• Applications available for sheriff’s academy

    The Middlesex County Sheriff’s Office will hold an eight-week Sheriff’s Civilian Academy beginning in September at the Middlesex County Police Training Center at North Patrol Road in Edison. The first session will take place from 7- 9 p.m. Sept. 4, and classes will continue weekly on Thursdays with one Saturday class. Graduation will be held…

  • Foundation to explore water, soil pollution

    The Wimalawansa Foundation is bringing attention to water and soil pollution associated with chronic kidney disease in Sri Lanka. Professor Sunil Wimalawansa of North Brunswick and other members of the foundation are studying why thousands of people die every year, and why the numbers are escalating. To make a donation, visit www.wimalawansa.org or email [email protected].

  • North Brunswick plans Fourth of July festivities

    By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK — Township officials are finalizing plans for a Fourth of July celebration. “The day is of importance,” said North Brunswick Township High School Principal Pete Clark, who is organizing the program. The township will hold a meeting at 7 p.m. June 26 at North Brunswick Township High School…

  • The roots of reading

    Top: The North Brunswick Woman’s Club donated a dogwood tree to the North Brunswick Library in honor of Make a Difference Day in April. Pictured, left to right, are Margie Vogel, Thelma Comparato, North Brunswick Library Director Cheryl McBride, Carol Lagowski and Carol Niemiec. Comparato and McBride acknowledged the memory of Josephine Comparato, past president…

  • QUOTE OF THE WEEK

    “I like nature. … Dangerous nature.” — Pranaav Saiganesh Page 23

  • Bring kidnapped girls back home

    Hi, my name is Trevor. I am 11 years old and live in Holmdel with my family. I am writing to you because I am upset about the 200 Nigerian schoolgirls who were kidnapped by the militant Islamist group, Boko Haram. I am upset because some of the girls were Muslims and some of them…

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    Parasailers prepare for flight off the coast of Point Pleasant Beach.

  • YOUR TURN

    Act now for clean air, water and health Michele S. Byers Former Gov. Christine Todd Whitman said at a New Jersey Conservation Foundation event a few years ago that the Garden State is “on track to become the first state in the union to run out of open space.” “I love New Jersey being first…

  • Rugged Maniac will include obstacle course

    Rugged Maniac will hold its fourth annual 5K race and obstacle course challenge on July 12 and 13 at Raceway Park, Englishtown. Runners will face mud pits, fire, tubes, a 60-foot water slide, swinging pendulums and some new surprises. The cost is $90 during the week of the event. Students and military personnel with valid…

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