Middlesex County News

MIDDLESEX COUNTY - The Joel Gensler Career Center at Jewish Family and Vocational Service of Middlesex County was recently awarded a grant for its Veteran Employment Services Program, which will provide job-seeking assistance to military veterans with traumatic brain injury.

SOUTH BRUNSWICK - Rutgers Master Gardeners of Middlesex County invite bird-watchers of all ages to take part in the Great Backyard Bird Count on Feb.

Editor's Note: The following is a news release issued by the New Jersey State Library .

Berman has worked as an industrial hygienist and has also taught courses on health education and occupational and environmental health at Rutgers and Kean universities and Middlesex County College.

NEWARK - On Tuesday, SMP of New Jersey, a federally-funded program of the Jewish Family and Vocational Service of Middlesex County, will give a presentation on common Medicare scams at the Bethany Senior Center.

Seated : High school seniors Brianna Simmons of New Brunswick; Peter Byrne of South Amboy; Shantel Mason of Perth Amboy; Shannon Sprauer of Edison; Zachary Wilson of South Plainfield; Remilder Hatcher of Avenel.

The beginning of February might look bleak, but it's just the time for kids and their parents to begin contemplating what the summer will bring.

Defendant Shiloh Smith was the subject of two indictments filed by a Middlesex County grand jury.

Cristina Jordan has been racking up the awards as well as the basketball scores.

NEW BRUNSWICK - In another of a string of gun-related incidents in New Brunswick, police Thursday chased a suspect who turned and pointed a gun at officers just as they tackled him to the ground, authorities said.

The owner of the Avenel pet store charged with selling unfit animals pleaded guilty to two counts of fraud in Woodbridge Municipal Court yesterday.

The NETS are leaving New Jersey after this season to move to Brooklyn, but they want to thank their local fans with some special events.

A former Basking Ridge man who previously admitted collecting sexually explicit images of children on DVDs purchased from Japan and downloading them from the Internet was on Thursday sentenced to 36 months in prison, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.

By the time Jordan Carter stole third base and scored on a walk-off single in the bottom of the... NORTH BRUNSWICK - Federal and state labor officials descended upon Chromocell Corp.

Polonia Court in Monroe township, where police shot and injured a man who refused to put down a gun he was holding, authorities said.

The Catholic church's New Jersey hierarchy has weighed in on the controversy surrounding the federal requirement that religious schools and hospitals cover contraceptives as part of their health insurance plans.

Editor's note: Police on Thursday were unable to provide information on bail amounts, or whether some of the accused were taken to the county jail or released on a summons.

ACCIDENT, 3:30 p.m. Saturday. A New Brunswick man was charged with multiple motor vehicle violations after causing a crash that involved five vehicles on Route 27, police said.

OLD BRIDGE Job seekers in Middlesex County will have an opportunity to learn about dozens of new job openings at the Mayor's Job Fair, which will conducted from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday, Feb.

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