The teen was found after getting a tip from a group of juveniles.

SOUTH RIVER -- Police are crediting a group of kids with helping to find a missing 12-year-old boy after an alert went out about his disappearance on Saturday.

The boy was last seen at South River Middle School on Friday and police issued the alert on social media at 11 a.m. on Saturday, along with a photo, his name and a description.

An hour later, police said he was found safe and reunited with his parents. They credited a group of five kids with recognizing the 12-year-old from the description and reporting the boy's location.

"Although we can't release the names of the juveniles who placed the 9-1-1 call, the South River Police Department would like to publicly thank them," South River police said on Facebook. "Their actions allowed us to quickly and safely locate the child. We would also like to thank other residents who called in with tips and information which also assisted with our investigation."

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Timothy Hart is suing the school district claiming that he was not rehired because he was gay

EDISON -- A former township principal is suing the school board and its members claiming that his contract wasn't renewed because he was gay. 

Timothy Hart, who worked at Lincoln School, filed the discrimination suit earlier this year after finding out one of the school board members had penned a letter to the administration calling the educator a "brazen hussy" who "should be removed before he does something really weird," according to court documents. 

The school board has denied any wrongdoing in court filings but declined to comment further citing pending litigation. The board member Theresa Ward did not respond to calls for comment. 

Hart, who has since been hired as a principal in the Livingston School District, alleges that Ward convinced the majority of the board to vote against renewing his contract on May 3 despite superintendent Dr. Richard O'Malley's recommendation to rehire, according to Hart's attorney Armen McOmber.

The board did not go into executive session to discuss personnel, according to the minutes. 

After his contract was not renewed, along with two others in administration at that meeting, Hart requested an explanation.

The district's letter, provided to NJ Advance Media by McOmber, reads Hart was not rehired because of complaints from staff about his management style where he allegedly failed to create a "collaborative environment," "lack of empathy" for employees and "inability to communicate effectively."

McOmber, though, said Ward's two-page letter, which was sent as a result of her looking into potential issues at school, was the reason Hart was not rehired. 

Hart says in his suit, which was filed on June 6 in Middlesex County Superior Court, that he had only received positive performance reviews since he was hired by the district in 2004.  

"The letter that board member Theresa Ward wrote is the product of a bigoted and warped mind," McOmber said. 

The last paragraph of the Ward's letter reads, "One term which kept coming to my mind while listening to our employees pour their hearts out is TH is a brazen hussy. Anyone with TH's proclivities doesn't belong in education. That is neither here nor there; however, he doesn't belong in Edison Township and certainly not in one of our elementary schools. He is a very strange person and should be removed before he does something really weird. Lincoln School deserves better. "

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New Jersey Department of Education announces that 63 New Jersey schools have been designated as Future Ready Schools.

NEW BRUNSWICK -- Lincoln Annex School in New Brunswick is among 63 New Jersey schools to be designated a Future Ready School by Future Ready Schools - New Jersey, a partnership between NJIT, the New Jersey School Board Association and the New Jersey Department of Education.

FRS-NJ is a certification program that provides New Jersey schools with the support and resources needed to promote digital learning. The certification recognizes schools "for implementing effective digital learning policies and practices," and preparing students to succeed in the digital age.

"We launched the Future Ready Schools - New Jersey program as a road map for schools to help students meet the demands of today's technology-based economy, and I am excited that so many schools achieved certification in the first year of the program," said Kimberley Harrington, education commissioner.

To submit school news send an email to middlesex@starledger.com.

Middlesex County Vocational and Technical School students will dry clean donated coats.

EAST BRUNSWICK -- Students in the dry cleaning program at the Middlesex County Vocational and Technical School will once again offer their time and talent to the annual East Brunswick community-wide coat drive.

New or gently used coats collected during the drive, which runs Nov. 6 through 17, will be cleaned and readied for donation by the students in the program.

Coat donations can be dropped off at the MCVTS East Brunswick Campus, 112 Rues Lane; East Brunswick Township offices, 1 Jean Walling Civic Center Drive; East Brunswick Recreation and Parks Department, 350 Dunhams Corner Road; Alternative Integrated Medical Services, 150A Tices Lane; and Anshe Emeth Memorial Temple, 222 Livingston Ave., New Brunswick. Leather and suede coats will not be accepted.

