• Performers of the Week for May 22

    Performers of the Week for May 22

    As the month of May rolls on, so does the 2017 season for scholastic sports in the region. Local tournaments are in full bloom, as the state tournaments are just kicking off. Here is a look at local student-athletes who have starred in this past week. On the baseball diamond … The Shore Conference Tournament…

  • Half-day integrated preschool program offered in Monroe

    Half-day integrated preschool program offered in Monroe

    The Monroe Township School District will offer a half-day integrated preschool program for a limited number of children for the 2017-18 school year. The program is designed to give special needs children and typically-developing children the opportunity to learn together. The program inspires creativity and will promote emotional, social and language development. Each class is…

  • South Brunswick business administrator announces resignation

    South Brunswick business administrator announces resignation

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK – The business administrator for South Brunswick Schools has announced his resignation one year after joining the district. Thaddeus Thompson had replaced longtime administrator Anthony Tonzini on July 1, 2016. Prior to coming to South Brunswick, Thompson worked in Queen City Academy Charter School for three years as business administrator; six years in…

  • Georgian Court and Brookdale partner in ‘Degree Up’

    Georgian Court and Brookdale partner in ‘Degree Up’

    By VASHTI HARRIS Staff Writer HAZLET–Aiming to make it more convenient and affordable for local students to get a four-year degree, Georgian Court University and Brookdale Community College joined forces to create “Degree Up.” Stretching beyond’s its Lakewood campus, Georgian Court University held an open house event to introduce its latest collaborative degree program, on…

  • Eddie Fisher

    Eddie Fisher

    By Lucie M. Winborne, ReMIND Magazine “I opened my mouth and this beautiful sound came out and, for me, the world was changed forever.” It certainly was — though Edwin Jack “Sonny Boy” Fisher was little more than a toddler at the time. Eddie was the fourth of seven children born to impoverished Jewish immigrants,…

  • Kyle MacLachlan talks about the return of ‘Twin Peaks’

    Kyle MacLachlan talks about the return of ‘Twin Peaks’

    By Jeff Pfeiffer When David Lynch and Mark Frost’s Twin Peaks debuted on ABC in 1990, it was unlike anything people had seen on TV before — certainly on broadcast television. It brought the surreal sensibilities of Lynch’s film works to the small screen. Ostensibly, the show was about the investigation into the murder of…

  • Millstone Township tax levy remains stable for 2017

    Millstone Township tax levy remains stable for 2017

    By Matthew Sockol Staff Writer MILLSTONE – The Township Committee has adopted a $6.12 million budget that will keep municipal taxes stable in 2017. Millstone Township’s 2017 budget reduces total municipal spending by $340,000 from 2016. The 2017 budget will be supported by the collection of $2.59 million in taxes from residential and commercial property…

  • Will ABC produce a ‘Black-ish’ spin-off?

    Will ABC produce a ‘Black-ish’ spin-off?

    Question: What did you think of the backdoor pilot on Black-ish? I would definitely watch it if ABC picks it up. —Jake Matt Roush: It’s maybe not the most original idea to send a sitcom kid off to college and build a show around that experience—see A Different World—but Zoey (Yara Shahidi) is no more…

  • Millstone officials move to acquire vehicles, equipment

    Millstone officials move to acquire vehicles, equipment

    By Matthew Sockol Staff Writer MILLSTONE – A bond ordinance that will provide funds to be used for acquiring public works vehicles and equipment has been adopted by the Township Committee. On May 17, committee members adopted a bond ordinance that provides an appropriation of $340,000 for the acquisition of Department of Public Works vehicles…

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