East Brunswick News
By JOHN MOONEY
January 31, 2025
SAYREVILLE, NJ - Officers have arrested three Jersey City men and a 16-year-old who attempted to break in to a home on Rhode Street on January 28, likely to steal the homeowner’s luxury vehicle, said Sayreville Police Chief Dan Plumacker. The resident provided officers with detailed descriptions of ...
TRENTON, NJ — New Jersey elementary teachers may soon find furry friends in their classrooms. The state Senate on Thursday unanimously passed a bipartisan bill establishing a pilot program to place therapy dogs in elementary school wellness programs. School districts including Barnegat, Clifton and ...
EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ - East Brunswick's Mary Pan and Ronnie Li were honored to receive invitations from Governor Phil Murphy and First Lay Tammy Murphy to New Jersey's exclusive Lunar New Year celebration on January 30. Pan and Li represented the township's Asian-American Pacific Islander (AAPI) ...
SOUTH BRUNSWICK, NJ - The South Brunswick Viking Closet Red Carpet Prom Dress Event is scheduled for Saturday, March 29, from 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM at the High School. This annual event allows students from high schools and middle schools to pick from hundreds of used prom dresses, shoes, and ...
CRANFORD, NJ – In a Thursday morning news conference, President Donald Trump informed the public that all 64 passengers aboard American Airlines Flight 5342 from Wichita, Kansas and 3 passengers aboard the Blackhawk military helicopter that collided in midair last night had died, leaving the nation ...
NEW JERSEY — Former U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez was ordered to begin an 11-year federal prison term in June for accepting bribes, including gold bars and cash, in return for giving favors to Egypt, Qatar and a few New Jersey businessmen.U.S. District Judge Sidney Stein gave an 11-year prison sentence to ...
TRENTON, NJ — Sean Lavin was a Mercer County sheriff’s officer who responded to Hurricane Katrina’s devastation of New Orleans in 2005. His memories of finding those who didn’t survive left him sleepless afterward and triggered post-traumatic stress disorder, he said. “Not one of us were OK with ...
EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ - Te East Brunswick Police Department advises motorists to avoid the area of Dunham's Corner Rd and Hardenburg Lane due to a malfunctioning traffic signal. Police are on scene.
EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ – Evangelina Francisco's perfect night at the foul line helped Monroe record a 53-42 girls basketball victory over East Brunswick on Thursday.Francisco sank 13 of 13 free throws and finished with 24 points for Monroe (11-7), which outscored East Brunswick, 16-9, in the second ...
EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ - For the past five years, the Daisy Association's Annual Tricky Tray event has been a cornerstone in supporting individuals with disabilities by funding recreational programs, special events, and scholarships in East Brunswick and the surrounding communities. This year, they ...
EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ - Healthy choices have come to East Brunswick as CAVA has opened its first Middlesex County location at the Mid-State Mall on Route 18 North. Bowls, wraps, and tasty pita chips are there waiting for you in a sunny atmosphere (even on a windy winter's day here in the Heart of New ...
BAYONNE, NJ - The Chargers-Bears-Rams hockey team was back on the ice on Wednesday at Bayonne High School. CBR lost to Bayonne 5-2. Sebastian Whyte scored both goals for CBR. Ryan Villavert had the only goal of the first period for Bayonne. Bayonne scored two in the second before Whyte put CBR on ...
TRENTON, NJ — Business leaders failed to persuade lawmakers Monday to drop a bill requiring stores to warn gift-card buyers about potential fraud.Assembly bill A-4636 would compel retailers to post information about how the cards can be manipulated and made worthless. Businesses that fail to ...
Each gardening season seems to offer new growing challenges. Our gardens are exposed to more drastic and variable weather with changing weather patterns. Floods, droughts, wind, temperature extremes, and unseasonable weather episodes can have immediate and long-term impacts on our plants.Monitoring ...
NEWARK - Fear and uncertainty is “palpable” among Newark students and families as a result of President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown, according to school stakeholders, yet it’s unclear what the district will do to protect undocumented students from this mass deportation push. Questions from ...
EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ - Join the East Brunswick Arts Commission for the presentation of an exciting afternoon of Jazz with the Caleb Eckstein Sextet this Sunday, February 2 at 2:00pm. This concert will be bursting with energy like a mini Big Band! This FREE event requires no registration.
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ - Phillipsburg Police Department’s K9 Peanut, a 5-year-old German Shepherd mix, has a new layer of protection as he serves and protects his community. Thanks to a generous donation from Brady’s K9 Fund, Peanut now sports a state-of-the-art LOF Defense Systems K9 ballistic vest.
NEW BRUNSWICK – The city is moving forward with plans to plant a rain garden on an unremarkable, 1,000-square-foot patch of land at an intersection to assist with local nuisance flooding .On Tuesday afternoon, the triangular tract at the intersection of Courtland and Louis streets and Central ...
CRANFORD, NJ - Dempsey Bobbitt didn't know when he won third place in a Timothée Chalamet lookalike contest in New York City that it would lead to anything more. Then he got a call from Saturday Night Live.Bobbitt and the other lookalikes appeared in the show's promo video, where Chalamet said, ...
TRENTON, NJ — A bill to increase the safety of inflatable bouncy houses – typically rented for backyard birthday parties and parking lot carnivals – was approved Monday by the Assembly Consumer Affairs Committee.The measure, A3433, would require bouncy houses to include anchors and stakes. It would ...
NEW JERSEY – The Chinese Lunar New Year, also known as Spring Festival, is one of the most important festivals in East Asia and represents the end of winter and the new year. The celebration lasts 15 days and features feasts, red envelopes (honbao) containing money for good fortune, family dinners ...
EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ: At the meeting of the East Brunswick Township Council on Monday, January 27, Mayor Brad J. Cohen delivered his annual “State of the Township Address." He enumerated the accomplishments of East Brunswick's various administrative and support teams and provided an update about ...
JERSEY CITY, NJ — Jim McGreevey is on the brink of a political comeback as mayor of New Jersey's second-largest city.The state’s former 52nd governor and Woodbridge Township’s mayor for a decade, appears well-positioned to be this Hudson County city’s next mayor with a mighty campaign war chest and ...
TRENTON, NJ — New moms who work as New Jersey state troopers or professional firefighters may gain guaranteed paid time off with their babies and other job benefits under legislation approved Monday in Trenton.Supporters in the Assembly public safety committee said such first responders now ...
EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ - When this reporter was a very little kid in 1961, my Grandma Rose crocheted a Christmas stocking for me using a square patchwork design in holiday colors. It has been in use in our family for six decades. It survived a good deal of wear, with some stitching going missing and ...
MONROE, NJ – East Brunswick averted an upset loss with a 39-37 boys basketball victory over Monroe on the road on Monday.Andrew Caruso scored 11 points for the Bears (10-7), who rallied from an early five-point deficit. Caruso was the only East Brunswick player in double figures, as Monroe held the ...
HOWELL, NJ - The Chargers-Bears-Rams four-game winning streak came to an end at the Howell Ice Rink on Sunday. CBR lost to Marlboro High School 10-0. The loss dropped CBR's overall season record to 6-8. CBR was down 6-0 by the end of the first period.Kyle Rabkin, Alen Grigorian and Colton Klobuchar ...
NEW BRUNSWICK – Rutgers University President Jonathan Holloway says he has no information that federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents are or will be on the school’s New Brunswick, Newark or Camden campuses.Holloway, however, is instructing students and faculty members to contact ...
NEW JERSEY – By now, most Americans know that Donald Trump became the second man to serve non-consecutive terms. But how many can name the first man ever to win the presidency back after leaving office? Stephen Grover Cleveland served as the 22nd (1885–1889) and 24th (1893–1897) president. He was ...
EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ - “We are making history!” After the brand-new East Brunswick High School Varsity Dance Team stepped off the floor during their first dance competition on Sunday, they jumped up and down, and hugged, filled with joy about what they had just ...