The cleaned coats will be distributed through Community of Hope Ministries in Spotswood, Women Aware in New Brunswick, FISH in Piscataway, and local food banks. Coats also will be provided to students at the Edison Job Corps site and the Rescue Mission of Trenton, and to homeless men and women in New York City.

For more information, call 732-238-2944.

To submit school news send an email to middlesex@starledger.com.

New program will begin after the Christmas break.

PISCATAWAY -- The Piscataway Township Police Department and Piscataway High School have joined forces to deliver a new opiate awareness program to high school students.

Starting in January, the high school will offer an interactive opiate awareness program called NotEvenOnce. The goal of the program, which was developed by the Manchester Township Police Department, is to teach students about the dangers of opiates before they leave high school and enter college or the workforce. This year's freshmen will be the first to participate in the program, which will be given twice a week for four weeks during health classes.

"This crisis affects people from all walks of life and all socio-economic backgrounds," said police captain Scott Cartmell. "We are going to use this program to attempt to reach out to the young people of our community to give them the knowledge of the risks of opiate use and the skills/abilities that will hopefully assist them with avoiding becoming a statistic in this crisis."

To submit school news send an email to middlesex@starledger.com.

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Johnny Sims, 64, of North Brunswick, collected and shared child porn on the internet, including videos depicting rape, authorities said.

NORTH BRUNSWICK -- A township man has been sentenced to three years in state prison for distributing child pornography, some of which depicted rape, on the internet, authorities said. 

Johnny Sims, 64, of North Brunswick. (Photo provided by the state Attorney General's Office)

Johnny Sims, 64, was sentenced before Superior Court Judge Benjamin Bucca Jr. after he pleaded guilty in August to second-degree distribution of child pornography, officials said. He must register as a sex offender under Megan's Law and will be subject to parole supervision for life, Attorney General Christopher S. Porrino said.

Sims admitted he used internet file-sharing software to make files containing child pornography readily available for other users on the internet to download from his computer, Porrino said.  

Numerous child pornography videos, including ones showing children being raped, were found on his computer, the attorney general said. 

"The videos and images Mr. Sims was collecting and sharing represent some of the most revolting and hideous acts a person can inflict on another, especially an innocent child," Colonel Patrick Callahan, acting superintendent of the New Jersey State Police, said in a statement. 

A State Police detective was investigating people who used software to share child pornography on the internet when he identified a computer that was traced to Sims' residence in North Brunswick. The detective downloaded two videos from a shared folder that showed prepubescent girls being raped and molested by adult males, authorities said. 

Sims was arrested in June 2016. A forensic examination of his seized computer revealed more than 20 videos of child pornography, a majority of which were located in a shared folder he set up, Porrino said. 

"Offenders like Sims directly motivate those who sexually abuse children to create child pornography, and they perpetually re-victimize the children whose images can never be erased from the internet," he said.

Authorities are encouraging anyone with information about the distribution of child pornography on the internet to contact the New Jersey Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force at 888-648-6007.

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Racist fliers distributed in Edison and Hoboken before the elections are part of a spike in racial hostility throughout the country, two organizations said.

EDISON -- Racist and xenophobic election fliers distributed in Edison and Hoboken days in the last week are part of a spike in racial hostility throughout the country since the 2016 election, two organizations said Monday. 

Kristen Clarke, president and executive director of the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights, said her organization has seen an uptick in racist language used in campaigns since last year's election. 

The fliers in New Jersey are part of America's "intensifying hate crime crisis," Clarke said Monday during a conference call with reporters. 

Clarke said the fliers are also representative of discrimination seen from President Donald Trump, whose administration has tried to restrict travel from eight countries, most of which have large Muslim populations. 

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Scott Novakowski, associate counsel for New Jersey Institute for Social Justice, described the fliers as disturbing, especially when seen on doorsteps in one of the most diverse states in the country. 

