South River News

A year ago yesterday, fire ravaged the Memorial School in East Brunswick. It gutted several classrooms, tore through a hallway and spit black smoke through the 53-year-old building.

A borough man is being held on charges he punched a police officer who responded to a Jackson Street bar late Friday night, police said.

Paintings, drawings and photographs created by Middlesex County Arts High and Arts Middle School students will be on display at the South River Public Library, 55 Appleby Ave., South River and Barnes and Noble, 869 Route One, North Brunswick, this month.

When the victim came out of the store, he noticed 18-year-old Stephen Kooro of Union entering his 1997 Toyota Corolla at 6:53 a.m., police said According to police, Kooro shut the door on the victim and while exiting the parking lot ran over the victim's foot.

An attacker struck a South River man in the head with a gun early Wednesday morning during an attempt to rob him and a woman in a Route 18 parking lot, police said.

Central Jersey residents will be celebrating the Fourth of July holiday in their usual style with plenty of fireworks, a parade, music, and lots of hot dogs and hamburgers.

South River High School has backed up its assertion as an environmentally friendly school by being named one of 20 nationwide finalists for the Walmart 'Earth Day Every Day School Challenge.' The school was selected by three independent judges from a pool of 439 essays, which described the steps taken by each school to help make its surrounding ...

Sleek cars, trucks and motorcycles will line the downtown Main Street area Thursday night when Cruise Nite returns to the borough.

Steven Scardilli of Spotswood was so excited to be going to his first prom on June 11.

An accident involving an overturned SUV at the intersection of Ryders Lane and Cranbury Road Sunday morning injured three men and shut down Ryders Lane for about an hour, police said.

When Rhonda Harris started as a police officer in the mid-1980s, there were still pinups of women on the walls of her station in El Reno, Okla.

As children, our parents introduced us to many things in life. This helps us to forge our own paths and find the things we grow to love.

A New Brunswick man was arrested for stabbing his cousin at a South River bar after police responding to a fight at a wedding reception found the victim staggering holding his blood-soaked shirt, authorities said.

The South River High School Class of '59 is holding its 50 year reunion on Sat., 9/12/09. Celebration will be at the Portuguese Fisherman Restaurant, Jackson Street in South RIver, NJ at 6:30 pm.

Michael P. Daly may be gone, but his memory lives on. The South River resident, who lost his battle with cancer a year ago Saturday at age 29, will be among those remembered Saturday night at the American Cancer Society's Relay For Life fundraising event at Heavenly Farms.

Edison Mayor Jun Choi, second from left, has received the support of the Kehilla of Raritan Valley in his June 2 Democratic primary fight.

The Holy Name Society of St. Mary of Ostrabrama Church, 30 Jackson St., South River, will sponsor a Scholarship Dinner on Saturday, May 16 from 5 to 8 p.m., in the Parish Center.

A 25-year- old Plainsboro man has been sentenced to 13 years in prison for fatally injuring an 88-year-old Monroe woman in an alcohol-fueled crash in October 2007.

THE SOUTH RIVER Board of Education will host a pre-meeting conference at 7 p.m. Tuesday, May 26, in the board conference room, 15 Montgomery St.

High school freshman Casey Ruston got a new appreciation for the ecosystem during a recent trip to Costa Rica.