• Mental illness course offered to caregivers

    The National Alliance on Mental Illness of New Jersey (NAMI NJ) will hold a free, 12-week course for family caregivers of individuals with severe mental illness from 7- 9:30 p.m. March 18 at the NAMI NJ office, 1562 Route 130, North Brunswick. The course is taught by trained family members to help others cope better…

  • North Brunswick conducts Child Find program

    The North Brunswick Public School District will hold a Child Find program for children in need of special education and related services. Any child age 3-21 who is experiencing learning, speech, hearing, vision, motor, physical or emotional difficulties will be evaluated for free by the district. For more information, contact Dr. Frances Stromsland at 732-289-3035.

  • Scholarship open to those affected by cancer

    One New Jersey student who lost his mother to cancer while in college is helping other students in similar situations. Marna’s Pals is currently accepting applications from New Jersey students whose families have been affected by cancer. The deadline is March 31. David Pal’s mother died from pancreatic cancer in 2008, just two years after…

  • Police: Teacher had inappropriate conversation with student, 14

    NORTH BRUNSWICK — A teacher of special education at North Brunswick High School has been charged with having an inappropriate conversation with a student. Cara E. Conroy, 33, of Kendall Park, was charged on March 6 with a seconddegree count of endangering the welfare of a child for allegedly engaging in an inappropriate Internet conversation…

  • Adams Athletic Club to host annual fish fry

    The Adams Athletic Club will host its annual fish fry from 5-8 p.m. March 21 at the club, 1210 Cozzens Lane, North Brunswick. The menu includes fried fish, fried clams or fried shrimp — with potatoes and cole slaw — for $10 or a combination platter for $13. A $2 discount is offered for seniors…

  • ‘First dinosaur’ pays visit to state museum

    Hadrosaurus foulkii, known both as “America’s first dinosaur” and the official New Jersey state dinosaur, will return to the New Jersey State Museum. 205 West State St., Trenton. The new exhibit, “Drawn To Dinosaurs: Hadrosaurus Foulkii,” will open March 22 in the museum’s Natural History Hall. The exhibit, on loan from the Academy of Natural…

  • Seminar in South Brunswick addresses health care issues

    By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK — Naila Firdaus’ mother has a green card and wanted to know what options she would have under the Affordable Care Act. What the Old Bridge resident learned at the Affordable Care Act Seminar and Health Insurance Enrollment Drive, held March 1 in Monmouth Junction, brought a smile…

  • Dog sparks interest in reading for students with special needs

    By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer Above: Third-grader Jomar Ortiz reacts to petting Danny, a therapy dog from Bright and Beautiful Therapy Dogs, during a visit to Parsons Elementary School in North Brunswick on March 7. Below: Fourth-grader Freddy Banda, third-grader Niomy Robley and first-grader Jarvin Rodriguez enjoy Danny’s company. PHOTOS BY STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR…

  • So. Brunswick sees large turnout for police exam

    By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer Some 1,130 police candidates descended upon South Brunswick High School on Monday to take the open competitive exam. The New Jersey State Association of Chiefs of Police, which administered the exam, indicated that the number of people taking the test was the state’s largest for a municipal exam in recent…

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