• Spouse bereavement group offers support

    The South Brunswick Office on Aging is offering a six-week bereavement support group to offer emotional support, education and comfort through the journey of grief. Any township resident age 55 or older who has experienced the recent loss of a spouse or partner can join the group, which will meet 10:45 a.m. to noon on…

  • Program to discuss healthy lifestyles

    HealthEASE will host Keep Up the Beat 10:30-11:30 a.m. July 10 at the Charleston Place Community Room, 3424 Route 27, Kendall Park. The program will focus on the effects of high cholesterol and high blood pressure on heart disease, define HDL and LDL cholesterol, identify lifestyle changes for heart health and describe the importance of…

  • Tipster helps police identify alleged flasher

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK — A Nixle alert and the publication of a news article led police to receive a tip regarding the man who allegedly exposed himself to a worker at Quick Chek in May. The tipster identified the suspect as 29- year-old Randall Redd of Franklin, according to police reports. The incident occurred on May…

  • Police: Man sustains serious injuries in two-vehicle crash

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK — A 30-yearold Mercer County man was seriously injured in a two-vehicle crash last week. South Brunswick police responded to the accident at the intersection of Herrod Boulevard and Stults Road during the late afternoon of June 30. The injured man was driving a 1997 Toyota south on Herrod Boulevard when it collided…

  • Registration open for VFW Run/Walk

    Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 133 will sponsor its third annual 5K Run/Walk fundraiser beginning at 9 a.m. July 27 at the post home, 485 Cranbury Road, East Brunswick, behind University Radiology. Registration fee is $25 online at www.jerseyrunner.com before July 18, or $30 after that date. Event-day registration will begin at 7:30 a.m.…

  • Sandy grant to fund storm resilience projects

    By ADAM C. UZIALKO Staff Writer Fifty-four towns in the Raritan River basin will benefit from a $1.17 million federal grant that will fund flood mitigation and green infrastructure projects in each municipality. The grant from the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) was awarded to Rutgers University through the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation…

  • Jewish community gathers to seek solace, unity

    By ADAM C. UZIALKO Staff Writer Joe Hollander, chairman of the Jewish Federation of Monmouth County, lights three candles during the July 2 memorial service for three Israeli teens who were kidnapped and killed in June. The murders of three Israeli teens have become a rallying point for the global Jewish community, with members of…

  • Forum teaches young men about politics

    By JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer Central New Jersey has found itself a few good men. More than 1,000 young men from across the state convened June 22-27 at Rider University, Lawrenceville, for the 69th session of the American Legion Jersey Boys State. The program was designed to provide hands-on experience in local, county and state…

  • Eyes in the sky: Vanishing privacy

    By ANDREW MARTINS Staff Writer The widespread use of surveillance cameras, such as these atop a local retail building, have sparked discussions at the local and state levels about citizens’ right to privacy. Like it or not, the notion of digital and physical privacy is a vanishing concept — everyone can expect that they are…

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