Tag: East Brunswick

  • Informational lacrosse meeting set for Feb. 5

    Informational lacrosse meeting set for Feb. 5

    East Brunswick Blackhawks Girls Lacrosse will hold an informational parent meeting, and lacrosse social for players, from 11 a.m. to noon Feb. 5 at The Community Arts Center, 721 Cranbury Road, East Brunswick. The team is open to girls in grades 3-8 in East Brunswick, South River, Spotswood, Milltown, Helmetta, Jamesburg, Old Bridge, New Brunswick,…

  • Lost Souls Memorial Project honors lives lost to slavery

    Lost Souls Memorial Project honors lives lost to slavery

    The Lost Souls Public Memorial Project will mount exhibits throughout the East Brunswick Library, Civic Center Drive, during February that highlight the history of the Lost Souls along with representations of African American/Black culture. The exhibits will feature original artwork designed by members of the East Brunswick Youth Council, a quilt designed by students of…

  • North Brunswick man who fled to Georgia charged with murder of East Brunswick man

    North Brunswick man who fled to Georgia charged with murder of East Brunswick man

    A North Brunswick man was captured in Georgia following accusations he murdered an East Brunswick resident in New Brunswick. Authorities responded to the area of Remsen Avenue and Seaman Street in New Brunswick around 10:18 a.m. Jan. 9 following the report of a shooting. Upon their arrival, officers located Nathaniel Edwards, Jr., 23, of East…

  • Basketball player represents East Brunswick Elks lodge in Hoop Shoot competition

    Basketball player represents East Brunswick Elks lodge in Hoop Shoot competition

    East Brunswick Elks Loge 2370 held its annual Hoop Shoot at the Raritan Valley YMCA in East Brunswick on Dec. 6, joined by South Amboy Lodge 784 and New Brunswick Lodge 324. Joshua Quintero and Anthony Totin moved on to the Central District-level Hoop Shoot as representatives of the East Brunswick Elks Lodge. That competition…

  • Sisters star as Young Elsa and Young Anna in national tour of Disney’s ‘Frozen’

    Sisters star as Young Elsa and Young Anna in national tour of Disney’s ‘Frozen’

    At just 10 and 7 years old, Natalie and Victoria Chan are living their dreams as they tour nationwide performing as Young Elsa and Young Anna for the Broadway rendition of “Frozen.” They are the first pair of real-life sisters to simultaneously be casted for the theatrical production, with Victoria being the youngest ever at…

  • East Brunswick man dies after being shot in New Brunswick

    East Brunswick man dies after being shot in New Brunswick

    The victim of a Jan. 9 shooting in New Brunswick has died. Nathaniel Edwards, Jr., 23, of East Brunswick, passed away after having sustained a gunshot wound the morning of Jan. 9, according to information provided by Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone and Director Anthony A. Caputo of the New Brunswick Police Department on Jan.…

  • East Brunswick Library to participate in statewide telehealth program

    East Brunswick Library to participate in statewide telehealth program

    The New Jersey State Library, an affiliate of Thomas Edison State University, will be administering a statewide telehealth program, NJHealthConnect @ Your Library, to address barriers to health equity for New Jersey residents. The program, which is set to launch this month, will provide access to health care services through select public libraries across the…

  • Spadafino resigns from East Brunswick Township Council

    Spadafino resigns from East Brunswick Township Council

    EAST BRUNSWICK – The East Brunswick Township Council reconvened via Zoom to reorganize for 2022. The Jan. 10 meeting began with the nomination and election of a new council president. With the floor open, Council Vice President Kevin McEvoy took the opportunity to nominate Councilman Jim Wendell to serve a one-year term. McEvoy explained that…

  • L.E.A.D. The Way:  An officer’s attempt to positively impact the next generation of East Brunswick

    L.E.A.D. The Way: An officer’s attempt to positively impact the next generation of East Brunswick

    Reggie Wright, an East Brunswick police officer, teaches over 600 5th grade students through the L.E.A.D. program. PHOTO BY TYLER BROWN/STAFF To proactively address the potential pitfalls that the youth of East Brunswick face, Officer Reggie Wright of East Brunswick’s Community Policing Unit serves as an instructor for a K-12 educational program known as L.E.A.D.…