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March 13, 2008
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Not half bad
CHRIS KELLY staff Anthony Salazar shows off his assistant, Julie Moore, as she is sawed in half during the Salazar Illusion and Magic Show at Greenbrook Elementary School in Kendall Park on Sunday. More...
Robotix team drives into FIRST
Wins N.J. regional for third straight year
BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer

With the second-highest score in the country, the North Brunswick Township High School Raider Robotix team rolled over the competition at the New Jersey Regional event Feb. 28 through March 1. Held at the Sovereign Bank Arena in Trenton, the event drew teams from New York and New Jersey, and as f... More...

Drama group to stage a musical and dramatic classic
No. Bruns. to present 'Cabaret' this weekend
BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer

The Adult Drama Group will present its 38th annual musical, "Cabaret," tonight, tomorrow and Saturday at North Brunswick Township High School. "Cabaret" tells the story of the Nazi regime's rise to power in the early 1930s. More...


State Department cuts more shift than slash
BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer

Gov. Jon Corzine's proposal to cut three departments in the state government, if it is approved by the Legislature, will be less of an elimination and more of a merger, according to some state officials. During the governor's budget address on Feb. More...


S.B. 'REACH'es for way to rehab houses
BY CHRIS MURINO Staff Writer

SOUTH BRUNSWICK - The Township Council met at their work session on March 4 to help them satisfy their Council on Affordable Housing (COAH) requirements. South Brunswick has started its REACH program, which aims to rehabilitate homes in the area to help meet the COAH rules and regulations. More...


Community mourns loss of decorated paratrooper
U.S. Army corporal from Middlesex County killed in Afghanistan
BY MICHAEL ACKER and VINCENT TODARO Staff Writers

EAST BRUNSWICK - Spurred by seeing his brother narrowly avoid becoming a victim of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, Steven R. Koch joined the Army out of a desire to fight terrorism and support his country. That he did for two years, being recognized for his courage and conduct with many aw... More...


 Bulletin Board
•Park's 'Woodcock Walk' slated for March 14
Delaware & Raritan Canal State Park, 145 Mapleton Road, Kingston section of South Brunswick, will hold a "Woodcock Walk," March 14 at 6:30 p.m. New Jersey Audubon volunteer Arlene Oley, Kingston, and D & R naturalist Stephanie Fox will lead the two-mile walk into the Mapleton Preserve to search o... More...
•Programs offered at S. Brunswick senior center
•Poetry reading at S.B. Library March 16
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 Letters
•Red Cross Month in March dedicated to volunteers
You may have heard that March is American Red CrossMonth.As one of the nation's best-known humanitarian organizations, the Red Cross has been at the forefront of helping Americans prevent, prepare for and respond to large and small disasters for 127 years. More...
•Residents must exert influence beginning at local level
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 Editorials
•Your Turn
Guest Column
When my father started his career in the 1950s, it was generally assumed he would have health benefits funded by his employer for the remainder of his life. But as retirement approached, those benefits all but disappeared, with health care one of his largest monthly expenses. More...
•Coda
•Red State/Blue State
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 Obituaries
•Helen B. Krochmal Dietlein
Mrs. Dietlein, 93, of North Brunswick, died March 2, 2008, at Willow Creek Care Center, Franklin Township. She was a factory worker at Quaker Oats, New Brunswick, for 25 years, retiring in 1979. She was predeceased by her husband, William G. Dietlein in 1977. She is survived by three nieces; two n... More...
•Rose A. Soban Miller
•Leon Chodzko
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 Schools
•'A Trip to Japan'
PHOTOS BY SCOTT FRIEDMAN Top: Sara Dohn, left, and Jackie Aposto can't seem to get the hang of using chopsticks like their friend Rebecca Colandrea during the "Trip to Japan" program at John Adams Elementary School in North Brunswick on Friday. Middle: Pongkhi Sarmah, left, and Rebecca Colandrea led... More...
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 Sports
•Getting a grip on the situation
JEFF GRANIT staff South Brunswick's Ryan Smith (top) makes a move on Ocean Township's Nick Menditto during their semifinal bout at the NJSIAA wrestling tournament at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City. Menditto would go on to win the title, while Smith placed sixth. More...
•Fish On
•Sports Shorts
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 Business
•Windows are wide open for decorating business
The Lorbers of So. Bruns. celebrate 10th year of window treatments
SOUTH BRUNSWICK - As her husband Doug fumbles with a new video camera, Nicole Lorber greets people at the door. A dazzling array of colors and patterns are laid out on a stage at the South Brunswick Senior Center as she tells her husband where she will be standing so he can record her. More...
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