Novakowski called on local prosecutors, the state Attorney General's Office and the U.S. Department of Justice to investigate if the creators of the fliers broke any laws. 

"I have not seen these explicitly racist fliers in the past," Novakowski said. "It's a sign that this type of racism is being normalized."

The comments from Novakowski and Clarke came after an unknown group sent mailers to homes in Edison proclaiming "Make Edison Great Again" and calling for the deportation of Asian school board candidates Jerry Shi and Falguni Patel.

"The Chinese and Indians are taking over our town," the postcards read. "Chinese school! Indian school! Cricket fields! Enough is enough."

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The ads do not identify the group that paid for them. The back of the postcard reads: "Stop the overcrowding! Stop taking over our sports fields! Stop the McMansions! Stop the multiple families living in the same house! Stop wasting school holiday! Stop the outsiders!"

The Middlesex County Prosecutor's Office is reviewing the incident. In a statement, Prosecutor Andrew Carey said the message "shocks the conscience and is highly offensive."

Diversity is exactly what makes Edison, NJ great & shld be celebrated. These mailers are disgusting, un-American, & belong in the trash https://t.co/Bq3wl5KQ6d

-- Senator Bob Menendez (@SenatorMenendez) November 2, 2017

It was unclear how many residents received the postcard in the state's fifth-largest municipality, where nearly half of its 102,000 residents are Asian. About 45 percent of the town's residents are foreign-born.

Mayor Thomas Lankey, a Democrat who is seeking reelection, and the Republican candidate for mayor, Keith Hahn, denounced the mailers and called on the group that created them to be exposed.

Days after the Edison mailers thrust the diverse town into the national spotlight, fliers were placed on car windshields in Hoboken with the message "Don't let TERRORISM take over our town!" above a picture of a Sikh mayoral candidate, Ravi Bhalla. 

Yesterday, a flyer w/ word "terrorist" above a pic of me was circulated in Hob. Of course this is troubling, but we won't let hate win. pic.twitter.com/Ri9xrYF4Al

-- Ravinder S. Bhalla (@RaviBhalla) November 4, 2017

Bhalla, who would be the city's first Sikh mayor if elected, responded to the flier on social media Saturday, saying that "we won't let hate win."

During the call with reporters, Clarke and Novakowski encouraged voters to call the election hotline at 866-687-8683 to report any issues or questions while voting.

"Turn out and let them know New Jersey is better than this," Novakowski said. 

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Ernie and Anthony Lunardelli were supposed to have a hearing last week to determine possible punishment, but no updates have been disclosed.

Potential punishment for the two New Jersey high school football officials who walked off the field in protest last month has not been disclosed, but regardless the pair will not be scheduled to work any playoff games this season, the state’s officials assigner said Monday.

The officials — Ernie Lunardelli and his son, Anthony Lunardelli — abruptly left the field Oct. 27 after seeing players from Monroe High School kneel during the national anthem before the team’s game against Colts Neck High. Two days later, it was revealed the Lunardellis made racist comments on their Facebook accounts, although Ernie Lunardelli claimed he was hacked.

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Scott Heiser, chairman of the Central Jersey chapter of the New Jersey Football Officials Association, said last week a hearing would take place last Wednesday to determine if the Lunardellis faced disciplinary measures. The hearing, Heiser said, would take the alleged racist comments into account.

Heiser has not returned numerous phone calls and text messages both last week and Monday from NJ Advance Media seeking comment on the hearing.

Ernie Lunardelli declined comment when reached by phone Monday.

Regardless of the outcome of the hearing, Carmine Picardo, the state officials assigner, said Monday the Lunardellis will not be scheduled to work any playoff games. The New Jersey state high school football championships begin this Friday.

“We don’t have any plans to use those officials in the postseason tournament,” Picardo said. “Due to the circumstances, we weren’t going to go forward with using those two.”

Picardo said the decision to exclude the Lunardellis from the postseason slate was made independently of the Central Jersey chapter. He also said any decision to allow the Lunardellis to work games next season or permanently ban them in the future would come from the Central chapter.

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Picardo said keeping the Lunardellis off the postseason schedule had “nothing to do” with the Central chapter’s potential decision.

