South Brunswick: The Week in Review

Ready to send your kids back to school yet? House and Home columnist Lauren Kim has some tips to help you get your kids back in the swing of things, as Patch will soon begin its Back to School series.

A three-year contract expired for 5,400 Verizon union workers in New Jersey, part of 45,000 Verizon wire line employees in the eastern part of the U.S.

Read Patch Regional Editor Hank Kalet's take on the nation's economic woes in the latest Political World column.

Who do you think bears the responsibility for the United States losing its sterling credit rating? Join in the conversation with your neighbors.

Patch's weekly look at the wildest and wackiest police stories from throughout New Jersey in OMG PD. This week South Brunswick tops the column with an article on a local man who allegedly threw an egg at a cop on the set of Beyonce's South Brunswick video shoot.

Catch up on columnist James Shackleford's weekly look at local history with the three-part History Shack. This week the Shack looks at the history of the New Jersey State Home for Boys.

Nostalgia Facebook groups have become extremely popular, take a look and tell us how you would finish the sentence:

This week's It Takes a Village column looks at adopting shelter cats and dogs who are considered "difficult to place," but with love and patience can become ideal companions.

Find out how you can help South Brunswick's own Hugs for Brady Foundation raise awareness about pediatric cancer during September. Volunteers are needed to help the foundation send a hand-written letter to every news outlet in the nation.

How does an NFL star from South Brunswick sound? Not too far-fetched if you've ever seen South Brunswick High School graduate Mohamed Sanu in action for the Rutgers University Scarlet Knights. The South Brunswick resident is one of the top wide receiver prospects in the nation. Catch up with South Brunswick Patch's two-part profile of this special young student-athlete.

The biggest story of the week came from the ongoing fight between the Princeton International Academy Charter School and the three districts from which it would draw students from, South Brunswick, Princeton, and West Windsor-Plainsboro. 

See why some local Muslim parents and children decided to give back to the less fortunate during the Holy Month of Ramadan, creating a new tradition of charity at home.

As the years fly by, a lot of the landmarks and social hot spots we grew up with as kids fall victim to the passage of time. What are some of your favorite places in South Brunswick that aren't around anymore?

South Brunswick Patch welcomed its newest blogger Roseann Cetta Rappoccio this week. Check out her poignant first blog post about why parents do what they do for their kids playing youth sports. 

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Also, old was new on Patch this week, as we bid farewell to the site's grass background to go back to the original white background we launched with in December, 2010.

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