How to Start Working Out: A Guide for Fitness Beginners

So you’re ready to start working out. Congrats! You’ve officially taken the first step to creating a happier and healthier life for yourself. If you’re wondering where to go from here, we’ve listed five of the most frequently asked fitness questions (and their answers) to help you get started.

Do I Need to Work Out Every Day?

If your goal is to lose weight and get ...

Overnight Breakfasts for an Easier Morning

We all know breakfast is the most important meal of the day. Yet, most of us are too rushed in the mornings to cook breakfast - or make what we really want. With these overnight breakfast ideas, you can have a filling and tasty meals ready to go!

Overnight and Slow Cooker Oats

Overnight oats are usually made in mason jars and don’t require any cooking! They sit overnight in a liquid ...

Get Ready to Bloom with EB Grow

EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ - Spring is finally here, and it is time to start gardening! EB Grow, a joint project between the East Brunswick Public Library and the Friends of the East Brunswick Environmental Commission, is back to provide seeds to local green thumbs.

 

EB Grow is a seed library created to introduce area residents to gardening and provide education on seed-saving. It provides ...

Press Releases

Middlesex County Announces Opioid Settlement Advisory Council to Help Allocate Funds from Settlement in Nationwide Class Action Suit Between Opioid Distributors and State of New Jersey

March 23, 2023

MIDDLESEX COUNTY, NJ – In response to the nationwide opioid epidemic, the Middlesex County Board of County Commissioners has formed the Middlesex County Opioid Settlement Advisory Council. The Advisory Council – which includes a cross-section of experts in behavioral health, substance use disorders, and community outreach – met for the first time on Tuesday, March 21, ...

Letters to the Editor

South Brunswick School District Urges Residents to Contact Lawmakers to Stop Loss of State Aid

March 13, 2023

SOUTH BRUNSWICK, NJ - The South Brunswick School District has sent out a letter to the community urging residents to contact their legislators as the district braces to lose $4 million in state aid for the upcoming school year. The letter contained a template that residents may use to send a letter to legislators as well as a list of phone numbers of lawmakers to call.

Earlier this month, ...

South Brunswick Superintendent Scott Feder Addresses Loss of $4 Million in State Aid in Presnetation to the Board of Education

SOUTH BRUNSWICK, NJ - Last night, South Brunswick Superintendent Scott Feder gave a presentation to the Board of Education and the community regarding the district’s loss of $4 million in state aid for the upcoming school year. Feder made the presentation at the regular Board of Education meeting, you can watch the full meeting by clicking here.

According to Feder, the state had informed ...

TAPinto Launches Local News and Digital Marketing Platform in Hanover Township, New Jersey

HANOVER TOWNSHIP, NJ — There's more local news for Morris County residents, with the launch of TAPinto Hanover Township.

Laura Ali is the owner and publisher of the new TAPinto local news and digital marketing platform, which started providing local news to the community in February. It is the 10th TAPinto site in Morris County.

Ali said local leaders reached out to her, saying ...

Upcoming Events

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Sat, March 25
08:00 AM — 01:00 PM

East Brunswick

SAT Testing

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Sat, March 25
09:00 AM — 05:00 PM

Brunswick Square Mall - Next to Tesla Chargers, East Brunswick

Last Chance For Girl Scout Cookies

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Mon, March 27
06:30 PM — 11:45 PM

East Brunswick

Commission on Aging Meeting

School Safety and Security Task Force bill to be considered for vote on Senate and Assembly floors

Senator Patrick Diegnan’s legislation creating a “School Safety and Security Task Force” in New Jersey to ensure a safe learning environment for students and school employees will be considered for a vote on the floor of both houses.

Following the lead of the Senate Education Committee, which unanimously advanced the legislation five months ago, the Assembly ...

An Ocean of Collected Souls by Stephen Grand

An Ocean of Collected Souls by Stephen Grand. CHB Media, 2023.

 

The year is 1966. Picture a girl, 15 years of age with black hair, parted in the middle, tumbling to her waist. Today she is to meet a young man who is in college already, studying mathematics. She does not realize that this brilliant and very funny fellow will have a profound and enduring impact on her life. She is too ...

Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus

 

Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus (Doubleday, 2023)

 

In reading Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus, which has just hit the top of the New York Times Best Seller List in the Fiction Category, I was reminded of “Fractured Fairy Tales,” which was a segment on the Rocky and Bullwinkle Cartoon Show which aired from 1959-1965. Fractured fairy tales are parodies ...