Month: July 2011

  • Music in the park continues in Monroe

    The Monroe Township Cultural Arts Commission’s 2011 Music in the Park series will host the following free concerts in the open-grove gazebo on the lake at Thompson Park:  July 28— TheHester Street Troupe, traditional klezmer music, Jewish folk songs;  Aug. 4— Travis Wetzel, “The Mad Fiddler,” and his trio, bluegrass, country, jazz; …

  • First, it’s your soda, then they’ll come for the bacon

    CODA GREG BEAN Everybody has their own idea of what the fire pit down below might look like, and what we have to look forward to if we don’t mind our p’s and q’s while we’re on this mortal plane. In my imagined Hades, only the very bad go to the worst levels, and those…

  • Democratic leaders, governor combined to save senior programs

    Thousands of seniors and disabled New Jerseyans have been waiting with bated breath for Gov. Chris Christie’s new budget. They can now breathe a little easier because, although many programs were cut, Gov. Christie decided not to ax the Senior Property Tax Reimbursement Program (PTR), and Homestead credits will double. Although the governor’s proposed budget…

  • Promoting oil drilling is irresponsible, selfish

    The minute I read the rebuttal letter from Tony Paskitti regarding increasing oil drilling (“Massive Drilling Effort Would Benefit U.S.,” Suburban, Letters to the Editor, July 7), I ran to my keyboard to respond. While the figures presented sound wonderful, the realities of the “Black Gold Rush” are far different. The “Drill, baby, drill” mentality…

  • Political Cartoon

  • Old Bridge man sentenced in tax refund conspiracy

    A n Old Bridge resident was one of two New Jersey men sentenced to federal prison July 25 for conspiring to file thousands of false and fraudulent federal income tax returns that caused the IRS to issue over $3 million in refund checks, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced. Johnson Coker, 45, of Old Bridge,…

  • Car wash to support breast-cancer patient

    The LadiesAuxiliary of Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 133 will sponsor a car wash 10 a.m.-2 p.m. July 31 at the post home, 485 Cranbury Road, East Brunswick. Proceeds from the event will benefit a breast-cancer patient. Cost is $5-$7 per car. For more information, call 732-254-9674.

  • Church panel to show ‘Toy Story 3’ outdoors

    The St. Ambrose Improvements Committee Drive-In Movie, featuring a screening of Disney Pixar’s “Toy Story 3” (rated G), is set for July 29 in the church parking lot, 81 Throckmorton Lane, Old Bridge. The parking lot will open at 7 p.m. Cartoons will be shown beginning at 8 p.m. “Toy Story 3” will be screened…

  • Moliere’s ‘Tartuffe’ coming to library

    The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey’s Next Stage Ensemble summer touring program will present Moliere’s “Tartuffe” 1:30 p.m. Aug. 5 at the Old Bridge Public Library Main Branch, Route 516 and Cottrell Road. Directed by Mike Donahue, the comedy is an attack on hypocrisy, false piety, hollow morality and gullibility. For more information on the…