East Brunswick News
By DARLENE TEDESCO-CULLEN
September 12, 2024
SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ - In an exciting event for history enthusiasts and the local community, the South Plainfield Public Library will host a special presentation and discussion on Saturday, September 21, 2024, at 1:00 PM. The focus will be on the groundbreaking archaeological discovery of a ...
SOUTH BRUNSWICK, NJ — A naked man in a ski mask has been accosting and harassing women since July at and near the Royal Oaks Apartment Complex, off Route 1.Police are now asking the public’s help to catch this naked culprit, a suspect in five or six complaints from women since July at the apartment ...
NASHVILLE, TN – Rock & Roll Hall of Famer and Sayreville native Jon Bon Jovi is credited with saving the life of a woman who was contemplating jumping off a bridge in Nashville, where he was filming a music video, according to multiple media reports. Bon Jovi and one of the production ...
EVANSTON, IL - On September 11, officials of National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC®) announced the names of more than 16,000 Semifinalists in the 70th annual National Merit Scholarship Program. Nine of them attend East Brunswick High School.East Brunswick High School students who have been ...
CRANBURY, NJ - On September 11th, 2001 a Cranbury resident was one of the many brave passengers on United Airlines Flight 93 who tried to take control of the hijacked plane and crashed in Shanksville, Pennsylvania. Todd Beamer had lived in Cranbury for a year with his wife and two children before ...
Haga clic aquí para leer esta historia en españolNEW BRUNSWICK – The bad news for fans of the firecracker-stuffed jalapenos and brisket tacos at On the Border: it’s getting demolished.The good news: Construction on a new restaurant is scheduled to begin in a few weeks across the parking lot on ...
Leer en españolNEWARK — Former Yankees pitcher Mariano Rivera used tree branches as his baseball bats when growing up in a Panamanian fishing village.Rivera would climb a tree and select the straightest branch he could find, Rivera told students at Newark Vocational High School on Tuesday. Baseball ...
JAMESBURG, NJ - Jamesburg in Middlesex County in New Jersey, USA reached a symbolic hand across the water to Chesham, Buckinghamshire, England last month, and the reach was more than just a friendly handshake.Jamesburg and Chesham, like their mayors, became family.In 1929, Agnes Molloy left her ...
Haga clic aquí para leer esta historia en inglésNEW BRUNSWICK – At last week’s ceremony to mark the installation of the final steel beam in the construction of the first phase of the Health and Life Science Exchange (HELIX), DEVCO President Chris Paladino talked about how company vice president ...
MIDDLESEX COUNTY, NJ – Middlesex County is providing voters in New Jersey with many easy and accessible ways to cast their vote in the 2024 General Election on November 5, 2024. Those options include mailing ballots through the United States Postal Service (USPS); dropping a ballot in any of the ...
MIDDLETOWN, NJ: Friday morning at around 9:30 am, the USS New Jersey (SSN796), the U.S. Navy’s newest fast attack submarine, came into Sandy Hook as it was heading to Naval Weapons Station Earle to get ready for the exciting upcoming September 14th Commissioning Ceremony. The State of New ...
EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ – "Grand Horizons", a play by Bess Wohl, opens at Playhouse 22 this Friday, September 13. "Grand Horizons" is about Bill and Nancy. They have spent fifty full years as husband and wife -- practically breathing in unison, and anticipating each other's every sigh, snore, and ...
MERCER COUNTY, NJ - The Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office recently released body worn camera (BWC) footage of a March 31, 2024 incident in Hightstown showing the response of Borough Officers Daniel Abbatemarco and Kenneth Larsen saving the life of a choking infant. The footage, a statement said, ...
WESTFIELD, NJ — Out of adversity comes opportunity, Benjamin Franklin once said, and today, a Westfield teenager is proving the adage once again: Francesca Mani, a Westfield High School sophomore who has been advocating for stronger laws surrounding AI-generated pornography after learning last ...
WOODBRIDGE, NJ — The 18th annual New Jersey Senior Olympics brought a record-setting 1,400 competitors – age 50 into their 90s – to participate in two dozen weekend sporting events here.Top-seed winners – who walked away with gold, silver or bronze medals – will qualify for the 2025 National Senior ...
SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ -- Senior forward Cat Pfeiffer scored off an assist from freshman forward Cecelia Cassio in the third quarter to pace South Plainfield in a 2-1 home loss to East Brunswick Saturday. East Brunswick (2-0) scored two first half goals by sophomore midfielder/back Rachel Gerould and ...
EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ - In partnership with the Center for Cooperative Media at Montclair State University, TAP into East Brunswick will provide our readers with an opportunity to learn the thoughts and motivations of the ten candidates for four seats on the Board of Education starting Monday, ...
EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ – The East Brunswick football team won its home opener for the first victory in the head coaching career of Matt Pazinko, a 34-14 decision over Hamilton West on Friday night.Sean Christie threw touchdown passes to three different receivers and also ran for one TD for East ...
EDISON, NJ – East Brunswick scored all its goals in the first half and went on to a 4-0 girls soccer victory over Edison on Saturday.Hannah Cheraibi scored two goals for the Bears, who took a 1-0 lead on a goal by Samantha Arevalo 13 minutes into the game.Mia Harvey scored with 16 minutes to go in ...
EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ - Several residents have reported receiving suspicious emails from unknown individuals containing threatening messages.The emails include the recipient's name, address, phone number, and a PDF attachment containing a generic "street view" photo of the person's ...
NEW BRUNSWICK – Working as a member of the raising gang might be the hardest job among all the grueling and gritty jobs involved in the construction of the Health and Life Science Exchange (HELIX) project.It’s gotta be.Look, these ironworkers are tethered to the structure, nine, 10, 11 floors up, ...
EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ - In October 2006, East Brunswick residents and longtime friends, Elijah Reiss (EBHS 2013) and Jacob Paul (EBHS 2012), then 11 and 12, filmed a brief comedic scene inside Reiss’s basement refrigerator. Paul placed the camera on one of the interior shelves and filmed himself ...
EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ – The East Brunswick girls tennis team opened its season with a 5-0 victory over Edison on Thursday.The Bears will play their next match at Monroe on Tuesday.First Singles Anvita Shankar (EB)66 Nandini Chandra (E)10 Second Singles Sofia Klots (EB)66 Khaliyah Revan ...
EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ – The Township of East Brunswick will hold an Observance marking the 23rd Anniversary of the September 11, 2001, Attacks on New York City, Washington D.C. and the hijacked plane crash in Pennsylvania. The event will be held on Wednesday, September 11th at 6:00 p.m. outdoors at ...
SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ - Bound by blood, to now bound by a pact, the Werrlein cousins enlisted in the Marine Corps. Local boys, Liam Werrlein, 18, and Sage Blanks, 18, will be shipped off to Parris Island, South Carolina on September 10th. The two boys will be tackling bootcamp side by side, facing ...
EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ – The East Brunswick field hockey team opened its season with a 6-0 victory over Metuchen on Thursday.Grace Smutko, Samantha Arnold and Yana Popova all scored goals in the first quarter.Popova connected again in the third quarter, then Arnold and Anuoluwa Oladeji scored goals in ...
NORTH BRUNSWICK, NJ – The South Brunswick football team remained undefeated with a 30-21 victory over North Brunswick on Thursday night.Each team scored three touchdowns in the first half, and the game remained deadlocked, 21-21, before North Brunswick snapped the ball out of the end zone on a punt ...
NEWARK – Two well-known philanthropists in Newark and one key social services provider in the city recently joined together for a TAPinto Roundtable focusing on the ways in which they are directly impacting the lives of those in need.The panel included Mary Ellen Harris, the president of the Golden ...
MIDDLESEX COUNTY, NJ – Middlesex County is proud to announce that the Office of the County Sheriff has received its fourth reaccreditation award from the New Jersey State Association of Chiefs of Police (NJSACOP), a feat achieved by only less than 8% of New Jersey’s 550 law enforcement agencies.
MILWAUKEE, WI – The National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum in Milwaukee, WI, has immortalized Rutgers mascot Sir Henry as a bobblehead.Sir Henry makes hundreds of appearances a year at football games, home men's and women's basketball games, tournaments, bowl games, numerous on-campus and ...