June 7 + Empty Inkjet- and Laser-Printer Cartridge Collection, sponsored by South River High School Class of 2007 Project Graduation. Donations may be dropped off at 19 Leonardine Ave., corner of Garden and Leonardine. Call Debbie at (732) 238-2849. More...

It's disappointing to read in the newspapers about cutbacks in school services and the laying off of school personnel because of a shortage of funding, especially knowing that there is more than enough money to fund the present school system if the legislators would be willing to change the present method of funding education. More...

Sometimes, you read something where somebody is quoted saying something so idiotic you just have to throw up your hands and ask, "What the h-e-double hockey sticks are they thinking?" That was the reaction I had to a piece in The Star-Ledger last week after New Jersey Public Advocate Ronald Chen released his second damning report on this state's statutes on eminent domain. More...

Roman Lipinski Mr. Lipinski, 53, of Spotswood, formerly of Old Bridge, died May 27, 2007, at home. Prior to his retirement in 2004, he was employed as a baker for ShopRite of East Brunswick, Edison and North Brunswick, where he worked for 30 years. His wife, Nancy Lovito Lipinski, died in 1997. More...

With the track and field season wrapping up last night with the Meet of Champions in South Plainfield, one thing is for certain - some of the very best performers in the state hail from right here in southern Middlesex County. More...