The response to my essay on Alexander Hamilton’s New Jersey exploits was very gratifying.
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By PRESS RELEASE, NEW JERSEY RECREATION AND PARK ASSOCIATION
March 11, 2024
EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ - The New Jersey Recreation and Park Association (NJRPA) awarded the Professional of the Year Award to John Roche, Manager/Aquatics Director at the East Brunswick Recreation, Parks, and Community Services at the New Jersey Recreation and Park Association (NJRPA) Annual Awards ...
GLASSBORO, NJ — A prankster, who dunked his head in a store bucket of dill pickles, finally fessed up that Feb. 25th mischief, according to police in this Gloucester County community. A young man, dubbed the “pickle prankster,” phoned police headquarters last week to say he was the “wanted” ...
WOODBRIDGE, NJ — New Jersey’s largest health network broke ground on the nation’s first-of-its-kind, $200 million health and wellness center at MetroPark, a major transit hub on NJ Transit’s Northeast Corridor line. Hackensack Meridian Health executives joined Gov. Phil Murphy and other ...
WOODBRIDGE, NJ — An Avenel family’s dog apparently killed their baby and injured its mother at their home early Saturday, Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone and police Director Robert Hubner said. Police officers, responding to a 911 emergency at a Mereline Avenue home at 6:17 a.m. on ...
EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ - Following the resignations of Board of Education members Mark Csizmar and Jeffery Winston last week, the East Brunswick Public Schools has posted a "Notice of Vacancy on the Board" for the two open positions. Over the past few months, there has been a good deal of change on ...
FRANKLIN – The battle line in the fight against sweeping reforms proposed to the state’s public records law was drawn, in all places, a cramped parking lot with freshly painted stripes and polished stone landscaping on Friday. Outside a stately, red-bricked building that houses the offices of ...
EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ - On the evening of March 6, 2024, the East Brunswick Public Schools Science Department hosted a dynamic Science Career Night for students in grades 9-12, bringing together the local community and eager young minds. Over 100 students had the invaluable opportunity to engage with ...
NEW JERSEY - The time has arrived once again to move the clocks forward an hour. Daylight Saving Time makes its return this weekend, but at a dreaded cost; a lost hour of sleep. Daylight Saving Time officially begins at 2 a.m. on Sunday, March 10 and lasts until Sunday, November 3. The much ...
EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ - The East Brunswick Police Department is hosting an Awards Ceremony on Thursday, May 9, 2024, at 6 pm. The East Brunswick Police Department regularly recognizes and honors its sworn and non-sworn personnel as a way to show its gratitude for the dedication and hard work that ...
EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ - The East Brunswick Public School District Community Programs Department is again offering summer Kindergarten Readiness Academy and Summer Early Learning Academy programs to all East Brunswick residents, as well those from surrounding communities. The Kindergarten ...
EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ - Students at Churchill Junior High School decided that they want to be remembered for their acts of service and kindness throughout the East Brunswick community. They have joined the school's Butterfly Effect Kindness Initiative after it was rolled out to 7th, 8th, and 9th grade ...
MIDDLESEX COUNTY, NJ – Middlesex County officially launches the Special Needs Registry (SNR) to enhance the safety of its residents with special needs. This no-cost, voluntary service led by the Office of the County Prosecutor, is open to individuals with special needs residing, working, or ...
MIDDLESEX COUNTY, NJ -The Middlesex County Sheriff’s Office is excited to announce our 5th annual D.A.R.E. –Jr. Academy this summer. Due to an increased interest in the D.A.R.E. program, Sheriff Mildred Scott decided to implement a summer program for all (children entering) 5th/6th grade and ...
The Center for Politics and Race in America at Rutgers-Newark is now the Sheila Y. Oliver Center for Race in Politics in America. University officials, along with state and local officials, renamed the school at a ceremony attended by family members of the late lieutenant governor on Friday, ...
ASBURY PARK, NJ - In June 2024, New Jersey is set to welcome back the North to Shore Festival for its second year, promising to eclipse its inaugural success with a vast array of performances and events spread across three of its most vibrant cities. After attracting hundreds of thousands of ...
EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ -- Derrick Christie, a senior at East Brunswick High School, recently received recognition as the Bill Denny Award winner from his school. Christie, a tight end and defensive end for the Bears, caught 13 passes for a 15.1-yard average and three touchdowns in 2023. He also made ...
ATLANTIC CITY – A key moment in the annual New Jersey Sustainability in Motion conference was a presentation to Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin (D-19th Dist.), this year’s recipient of the “New Jersey Clean Communities Legislative Award.” Each year, the New Jersey Clean Communities Council ...
MIDDLESEX COUNTY, NJ – The four-person winning team of Kyrollos Girgis, Christopher Hausheer, and Dhruv Sethi, all from Middlesex College, and Shahnawaz Haque from the New Jersey Institute for Technology, created an inflatable cylindrical-shaped robot, the “Expand-a-Conda,” in 24 hours to win first ...
EDISON, NJ - A South Carolina man was sentenced to life in prison for the murder of a gas station employee in Edison Township in 2018. Marcus A. Wright, age 27, was found guilty of murder, two counts of robbery, and three counts of conspiracy, according to court documents. On December 20, 2018, ...
ASBURY PARK, NJ – The Sea.Hear.Now Festival is poised to electrify the shores of Asbury Park once again this September 14th and 15th, with music legend Bruce Springsteen headlining the event's second night. This appearance marks a significant milestone as Springsteen's first headline performance at ...
EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ - With a single recurring word, Robert Zuckerman, who serves as president of the board of trustees for Mayor Cohen’s Charity Fund, astutely captured the quintessence of the mission of and support for the nonprofit. “Mayor Cohen’s Charity Fund is all about supporting ...
WASHINGTON, DC— Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman, New Jersey’s sole appropriator, voted to fund for a full year six key appropriations bills, including funding for the departments of Agriculture, Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Veterans’ Affairs, among others. The ...
In a state Group 2 semifinal game that will be forever marked by controversy, a Camden High basketball team hobbled by illness defeated Manasquan, 46-45 to advance to the finals. The Panthers looked uncharacteristically sluggish from the beginning of the matchup at Central High in Bayville and ...
EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ - The Daisy Association is a nonprofit organization that supports the many outstanding Special Needs Recreation Programs run by the Township of East Brunswick. Last Sunday the Daisy Association hosted the 39th Annual Norma and Ralph LamoDaisy Breakfast at the East Brunswick ...
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ – One motorist was killed during an early morning crash on Route 1 near the Goodkind Bridge in New Brunswick. The driver of a Ford pickup truck that had been traveling north was killed after being struck by an Infiniti today (Wednesday, March 6), according to a news release ...
MONROE, NJ - A tax-preparer from Monroe has been convicted of filing hundreds of fraudulent tax claims that allowed his clients to pay less taxes than they owed or to claim deductions to which they were not entitled. However, what really did in Jerry R. Jones, 82, of Monroe, was his failure to ...
SOUTH BRUNSWICK, NJ - A South Brunswick man has been arrested and charged for illegally selling firearms, according to the police. Authorities say that a five-month joint investigation between the South Brunswick Police, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (ATF), and the Middlesex County ...
PERTH AMBOY, NJ – Emmy-nominated host Darley Newman has climbed craggy towers and explored underground bunkers and almost literally left no stone unturned in search of local history for her PBS series. Perth Amboy, however, takes the lead role in an upcoming episode of “Travels with Darley: ...
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ – For Jim Anthony, a 65-year-old retired cop who received a stem cell transplant and CAR T-cell therapy at the Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey in October, his second bout with large B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma sounded like a bare-knuckled brawl. In his darkest hours, ...
EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ - Confused by the many recommendations for reducing your home energy bills? Thinking of buying an electric car, but wondering how you’ll charge it? The next Option Green program at the East Brunswick Public Library will have some answers. Walter S. Martillo Jr., ...
