• Setting an example

    Top: Rida Merchant, winner of an art/essay contest, views the artwork of other students on display at the North Brunswick Municipal Building during the town’s celebration honoring the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. at the township municipal building on Jan. 17. Above: Director Marie Tashjan congratulates students from North Brunswick’s Pan Clan Crew of…

  • No. Brunswick man charged with role in fatal shooting

    NEW BRUNSWICK — A North Brunswick man is among three people indicted for a fatal shooting last year. After a hearing in Superior Court, a grand jury indicted Adrian Islas, 25, of North Brunswick; Edwin Morales, also known as Darwin Garcia, 20, of New Brunswick; and Danilo Lemus-Ramos, 19, also of New Brunswick, on Jan.…

  • Husband admits to aggravated manslaughter prior to retrial

    By JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer NEW BRUNSWICK — A South Brunswick man has been sentenced to serve 12 years in state prison after accepting a plea agreement to a charge of running down his wife with his van. Samander Dabas, 47, of Kendall Park, pleaded guilty Jan. 17 in Superior Court, New Brunswick, to a…

  • Cheerleading clinic open to grades K-5

    South Brunswick Police Athletic League (PAL) Cheerleading will hold a winter cheer clinic from 6:30-8 p.m. Tuesdays, Feb. 4 to April 8, in the Crossroads North Middle School auxiliary gym, 635 Georges Road, Monmouth Junction. The clinic will be led by head coaches and the cheer director. The program will include warm-ups, stunting, motion drills,…

  • Job seekers, companies invited to job fair

    Assemblyman Upendra Chivukula will host a job fair with the Middlesex County Regional Chamber of Commerce and the Raritan Valley Community College Career Services from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Feb. 5 at the Imperia, 1714 Easton Ave., Somerset. Job seekers are encouraged to attend and network with recruiters for opportunities with public and private…

  • Scouts show their skills during Pinewood Derby

    By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer This text will be replaced North Brunswick Cub Scouts watch their cars race during the annual Pinewood Derby event, held at Our Lady of Peace in North Brunswick on Jan. 24. JOVELLE TAMAYO NORTH BRUNSWICK — As woodblock cars made their way down the ramps, the boys of Cub Scout…

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    Blaize Moore of Tinton Falls takes advantage of the recent snowstorm by sledding down the large hill at Glenwood Cemetery in West Long Branch on Jan. 22. STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR

  • Legacy of conservation trailblazer remembered

    “I f I have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants,” wrote Sir Isaac Newton, in a tip of his hat to earlier mathematicians upon whose work he built. New Jersey’s environmental movement has had its “giants” — and one of them was Richard J. Sullivan, who passed away in December…

  • Lengthening school day is ill-advised

    A fter listening to Gov. Chris Christie’s State of the State address, many have balked at lengthening the school day of all New Jersey students. While this proposal may drastically alter statistics in districts with a high dropout rate and low graduation rate for the better, is it fair to students who are presently excelling?…

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