• Police partner with CVS to address phone scam

    By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK — Police are teaming up with the CVS store in Kendall Park in response to recent reports of scams conducted over the phone. During these scams, a perpetrator calls and says he is from the IRS. He demands that the victim immediately provide payment for money owed and…

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    Jenny Paddock, a police officer from Boulder, Col., plays taps May 10 as riders in the Police Unity Tour head south on Route 130 in North Brunswick on their way to the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial and Museum in Washington, D.C., to commemorate Police Week. The tour stopped to pay tribute to North Brunswick…

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    Personnel from the New Jersey Army National Guard, 1st Battalion, 114th Infantry, retire the colors at the conclusion of the New Jersey Vietnam Veterans Remembrance Day ceremony on May 7 in Holmdel. STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR

  • Lawn care doesn’t require harsh chemicals

    I t is the season to fertilize our lawns. There is a lot of media coverage about cancer. I suggest that fertilizing and lawn feeding products, as well as weed killers, don’t have to have harsh chemical ingredients. Those poison our water supply and are contributors that are known to be cancerous. There are organic…

  • Celebrate EarthShare New Jersey’s anniversary

    EarthShare New Jersey has played a key role for 20 years in mobilizing individuals, businesses and environmental leaders to work together to protect the state’s natural resources and communities through volunteerism, workplace giving and sustainability campaigns. Following superstorm Sandy’s destruction and the ongoing recovery, spring provides the opportunity to celebrate our environment. Parks, waterways, marshland,…

  • Voters should not vote the party line

    I n the Democratic primary for retiring Congressman Rush Holt’s seat, progressive Democrats risk having their voices drowned out by party insiders who wield tremendous power over an anachronistic peculiarity known as “the line.” This peculiar feature of New Jersey elections allows Republican and Democratic county organizations to place primary candidates on the same ballot…

  • North Brunswick school budget includes new staff positions

    By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK — The Board of Education has adopted a budget that calls for an increase of $33 on the annual school tax bill of a home assessed at the township average of $157,000 for the 2014-15 year. The vote was held at the board’s regular meeting on April 30.…

  • New route, cycling champ highlight Bike Ride for Amy

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK — A fourth bicycle course and the participation of a former champion for the U.S. Postal Service Professional Cycling Team will highlight the seventh annual Bike Ride for Amy on June 1. The event raises funds for the early detection and treatment of breast cancer for uninsured women. The cycling route, which begins…

  • TEDx shows locals that it pays to ‘play’

    By KEITH HEUMILLER Staff Writer TEDxNavesink attendees enjoy playground games in front of the Two River Theater in Red Bank during a break from the conference. The day’s theme was “play.” The concept of “ideas worth spreading” has clearly taken hold in central New Jersey following the wildly successful second incarnation of the TEDxNavesink conference…

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