“It’s just based on what happened,” he said. “It would be hard to put them out there without a decision one way or another.”

The other members of the Lunardellis’ crew are eligible to work this postseason, Picardo added.

Picardo, meanwhile, said the state is looking forward to moving past the Oct. 27 incident. As the Lunardellis walked off the field in protest, Ernie Lunardelli turned and screamed in the direction of the Monroe sidelines, according to Colts Neck coach Darian Barnes. Barnes also “the other official had to pull [Ernie Lunardelli] off the field.”

Ernie Lunardelli said last weekend he did not yell at any players and that he only stopped on his way off the field after a coach from Monroe yelled at him.

“Hopefully that was just an isolated blip and we don’t ever have that kind of thing occur again,” Picardo said.

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This post will be updated throughout Tuesday night with unofficial election results from Middlesex County.

MIDDLESEX COUNTY -- Residents went to the polls Tuesday to vote not only for the next governor and members of the state Legislature, but also for countywide officials, town mayors, council members and school board members.

Check the unofficial local election results below. You can find results for governor here and statewide ballot and legislature results here. 

Winners are listed in bold type. Uncontested races will not be shown.

Find all of our election coverage here and follow NJ.com on Facebook and Twitter for complete coverage.

As of 11:30 p.m., below are the unofficial results with all towns reporting.

Surrogate, five-year term, one seat open

• Kevin J. Hoagland (D) 102,599
• Karim L. Nicola (R) 54,622

Freeholders, three-year term, two seats open

• Charles Tomaro (D) 100,158
• Leslie Koppel (D) 99,738
• Mina Kolta (R) 55,861
• Priti Pandya-Patel (R) 51,178

Freeholders, one-year unexpired term, one seat open

• Shanti Narra (D) 92,281
• Roger Daley (R) 60,365

Borough council seat, three-year term, two seats open

• Randy Krum (D) 2,566
• Susan R. Naples (D) 2,646
• John J. Schon (R) 877
• Jaswinder Singh (R) 778

Township Public Schools board, three-year term, three seats open

• Debra Weaver 1,454
• Janet Hanley 940
• Jeannie Bellino 1,451
• Gregory Setar 763
• Dennis Cherepski 1,138
• Danielle Medvetz 594

Township Committee seat, three-year term, one seat open

• Matthew A. Scott (D) 688
• Nancy Witt (R) 622

Township Public Schools board, three-year term, three seats open

• Amy Dixon 640
• Evelyn Spann 620
• Francis McGovern 536
• Lisa Rue 579

Borough council seat, three-year term, two seats open

• Kenneth W. Bayer (R) 763
• Kevin A. Bachorik (R) 698
• Nathan Hewett-Guyton (D) 695
• Jessica Dunne (D) 757

Township Public Schools board, three-year term, three seats open

• Todd Simmens 4,314
• Susanna Chiu 4,512
• John Gonzalez 3,185
• Laurie Lachs 3,937
• Jean Reger 2,589

Mayor, four-year term

• Thomas Lankey (D) 12,032
• Keith Hahn (R) 8,574

Township Council seat, four-year term, three seats open

• Robert Diehl (D) 12,382
• Samip "Sam" Joshi (D) 11,827
• Alvaro Gomez (D) 11,717
• Wayne J. Mascola (R) 7,042
• Maria Orchid (R) 6,919
• Larry D. Deutchman (R) 6,505

Township Public Schools board, three-year term, three seats open

• Beth Moroney 5,991
• Jerry Shi 6,259
• Carol Bodofsky 5,005
• Elizabeth Conway 5,069
• Ruchika Juneja 1,351
• Falguni Patel 6,115
• Aqib Virani 1,707
• Sunil Vuppula 1,591
• Maria Wise 3,625

Township Public Schools board, one-year unexpired term, one seat open

• Paul Distefano 7,074
• William Araujo 4,026

Borough Council seat, three-year term, two seats open

• Joshua Fine (D) 3,039
• Elsie Foster-Dublin (D) 2,955
• Herbert Gross (R) 620

Borough Council seat, three-year term, two seats open

• Todd Pagel (D) 2,911
• Reed Leibfried (D) 3,013
• Richard Menziuso (R) 1,537
• Daniel Lebar (R) 1,360

