Rutgers roomie never slurred gays: pals    Posted on 2012-03-10
Source: New York Post
Seven family friends testified yesterday that Rutgers cyber-spying defendant Dharun Ravi had never said anything negative about gays to them.... Full story...

Middlesex council turns blind eye to tourism    Posted on 2012-03-10
Source: The London Free Press
Middlesex County council, in its infinite wisdom, managed to deliver a really effective kick in the teeth to Tourism Middlesex earlier this week.... Full story...

Woodbridge Center mall shooting: New details emerge about man who held woman at knife-point    Posted on 2012-03-09
Source: The Jersey Journal
Police outside the Woodbridge Center mall, where a knife-wielding man took a woman hostage before he was fatally shot by a police officer.... Full story...

9 Arrested for Outstanding Warrants Over Past Two Weeks    Posted on 2012-03-09
Source: Patch.com
The Manalapan Police Department have reported 9 arrests within the township due to outstanding warrants over the past couple of weeks.... Full story...

Cop shoots knife-wielding shoplift suspect    Posted on 2012-03-09
Source: NorthJersey.com
Authorities say a man suspected of shoplifting and armed with a knife was shot and killed by a police officer inside a store at the Woodbridge Center shopping mall after taking a woman hostage.... Full story...

Beware, Pedestrians: The Most Dangerous Roads in Bergen    Posted on 2012-03-09
Source: Patch.com
A study released Wednesday concludes Bergen County's most dangerous roads for pedestrians are Route 17, Route 93 and Route 4. Thirty-four pedestrians were killed on Bergen County streets between 2008A and 2010, according to figures cited in a study released...... Full story...

Friends: NJ student didn't express anti-gay views    Posted on 2012-03-09
Source: The Capital-Journal
Former Rutgers University student Dharun Ravi listens during his trial, Thursday, March 8, 2012 in New Brunswick, NJ.... Full story...

Lions Of Baseball Lore    Posted on 2012-03-09
Source: Clarks Hometown News Patriot
Middlesex County College hosted a night of baseball literature this week as four authors gathered to discuss their work.... Full story...

Rutgers to create 2 'hackerspaces' for tech-savvy student innovation    Posted on 2012-03-09
Source: The Jersey Journal
NEW BRUNSWICK - They make honeycomb-style modular homes, fashion fire bowls out of discarded elevator cables, launch high-altitude balloons to near space, host underground hip hop concerts and create medical lab equipment for developing countries.... Full story...

Bank Makes Donation To College's Mentoring Program    Posted on 2012-03-09
Source: Clarks Hometown News Patriot
Magyar Bank recently donated $1,000 to the EMPOWER program at the Middlesex County College's New Brunswick Center.... Full story...

Prosecutor's Office: Off-Duty Cop Shot Suspect Who Took Hostage at Woodbridge Center Mall    Posted on 2012-03-09
Source: Patch.com
A shoplifter who took a woman hostage at the Woodbridge Center shopping mall in Woodbridge Township Thursday afternoon was shot and killed by an off-duty Woodbridge police officer, according to a press release issued by the Middlesex County Prosecutor'...... Full story...

Shooting at Woodbridge mall: Alleged shoplifter shot, killed by police, source says    Posted on 2012-03-08
Source: SILive.com
An alleged shoplifter armed with a knife was shot and killed inside a clothing store in the Woodbridge Center shopping mall after holding a person hostage, according to a source familiar with the investigation.... Full story...

Metuchen dentist charged with falsifying dental records of 3...    Posted on 2012-03-08
Source: The Jersey Journal
METUCHEN - Middlesex County officials today charged a Metuchen dentist with falsifying the dental records of three of the four children killed in the Feb.... Full story...

Middlesex judge to rule if Warren courtroom is 'constitutionally defective'    Posted on 2012-03-08
Source: The Jersey Journal
View of the defense table behind a pillar which obstructs the defense's view of the jury in Courtroom 2 at the Warren County Courthouse.... Full story...

Prosecution rests in Rutgers webcam spying trial    Posted on 2012-03-08
Source: Tri-cityherald.com
Dharun Ravi listens to testimony during his trial at the Middlesex County Courthouse in New Brunswick, N.J., Tuesday, March 6, 2012.... Full story...

Highway pedestrian's companion: Danger    Posted on 2012-03-08
Source: Daily Record
Route 46 in Morris County is the sixth most dangerous highway in the state for pedestrians, with six fatalities from 2008 to 2010, according to a road safety report.... Full story...

PJ Library leaders share ways to spread the word NEW    Posted on 2012-03-08
Source: New Jersey Jewish News
PJ Library community development director Dyan Wiley chats with, from left, Marsha Goldwasser of the Jewish Federation of Greater Middlesex County, Stacey Herman of the Shimon & Sara Birnbaum JCC in Bridgewater, and Linda Poleyeff of the Jewish Federation...... Full story...

Parkey's cold-case felony murder indictment upheld    Posted on 2012-03-08
Source: MyCentralJersey
If there's one thing I've learned from living in Pennsylvania the last three years, it's that not... NEW BRUNSWICK - A felony murder indictment against Steven Parkey Jr.... Full story...

Dental records in New Jersey fatal fire expose fraud by dentist, sources say    Posted on 2012-03-07
Source: Pocono Record
Dental records used to identify five members of a New Jersey family killed in a tragic fire also exposed fraud by the victims' dentist.... Full story...

Middlesex native to speak at black history program    Posted on 2012-03-07
Source: The Southside Sentinel
Lebanon Worship Center Pastors Robert and Teresa Sutherlin, in conjunction with the Middlesex County NAACP, will sponsor a Black Heritage Program that will be held Sunday, March 11, at 3 p.m. The theme is "The Dream Comes True, For Those Who Believe."... Full story...

Middlesex County man battles brain tumor with help of technology, clinical trial    Posted on 2012-01-23
Source: MyCentralJersey.com
In the spring of 2011, 71-year-old Bashir Khan appeared to his family to be uncharacteristically emotional and forgetful, and at times, had trouble forming words.... Full story...

Your support makes a difference    Posted on 2012-01-23
Source: MyCentralJersey
Our Goal is to Help You Look and Feel Your Very Best! Legends Salon of Hillsborough is a full servic... Bound Brook - Dawn Kentnor was able to purchase new car themed beds and linens, perched at right, for her two sons, Alex, 3, at left, and Xavier, 2. Images...... Full story...

School Notebook: Traveling art exhibit arrives at library    Posted on 2012-01-22
Source: The Jersey Journal
HIGHLAND PARK - Paintings, photographs and collages by students in Middlesex County Arts High School and Arts Middle School are on display at the Highland Park Public Library.... Full story...

School Notebook: Academy receives grant for Project Lead the Way    Posted on 2012-01-22
Source: The Jersey Journal
EAST BRUNSWICK - Middlesex County Vocational and Technical Schools' Academy of Allied Health and Biomedical Sciences has received a $3,000 grant from Andersen Window and Doors' foundation, the Andersen Corporate Foundation, to purchase equipment...... Full story...

Get a Glimpse of India at the Library    Posted on 2012-01-22
Source: Patch.com
Explore the rich culture of India during the first of a three-part series on India at the East Brunswick Public Library .... Full story...