N.B. may ban outside beverages at school events
Municipal Alliance Committees concerned about alcohol on school property
BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer
      NORTH BRUNSWICK — Members of the township Municipal Alliance Committee (MAC) are calling for a complete ban of outside beverages at school events in an attempt to combat underage drinking.
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H.S. teens attend Young Women's Conference
Middlesex County girls learn about relationships, body image, cultural identity, etc.
      BY MADELLINE PIZARRO Staff Writer MONROE — Young girls nowadays deal with a number of growing pains, but there is help out there for them. Teen girls from across Middlesex County assembled Dec.
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Project ideas 'pop' into the heads of Linwood students
Joey Ikuss, Corianne Cha are semifinalists in Bubble Wrap competition
BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer
      NORTH BRUNSWICK — Pop. Pop. Pop. Nearly everyone loves the sound of popping Bubble Wrap. Yet students at Linwood Middle School tried their best to keep their bubbles intact, as they participated in Sealed Air Corp.'s third annual Bubble Wrap Competition for Young Inventors.
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LMS students donate 1,000 items of food
      The SAFE Teens club at Linwood Middle School in North Brunswick held its annual Thanksgiving Food Drive for the North Brunswick Food Bank during the last week of October. All 61 homerooms participated in the "Food Drive Contest," led by club advisers Megan Keegan and Mercedes Arias, and the studen...
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Students hold 'fast' to commitment to Darfur
NBTHS club members fast on Dec. 3 to raise money
BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer
      NORTH BRUNSWICK — Forty students and three teachers at North Brunswick Township High School fasted during breakfast and lunch Dec. 3 and raised $528 in support of the victims of genocide in Darfur.
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