Borough Council seat, three-year term, two seats open

• Matt Adams (D) 1,500
• Kim Keyes (D) 1,393
• John L. Madden (R) 1,939
• John "Jack" Mikolajczyk (R) 1,930

Borough Council seat, three-year term, two seats open

• Phil Zambrana (D) 1,135
• Trina Jensen Mehr (D) 1,218
• Ronald "Ron" Dixon (R)  1,175
• Stacy D. Sullivan (R) 1,125

Township Council seat at large, two-year unexpired term, one seat open

• Miriam Cohen (D) 8,052
• Martin Herrmann (R) 7,063

Township Council seat by Ward, four-year term, one seat open

• Ward 1: Elizabeth A Schneider (D) 3,226
• Ward 1: John Krulewski (R) 2,247
• Ward 2: Leonard Baskin (D) 3,230
• Ward 2: John F. Marullo (R) 2,458
• Ward 3: Michael Leibowitz (D) 1,867
• Ward 3: Charles G. Dipierro (R) 2,209

Township School board, three-year term, three seats open

• Steven Riback 6,015
• Jill DeMaio 6,426
• Michael Elgawly 3,916
• Kathy Kolupanowich 4,348

Township Council seat, three-year term, two seats open

• Robert "Bob" Corbin (D) 5,247
• Robert "Bob" Davis (D) 5,124
• George Callan (R) 2,178
• Mayra Pais (R) 2,016

Township Council seat, one-year unexpired term, one seat open

• William Lopez (D) 5,055
• Richard Pender (R) 2,252

Township School board, three-year term, three seats open

• Howard Liu 2,518
• Claribel Cortes 2,792
• Richard Liguori 2,847
• David Brockman 2,371

Township Council seat by Ward, four-year term, one seat open

• Ward 1: David W. Merwin (D) 1,611
• Ward 1: Robert C. Thompson Sr. (R) 1,174
• Ward 2: Zeeshan Siddiqi (D) 1,070
• Ward 2: Mary R. Sohor (R) 1,285
• Ward 3: Edina Brown (D) 980
• Ward 3: Frank R. Weber (R) 716
• Ward 4: Mark Razzoli (D) 1,257
• Ward 4: Alan Rosencranz (R) 1,020
• Ward 5: Annette Tunyla Hopman (D) 1,082
• Ward 5: Anthony "Tony" Paskitti (R) 1,513
• Ward 6: Kenneth R. Totten (D) 1,097
• Ward 6: John E. Murphy III (R) 1,172

Township School board, three-year term, three seats open

• Lisa Lent 3,417
• Theresa Burns 2,596
• Jill DeCaro 3,298
• Donna Andriani 2,515
• Kyler Dineen 1,328
• Kelly Ellis-Foster 2,782
• Matthew Sulikowski  3,301

City Public Schools board, three-year term, three seats open

• Manuel Nunez 1,710
• Milady Tejada*
• Lisett Lebron 1,806
• Irving Lozada 1,724
• Jesus Martinez 1,945
• Eddie Tejada*

*Middlesex County's results did not identify each candidate's first name

Township School board, three-year term, three seats open

• Thomas Mosier 3,507
• Mark Okamoto 3,340
• Shantell Cherry 4,776
• Alexandra Lopez 4,490
• Tom Connors 4,339
• Robert Opitz Jr. 2,876

Borough Council seat, three-year term, two seats open

• Victoria Kilpatrick (D) 4,644
• Mary J. Novak (D) 4,460
• David S. Pawski (R) 4,180
• Paul J. Campagna (R) 4,310

Township School board, three-year term, three seats open

• Christopher Callahan 3,213
• Karen Rubio 3,561
• Ryan De La Uz 2,139
• Phylis Batko 2,231
• Michael Macagnone 1,959

Township School board, three-year term, three seats open

• Patrick Walsh 792
• Anthony Conrad 571
• Jessica Colacci 442
• Thomas Kross 381
• Joan Conway 439
• Shannon Gonzalez 448

