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      August 27, 2009  RSS feed
      SCOTT FRIEDMAN Cousins Roman and Igor Marach, ages 11 and 12 respectively, check out the interior of a 1949 Ford Club Coupe during Cruise Night in South River on Aug. 20. Car owner Joe Knoblock of South River can be seen in the rearview mirror. More...
      Children will be bused to homes of both parents

      The East Brunswick Board of Education will accommodate the wishes of divorced parents whose children are bused to both parents' houses on alternating schedules. Though the district informed parents who share equal custody of their children that it would no longer provide dual bus passes to both parents' houses, officials resolved during an Aug. More...

      E.B. council OKs contract for once-a-week collection

      After months of debate and bid rejections, the East Brunswick Township Council has approved a new contract for garbage pickup, and with it a new, reduced schedule for collection. At its meeting on Monday, the council approved a resolution awarding the contract to Central Jersey Solid Waste & Recycling Inc., which held the former contract. More...


      CHRIS KELLY staff Sue Dvorin of East Brunswick hugs retired U.S. Air Force Officer Roger Ball of Juliestown during the New Jersey Run for the Fallen at the state Veterans' Memorial in Holmdel. Ball ran in honor of Dvorin's son, Army 2nd Lt. Seth J. Dvorin, who was killed in Iraq in February 2004 at the age of 24. More...


      Father of two seeks DNA match for stem cell transplant

      Mitchell Brown and his family are waiting for someone to step forward and help save his life. The 32-year-old East Brunswick resident, who was diagnosed with a form of non- Hodgkin's lymphoma in April, is looking for a donor and as such is asking anyone eligible to get tested to see if he or she is enough of a DNA match to be a blood stem cell donor. More...


      The Gan Yeladeem Learning Center at Anshe Emeth Memorial Temple, 222 Livingston Ave., New Brunswick, will begin registration for "Me and My Shadow," an introduction to group learning for infants and toddlers. The program will include storytime, songs, finger plays, holiday celebrations, creative movement and art. Classes will be held on Tuesdays, 10:30-11 a.m. More...
      Iwant to thank the fairgoers who attended the 2009 Middlesex County Fair and helped support the 15 local area charities that participated in this year's Charity Challenge Event. Particularly in these difficult economic times, the fairgoers displayed great generosity contributing in excess of $2,200 to the charities. More...
      I've mentioned more than once over the last few years that there's a day of reckoning coming for the cowardly slime-puppies who post anonymous libels on some of the blog sites around here (Are you listening, da Truth Squad?). And it looks like that day might be coming sooner than the chicken hearts would like. More...
      Mrs. Devich, 90, of Highland Park, died July 26, 2009, in Raritan Bay Medical Center, Old Bridge division. A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Aug. 29 at Crabiel Home for Funerals, 170 N. Main St., at Riva Avenue, Milltown. Memorial contributions may be made to the Reformed Church Home, 1990 Route 18, Old Bridge, NJ 08857. More...
      Monroe boasts many strengths in offensive attack
      Monroe Township High School football coach Chris Beagan wouldn't go so far as to say he's changed his offensive philosophy. But with the weapons at his disposal this coming season, Beagan couldn't be blamed if he abandoned his grind-it-out running game for a more pass-oriented attack. More...