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December 17, 2008
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JEFF GRANIT staff The Barron Arts Center, Woodbridge, hosted the annual Holiday Brass and Dillon Music holiday concert at the First Congregational Church featuring the Ben Franklin Brass on Dec. 12. More...
Colonia resident could get up to 30 years if convicted

AMiddlesex County grand jury indicted a 24-year-old Colonia man Dec. 12 on charges of aggravated manslaughter, vehicular homicide, aggravated assault, and assault by auto. The charges stem from a two-car motor vehicle collision that occurred in the early morning hours of Aug. More...


Above: Cynthia Platko helps her granddaughter, Sananna Ammon, 2, pull a lollipop from the tree, while Sarina Vidal, 15, watches during the Winter Wonderland carnival at Colonia High School on Dec. 13. Left: Mitch Fishman, of Colonia, watches son Jeremy, 2, and niece Miranda Sica, 8, spin the dreidel... More...


Speaker from Lowe's talks about wiring a house

Tiyon Conyers, a sophomore at Woodbridge High School, said he likes his elective Home Improvement class. "It makes me think of a possible future," he said in class on Dec. 11. Conyers and his classmates learned that if they continued in a home improvement trade such as wiring, they would make $3... More...


Designation given only to high-performance schools

The students, faculty, and staff of Kennedy Park Elementary School No. 24 are "Kennedy Park proud." It was evident by the outpouring of parents, faculty, staff and students who filled the school's cafeteria to celebrate the school's having been presented the No Child Left Behind- Blue Ribbon Schoo... More...


Middlesex County's Roosevelt Park family ice skating rink is open for its sixth season. The rink is located at the Level Playing Fields Complex inside the county's Roosevelt Park, which is adjacent to the Menlo Park Mall in Edison. More...
As a senior at Rutgers University, I am appalled by the Amethyst Initiative, the proposal of over 100 college presidents to commence conversation on lowering the drinking age to 18. More...
Are We There Yet? • LORI CLINCH
Contrary to popular belief, I don't like being center of attention. I like to duck into the back, blend with the crowd and mesh into the background. This is especially true when entering a church service once it has started. If it were up to me and me alone, the Clinch family would be the first t... More...
Coda • GREG BEAN
My friend Butchie Rawlins may have been the hairiest human being in the history of the world. For starters, he had a full head of thick, curly, black hair, but that was only the beginning of the wonder. His beard began coming in when he was 13, and it started high on his cheekbones and went righ... More...
Mr. Krin, 79, of Manalapan, died Dec. 11, 2008, at CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township. A U.S. Air Force veteran of the Korean conflict, he was the owner of Progressive Business Forms in Woodbridge for more than 28 years, retiring in 1998. More...
FILE PHOTO Edison High School's Jeff Peterson (bottom) during a match from last season. Peterson is one of the Eagles trying to get back to the state tourney in March 2009. The team starts its season on Saturday at home when they host the Edison Classic Tournament. To read a full preview on the Edis... More...