Mayor, unexpired one-year term

• John O'Sullivan (R) 3,068
• Christopher Killmurray (D) 7,289

Township School board, three-year term, three seats open

• Deep Shukla 2,885
• Arthur Robinson 4,833
• Deven Patel 4,118
• Mahendra Patel 1,974
• Patrick Del Piano 4,111

Township School board, two-year term, one seat open

• Amilkumar Patel 2,223
• J. Joyce Methta 4,364

Borough Council seat, three-year term, two seats open

• Cassie Leigh Capparelli (D) 2,436
• Roberto P. Sayers (D) 2,239
• Christine Noonan Faustini (R) 3,590
• Derryck C. White (R) 3,688

Township School board, three-year term, three seat open

• Pio Pennisi 1,845
• Stephanie Wolak 1,589
• Keith Both 1,535
• Chere Glover 1,278
• Jennifer Curtis 1,173
• Sharon Miller 1,388
• John Ferinella 1,349

Borough Council seat, three-year term, two seats open

• Ruell C. Brown (D) 1,335
• Sandra M. Adelino (D) 1,375
• James Gurchensky (R) 1,445
• Joao "John" Sapata (R) 1,378

Township Public Schools board, three-year term, three seats open

• Regis Wyluda 1,218
• Edward Andre 1,157
• John V. Budzin 1,080
• Anthony Razzano 1,349

Township Council seat by Ward, four-year term, one seat open

• Ward 1: Nancy Bader Drumm (D) 2,911
• Ward 1: Lori Vernachio Greiza (R) 993
• Ward 2: Harold R. "Howie" Bauer Jr. (D) 2436
• Ward 2: Paul Lund Jr. (R) 885
• Ward 3: Cory S. Spillar (D) 2,330
• Ward 3: Kevin J. Garcia (R) 822
• Ward 4: Virbhadra N. "Viru" Patel (D) 2,239
• Ward 4: Paul Danielczyk (R) 1,272
• Ward 5: Deborah "Debbie" Meehan (D) 3,536
• Ward 5: Rocco Genova (R) 1,248

Township Public Schools board, three-year term, three seats open

• Marie Anderson 8,904
• Frank Della Pietro III 5,739
• Brian Molnar 8,977
• Thomas Maras 5,203

The state tournament kept the upsets coming this week and altered the rankings.

The two Asian school board candidates who were targeted in racist mailers that made national headlines won their seats Tuesday with more than 6,000 votes each.

EDISON -- The two school board candidates who were targeted in racist "Make Edison Great Again" mailers that made national headlines won seats in the election Tuesday. 

Jerry Shi and Falguni Patel, who respectively claimed their seats with 6,259 and 6,115 votes, will serve a three-year term on the Edison Township Public Schools board.

Beth Moroney also won a seat on the board with 5,991 votes. Nine people vied for the three open spots. 

The race in New Jersey's fifth most populous town gained notoriety last week after an unknown group sent mailers to homes in Edison proclaiming "Make Edison Great Again" and calling for the deportation of Shi and Patel.

"The Chinese and Indians are taking over our town," the postcards read. "Chinese school! Indian school! Cricket fields! Enough is enough."

Another candidate in Hoboken was also targeted in xenophobic fliers days before the election. Hoboken Councilman Ravi Bhalla, won his race to become the city's first Sikh mayor.

Those fliers were placed on car windshields in the city with the message "Don't let TERRORISM take over our town!" above a picture of Bhalla. 

Thank you Hoboken. I look forward to being your Mayor! #TeamBhalla #FinishedStrong pic.twitter.com/UKPuXkDWGX

-- Ravinder S. Bhalla (@RaviBhalla) November 8, 2017

Officials with the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights and the New Jersey Institute for Social Justice have said the fliers are part of a spike in racial hostility throughout the country since the 2016 election. 

"I have not seen these explicitly racist fliers in the past," Scott Novakowski, associate counsel for New Jersey institute, said Monday. "It's a sign that this type of racism is being normalized."

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