CHRIS KELLY staff A CPR marathon was held Saturday in which participants 10 years and older learned how to save a person's life. The marathon was held at St. Augustine Canterbury School in the Kendall Park section of South Brunswick. More ... MOM train line still a possibility Monmouth Junction rail line to be studied despite Corzine's comments BY CHRIS MURINO Staff Writer       New Jersey Transit has confirmed that it will complete the draft environmental impact study (DEIS) for the Monmouth-Ocean-Middlesex (MOM) rail line, even though Gov. Jon Corzine asserted last week that the line would not run through Middlesex. More ... Fostering love for those who are not their own Foster parents tell their stories of opening their hearts and homes BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer       Lilliam and Gary Costa, of North Brunswick, are both on their second marriages. Lilliam has two children fromher firstmarriage:Michael Jr., 16, and Michaela, 13. Gary has a daughter fromhis previous marriage: Harleigh, 12. More ... Statistics are worth thousands of words       There are over 500,000 children in foster care across the country and over 50,000 in New Jersey, according to Maureen Archibald, executive director of the Harvest of Hope Family Services Network, a faith-based foster care agency in New Jersey. More ... N.B. station viable with or without MOM line Town still moving toward rail line and transit village on Rt. 1 north BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer       NORTH BRUNSWICK - In the past year since community workshops were held to discuss redeveloping the former Johnson & Johnson property on Route 1, progress has been made in possibly securing a train station and transit village on the site. More ... Fundraiser is music to the library staff's ears NBTHS student to hold benefit performance on Sunday BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer       NORTH BRUNSWICK - A township high school sophomore will add some rhythm to the library with a fundraiser Sunday. Rishi Tirumala decided he wanted to contribute to the library in some fashion because of the important role it plays in his life, so he has organized "Rhythm," a variety show with anA... More ... CD-ROM is the result of a seven-year 'Journey' Music, photos, interviews show African-American churches and cemeteries BY CHRIS MURINO Staff Writer       SOUTH BRUNSWICK - Lawrence Walker has clearly done a lot of work. Seven years of work, to be exact. Seven years of interviewing, filming, capturing photographs and researching slavery and the underground railroad. Now he will be releasing the tangible output of that work in the form of "Journe... More ... Love is in the cards for N.B. senior citizens BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer       NORTH BRUNSWICK - Abhie Maharana gave township seniors 100 reasons to smile on Feb. 12. As part of his 100th Day Project, the Parsons Elementary School first-grader made 100 cards and distributed them to residents of the senior housing building on Hermann Road last week. More ... Block Grant to benefit various S.B. residents BY CHRIS MURINO Staff Writer       SOUTH BRUNSWICK - The township's Housing and Community Development Advisory Committee gave the Township Council its recommendations on how to use the anticipated $88,200 awarded through the Community Development Block Grant at the council meeting on Feb. 11. More ... Comm. Center to improve BY CHRIS MURINO Staff Writer       SOUTH BRUNSWICK - The Township Council authorized a contract with Cypreco Industries, of Neptune, on Feb. 11 to make renovations and additions to the Community Center at Woodlot Park. Construction will cost the township $1.46 million. More ... Twp. will track progress with Projects Forum BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer       NORTH BRUNSWICK - A tracking mechanism for township projects has been the first task for the new assistant to the mayor. Kenneth McCormick, along with Margaret Long and Keith Progebin, is working on a way to centralize, track and summarize projects put forth by department directors. More ... Capping off a celebration      CHRIS KELLY staff Michele Petersen, of Somerset, helps her children, Samantha and John, make Abe Lincoln's hat during a birthday celebration for the former president at the New Jersey Museum of Agriculture in North Brunswick on Saturday. More ... N.B. approves daycare center, residential lots BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer       NORTH BRUNSWICK- Applications for a childcare center and office building on Old Georges Road and an 11-lot subdivision on Church Lane were approved by the township Planning Board on Feb. 12. Shah InvestmentsAssociates proposed an office building for Block 226, Lots 11 and 12 at 345 Old Georges Ro... More ... Artist's paintings are donated to local temple BY CHRIS MURINO Staff Writer       SOUTH BRUNSWICK - Worldrenowned artist Leon Bibel spent much of his life in South Brunswick, and now two of his paintings have been donated to Congregation B'nai Tikvah in North Brunswick, where Bibel's family had roots. "Bibel lived in our community formany, many years," said Larry Cohen, Congr... More ... More than meets the eye      CHRIS KELLY staff A 1.8 million-square-foot Trammel-Crowe warehouse is being built on Davidson Mill Road at the intersection of Cranbury-South River Road in South Brunswick. More ... Tractor-trailer crashes into gas station       SOUTH BRUNSWICK - A tractortrailer crashed into a dump truck at about 7:15 a.m. on Feb. 14 on Route 1 South near Deans Lane. The driver of the tractor-trailer fell asleep going into the gas station and rearended the truck, according to police Detective Jim Ryan. The tractor-trailer slid into a V... More ...