical Center in Edison. Born and raised in Brooklyn, he had resided in Freehold for the past 18 years. He was a communicant of St. Robert Bellarmine Catholic Church, Freehold, and a proud United States Air Force World War II veteran. Mr.…

  • ON CAMPUS

    The following local students have earned placement on the dean’s list at The College of New Jersey for the spring 2015 semester: From North Brunswick: Mariaconcetta Sgroi, Lillian Panitch, Suk Yoon and Meghan Cathcart. From Dayton: Brett Peters, Brian Quindlen, Aakhila Rameeza, Demetrios Frangos, Amit Manjunath and Pooja Shah. To achieve this honor, a student…

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