• Healthy breathing: The best way to de-stress

    By Sharon Yeskel Breathing may be something we do 20,000 times a day, but that doesn’t mean we are doing it right. According to Dr. Belisa Vranich, author of “BREATHE, 14 days to oxygenating, recharging, and refueling your body & brain,” we have to ‘relearn how to breathe moving the breathing back down to the…

  • Where to find autism resources

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that, as of 2014, autism spectrum disorder affects 1 in 68 children across the country. This new estimate is 30 percent higher than previous reports, which may be indicative of better measuring devices, more people coming forward or a greater prevalence of autism across the board. “Autism…

  • Sun or storm? Students learn how to forecast the weather

    By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer Meteorologist John Marshall takes a photo with two sixth-graders at Carl Sandberg Middle School in Old Bridge on March 26. The CBS News meteorologist brought his mobile weather studio to the school. COURTESY OF OLD BRIDGE SCHOOL DISTRICT OLD BRIDGE — Carl Sandberg Middle School now has its own weather…

  • Lost art to be theme of Holocaust observance

    The Henry Ricklis Holocaust Memorial Committee, Monroe, will hold its annual Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Memorial) Observance at 1 p.m. April 19 in the Marasco Auditorium at Monroe Township Middle School, 1629 Perrineville Road. Doors will open at 12:30 p.m. for yahrzeit (memorial) candle lighting. Seating will be on a first-come basis. The theme of this…

  • Residents share differing recovery stories after Sandy

    By ADAM C. UZIALKO Staff Writer SAYREVILLE — Residents in various stages of recovery from superstorm Sandy attended an information session hosted by the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs (DCA) to learn more about their eligibility for a state reconstruction grant program. The Rehabilitation, Reconstruction, Elevation and Mitigation (RREM) program offers residents up to…

  • New master gardeners ready to play the field

    With the recent arrival of spring, a new crop of master gardeners is prepared for the growing season. The latest gardeners to graduate from the Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Middlesex County are Clara Rivera-Pacheco of Dayton; Katherine Anouna and Ajit Joshi of East Brunswick; Bridget Mate of Fords; Pat Gelon, Isabelle Kass, Neela Khanolkar, Elsie…

  • Country will not elect a bully as president

    Will Gov. Chris Christie run for president? That is the big question. Oh, how I hope that he does run for president. I would like him to be exposed in the primary debates by his fellow Republicans concerning how badly he has governed the state of New Jersey. He has done nothing for New Jersey.…

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    STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR Raindrops gather on a car window at the Freehold Raceway Mall, Freehold Township.

  • ‘Ballyhoo’ to open on East Brunswick stage

    Playhouse 22, East Brunswick’s community theater troupe, will present “The Last Night of Ballyhoo,” a comedy by Alfred Uhry, 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, and 3 p.m. Sundays, April 17-May 3, at the East Brunswick Community Arts Center, 721 Cranbury Road. The comedy, directed by Marie Fiorello, is set in the upper-class German-Jewish community living…

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