Cub Scout Pack No. 61, East Brunswick, will hold its annual Family Picnic from noon to 3 p.m. on June 17 in Bicentennial Park, Riva Road and Hardenburg Lane, East Brunswick. More...

In the past year, drug costs have increased at twice the rate of inflation. High drug costs deliver a difficult blow to those least able to afford it - the low-income and the hundreds of thousands of New Jersey residents who lack health care coverage. Individuals who do not have health insurance pay More...

Gr eg B ean Coda I got a real kick out of the collective wailing and gnashing of teeth among many of my fellow Nanny Staters when Gov. Jon Corzine recently proposed allowing us to pump our own gas as a way of reducing prices. More...

Walter A. Hastings Jr. Mr. Hastings, 57, of East Brunswick, died May 27 in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. The owner of Walt's Organ Service, he also was employed by MidState Bowl, East Brunswick. Surviving are his wife, Barbara Mozdzen Hastings; a son, Walter Hastings More...

PHOTOS BY SCOTT PILLING staff NBC meteorologist Chris Cimino (above) speaks to students at the Mill Lake Elementary School in Monroe June 2 as part of Career Day. Below, Sharika Kanl and Caroline Russo, both 8, listen closely to Cimino's presentation. More...

The following are the results of the Tamarack Women's Nine-Hole Golf Association's May 4 outing - colored ball (pass the ball around and keep its score as well as your own). The first-place team, with a score of 32, included Gerry Hurley, Marion Batchelor, Annabelle Donnamaria and Madelyn DiMaria. T More...