TOP LOCAL News
By JACOB TURCHI
January 3, 2025
SOUTH BRUNSWICK, NJ - A teenager was killed in a car crash on Route 130 on New Year's Day, according to the prosecutor's office. The victim has been identified as a 15-year-old male from West Windsor. South Brunswick Police and the Middlesex County Prosecutor's Office are still investigating the ...
SOUTH RIVER, NJ – East Brunswick scored the first 24 points of the game and went on to a 62-13 girls basketball victory over South River on Thursday.Ava Catanho scored 24 points for the Bears (2-4), who led, 30-2, at halftime.Zoey Aleixo had 10 points for East Brunswick, Gianna Gonzalez led the ...
EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ – The East Brunswick boys basketball team won its third game in a row, defeating South Brunswick, 68-45, on Thursday night.Junior guard Matt Mikulka scored 18 points to lead four scorers in double digits for the Bears (4-3), who led, 35-22, at the half.Jesse Beckman finished with ...
EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ - The East Brunswick Board of Education hosted its annual Reorganization Meeting on Thursday night with new members taking their oaths of office, followed immediately by a vote for leadership of the Board.Assistant Superintendent Bernardo Giuliana delivered the oath to Dr. Louis ...
SAYREVILLE, NJ – Officials and residents of Sayreville, as well as the rest of the nation, are mourning the loss of the 39th President of the United States, Jimmy Carter, who died at age 100 on Dec. 29, 2024, in his hometown of Plains, Georgia. Flags are being flown at half staff at municipal ...
Princeton, NJ – Two former Princeton University football players, who became friends in college and ended up working at the same New York brokerage firm after graduation, traveled together to New Orleans to visit family and friends over the New Year’s holiday. They were on Bourbon Street at 3:15 in ...
EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ - 2025! Can you believe it, East Brunswick? Is it possible that we were preparing for Y2K more than two decades ago? Let's not even think about the Bicentennial.Well, here we are a quarter of the way through the 21st century, with a great deal lying before us in the Center of ...
NEW JERSEY — Motorists will pay more for gasoline at the pump on Jan. 1st, and thousands of commuters will soon face toll hikes on state highways, and fare increases for the pleasure and delays of riding public trains and buses. New Jersey’s tax on gasoline will increase 2.6-cents on New Year’s Day ...
EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ - Are you part of the new tradition that encourages a brisk walk or hike on New Year's Day? Climb out from under all of that rumpled wrapping paper. Toss the last of those leftovers. Recycle those empty bottles of holiday cheer.Get moving, East Brunswick! Let 2025 know that ...
PISCATAWAY, NJ — Middlesex County invites residents and visitors to help shape the future of East Jersey Old Town Village by participating in an online survey open now through Friday, Jan. 10. The county is seeking funding through the New Jersey Green Acres Program to support a series of proposed ...
EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ - The Mayor and East Brunswick Township Council will begin a new term at the annual reorganization meeting on Monday, January 6, 2025 at 6:00 pm. The meeting will be held in the courtroom of the township Administration Building.Newly re-elected officials include Mayor Brad Cohen ...
EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ - The East Brunswick Board of Education will host its annual Reorganization Meeting on Thursday, January 2, 2025 at 6:30 pm at the Board Office on Route 18.The meeting will represent a great deal of change for the BOE as it transitions. Vicki Becker, who has served for 24 years ...
EAST WINDSOR, NJ — The convenience store slogan “Gottahava Wawa” took on new meaning in this Mercer County community.A guest at a Route 33 hotel ended up being arrested on Dec. 23 after he allegedly made 17 calls to 9-1-1, insisting that East Windsor police chauffeur him to a nearby Wawa store in ...
HOLMDEL, NJ – Julianna Jasina scored 19 points to lead Colts Neck to a 63-48 girls basketball victory over East Brunswick on Saturday in the Holmdel Holiday Invitational.Ava Catanho and Ava Krzywdzinski each scored 13 points for East Brunswick (1-3), which trailed, 28-20, at halftime.Madison ...
EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ - Hello, all! We hope everyone had a wonderful holiday. We started talking on Tuesday about a New Year's Eve VFW Post 133 Party. After talking to Commander Thomas Coohill and others, we decided to go ahead with this event.Deciding what to do New Years Eve?Come to the post!No ...
LITTLE SILVER, NJ -- The East Brunswick boys basketball team again came out on the short end of a very close game, losing to Hightstown, 60-56, in the first round of the Buc Classic at Red Bank High School.Junior guards Cam Vick and Matt Mikulka each scored 15 points for the Bears (1-3), who led, ...
EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ - The East Brunswick Police Department reports that there is a water main break in the area of 311 Milltown Road and the eastbound lane of travel will be closed. Police personnel are on the scene to control traffic and assist motorists. Motorists are advised to follow the posted ...
EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ - Playhouse 22's critically-acclaimed "On the Edge" Black Box series kicks off 2025 with the incredibly thought-provoking "American Son". When a separated husband and wife are called to the police station about their teenage son, it sets off a series questions about their ...
EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ - The East Brunswick Police Department have located Julian Hernandez-Redondo, a 16-year-old male from East Brunswick, N.J.Julian Hernandez-Redondo was last seen on 12/25/24 at 11:30 AM., walking from his residence on Clinton Court.He is described as a 16-year-old Hispanic male, ...
EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ - The Spotswood High School girls varsity basketball team took the court against East Brunswick High School on Monday in the 2024 Noppenberger/Visokay Cup. This is an annual game between the Chargers and the Bears. Spotswood came out on top, defeating East Brunswick 41-36 to keep ...
EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ - An East Brunswick sister and niece have honored Dorothy Anderson, a dedicated nurse who lost her life to breast cancer in 2019, by donating gifts of sweet holiday treats to nurses at large hospitals. Many of these nurses must work during the season, and a little sweetness is ...
EDISON, NJ — Politics is traditionally topsy-turvy in this town. Now, 2025 promises to continue that custom with a second town council member announcing his candidacy to oust first-term Mayor Samip “Sam”Joshi.Councilman Ajay V. Patil launched his mayoral campaign in an email-blast, on social media, ...
ROME, NY — The North American Aerospace Defense Command defends North American airspace 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year. On Dec. 24, NORAD will add one more element to its mission list as it tracks Santa Claus on his around-the-world flight.American and Canadian NORAD personnel ...
SOMERSET, NJ -- Franklin rallied in the second half for a 63-57 boys basketball victory over East Brunswick on Monday.Jah'naad Cady collected 28 points, eight rebounds, five assists and five steals for Franklin (2-1), which trailed, 29-25, at halftime.Roger Diaz Isabel had nine points and six ...
EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ – Matthew Ho of East Brunswick High School has been named a 2025 YoungArts winner with distinction in Classical Music/Violoncello, the highest honor of the organization. Ho has been recognized for the caliber of his artistic achievement and joins more than 800 of the most ...
LINCOLN, NE - Taylor Nevin of East Brunswick was among 1,132 graduates who received degrees from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln during commencement exercises on Dec. 20 and 21 at the Pinnacle Bank Arena.Nevin earned a Master of Arts from the Office of Graduate Studies.Chancellor Rodney D.
TRENTON, NJ — State aid to school districts arrived late last year, negatively impacting about 20% of New Jersey's public schools, including Middlesex County districts in East Brunswick, South Brunswick and elsewhere. They ended up with a $19 million loss in state assistance.Due to the aid delay, ...
EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ - Grab your shamosh and light your menorah tonight as Hanukkah begins an eight-night celebration of the victory of light over darkness. Open the cabinets and pull out the good china and all those special plates that will be piled high with traditional foods of this happy week ...
EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ - For those parents and residents who are eager to plan ahead, here is the newly-approved East Brunswick Public Schools calendar for the 2025/2026 school year.School starts on September 4, 2025.School will be closed for students on the following dates:Tuesday, September ...
NEW BRUNSWICK – From Rutgers to the Rockettes – you could say it has been a spectacular journey for identical twins Caitlin and Courtney Sullivan, a pair of 2020 Rutgers graduates.For Caitlin and Courtney, 25, who go to New York each holiday season to catch the famous Christmas Spectacular at Radio ...