• Christmas trees abound

    By GREG KENNELTY Staff Writer Stan Zarzecki loads a Christmas tree onto a customer’s pickup truck at Matawan World of Gardening, Route 516, Old Bridge. STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR Christmas trees emit a spectrum of cheerful holiday light from several tents as inflatable Santas and snowmen greet passersby from the gravel parking lot of the…

  • Suspect charged in 10 home burglaries after yearlong search

    A New York man has been charged for his alleged role in numerous residential home burglaries in South Brunswick, Edison and East Brunswick, dating back to last December. Police have charged Felix Bruno, 32, of the Bronx, N.Y., with 10 counts of burglary, South Brunswick Police Chief Raymond Hayducka announced on Dec. 2. “I want…

  • ‘Do Not Call’ should apply to election time

    A ssemblyman Bob Andrzejczak (DAtlantic, Cape May, Cumberland) is trying to save the citizens of New Jersey from unsolicited mail that fills our mailboxes by proposing another law that would resemble the Do Not Call law with a Do Not Mail list. I challenge him to be consistent. How about including endless phone calls and…

  • Food donation drive was a success

    We would like to thank all our generous neighbors in the Wetherhill Development and on Haypress Road in Dayton for their contributions to the South Brunswick Township Food Bank. Our community group from Element Church left donation bags and asked that they be filled and left for collection on Nov. 15. This resulted in an…

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    STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR Christmas trees are on display at Matawan World of Gardening in Old Bridge on Dec. 4.

  • ‘A Jazzy Nutcracker’ to be staged in Monroe

    Lustig Dance Theatre of New Brunswick will perform its second annual production of Graham Lustig’s “A Jazzy Nutcracker” at 7 p.m. Dec. 12, and 1 and 4:30 p.m. Dec. 13 at the Monroe High School Performing Arts Center, 200 Schoolhouse Road, Monroe. The Christmas celebration set in the 1960s features a space-age battle scene, a…

  • Plastic materials needed for fundraiser

    The South Brunswick Senior Center has teamed up with an eco-wise business, Terra Cycle, to collect plastic materials and upcycle the goods into eco-friendly products. The Senior Center, 110 Kingston Lane, Monmouth Junction, will collect Brita products, chip wrappers, cellphones, laptops and ink cartridges, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. weekdays.

  • South Brunswick hit-and-run yields $3.25 million settlement

    By JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK — A case involving a 2011 hit-and-run accident has been settled for $3.25 million after laboratory analysis matched the victim’s belt to the suspect’s vehicle. Reynaldo Torres Pena was 18 years old in August 2011 when he was struck by a box truck on the shoulder of the…

  • North Brunswick commemorates Pearl Harbor Day

    By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer North Brunswick marked Pearl Harbor Day with two ceremonies at Veterans Park on Dec. 7. KATHY CHANG/STAFF NORTH BRUNSWICK — The 73rd anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor was remembered on a chilly Sunday morning in North Brunswick. The first ceremony, at 7:48 a.m., marked the moment when Japanese…

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