• Local resident receives foreign-affairs fellowship

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK — Bryan Furman of South Brunswick is a recipient of the 2014 Thomas R. Pickering Graduate Foreign Affairs Fellowship. Administered for the U.S. Department of State by the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation, the Thomas R. Pickering Foreign Affairs Fellowships develop a source of men and women whose academic backgrounds fulfill the skill…

  • Pedestrian safety is focus of latest police campaign

    NORTH BRUNSWICK — The Police Department is managing a crosswalk enforcement campaign throughout the summer to ensure pedestrian safety. This follows a series of traffic safety campaigns during the past two months that targeted distracted driving and seat belt violations. According to the New Jersey Division of Highway Traffic Safety, the highest number of motor…

  • Student of fire-ravaged school soars skyward

    Fifth-grader Gabby Martini, right, and James Monroe Elementary School teacher Amy Fuentes wave to onlookers as Nick Mazzocchi pilots the hot-air balloon. he image of an American flag and the school sign in front of the fire-ravaged James Monroe Elementary School left a sense of “hope and happiness” for fifth-grader Gabby Martini. After writing about…

  • New intersection opens at Route 1 and Aaron Road

    By KATHY CHANG Editor’s note: The opening of the intersection has been delayed until 8 p.m. Wednesday, June 25. The New Jersey Department of Transportation (DOT) has fully opened the newly constructed intersection of Route 1 and Aaron Road. Motorists can now use the new reverse jughandle on Route 1 north. The developer of Main…

  • Heroin crisis spurs antidote action

    By GREG KENNELTY Staff Writer Alisa Martinez, a patrol officer in Ocean Township, holds up a spray dispenser for Narcan, which police in central New Jersey have begun using to reverse drug overdoses. Within 48 hours of Ocean Township receiving the heroin antidote Narcan, its police force saved the life of a 40-year-old woman who…

  • Sedate sedan

    Acura’s new RLX luxury sedan is comfortable and capable, but remains more conservative in nature than its European rivals By Jim Gorzelany CTW Features A cura’s largest sedan — now named the RLX — has been redesigned for 2014 with high hopes the brand can finally compete with the likes of Audi, BMW and Mercedes-Benz…

  • Q&A

    License lull with Sharon Peters Q: My son and my two nieces are between 17 and 20 years old, and none of them has sought out a driver’s license. Most of their friends haven’t either. I’m wondering if this is the way of today’s youth. A: Yes, you’ve spotted a mini trend that is being…

  • Don’t be remorseful

    It’s easy to rush into a purchase. Make sure you’re finding the right home for you — and for the long haul Considering that a home likely is the most important purchase and biggest financial transaction you’ll ever make, it’s important that you be happy with that acquisition. Yet, alarmingly, results of a recent study…

  • NJAR introducing new look, new brand, new name

    The New Jersey Association of Realtors has undergone a rebranding, and is rolling out its new look, new brand and new name, New Jersey Realtors. “I’m proud to announce that our organization has a new name and a new logo! Moving forward, we will be called ‘New Jersey Realtors,’ which puts the focus on the…

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