• Community, police cooperate in arresting burglary suspects

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK — Police disrupted an alleged car-burglary ring Sept. 30 in the Beekman Manor Development, and have subsequently charged a township man and a Trenton man with the burglaries. Around 4:55 a.m., police responded to a report of someone trying to break into vehicles, according to police Detective Sgt. James Ryan. A police officer…

  • County gun buyback takes nearly 2,000 firearms off streets

    By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer Investigator James Napp of the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office holds up a real semi-automatic assault weapon and a BB gun depicting a semi-automatic assault weapon. KATHY CHANG/STAFF Nearly 16,000 firearms of all sizes — legal and illegal — are off the streets in New Jersey, thanks to gun buyback programs…

  • Navratri

    Dancers fill the gym floor of Crossroads Middle School South to celebrate the Indian festival of Navratri in South Brunswick on Oct. 5. Celebrations will be held Oct. 18 and 19 at South Brunswick High School. PHOTOS BY SCOTT FRIEDMAN

  • Charleston Place plans fall rummage sale

    South Brunswick Community Development Charleston Place Senior Citizens will hold a rummage sale 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Oct. 25-26 at the building, 3424 Route 27, Kendall Park. The proceeds will enable existing senior programs to continue. Donations of clothing and household items are welcome. Call 732-297-7966 to make arrangements.

  • Conspicuous consumption

    Last month, millions of individuals lined up to buy Apple’s two new smartphones: the iPhone 5s and its less-popular little brother, the iPhone 5c. Customers paid anywhere from $100 to $850 to own one of the most drooled-over darlings of the tech industry, depending on the model, the specs and the wireless plan. They racked…

  • Students dress the part during reading program

    By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer Principal Janet Ciarrocca reads “Otis” by Loren Long to students at Livingston Park Elementary School on Oct. 3 as part of Jumpstart’s annual Read for the Record event. KATHY CHANG/STAFF NORTH BRUNSWICK — The 742 students at Livingston Park Elementary School dressed as farmers and learned about lasting friendships as…

  • Middlesex County mourns loss of longtime freeholder

    By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer Stephen J. “Pete” Dalina Stephen J. “Pete” Dalina, Middlesex County’s longest-serving freeholder, is being remembered this week as a loving friend and family man who spent decades serving the people of his hometown of Woodbridge and the county as a whole. Dalina, 83, passed away Oct. 5. “He was the…

  • Walk set for Oct. 20 at Princeton Nurseries

    In celebration of the 100th anniversary of the founding of Princeton Nurseries, Rick Henkel will lead a walk through the site at 145 Mapleton Road, Kingston section of South Brunswick, 2-4 p.m. Oct. 20. Henkel was formerly the sales manager for Princeton Nurseries, where he worked for 32 years. After leaving the nurseries, he founded…

  • Workshop to discuss teacher evaluation

    The South Brunswick Parent Academy will present the workshop, “AchieveNJ: Teach, Lead, Grow – Educator Evaluation in the State of New Jersey,” 7-8:30 p.m. Oct. 17 at Crossroads Middle School North, 635 Georges Road, Monmouth Junction. Teacher effectiveness and the need for a tool to measure it will be discussed, as well as the steps…

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