Author: Greater Media

  • Freeholder outlines gains and goals in a year of progress and promise

    Middlesex County Freeholder Director Ronald G. Rios said county government has experienced great progress in 2015 in many different areas. “This has been a year of great progress and continued promise,” Rios said during the 2015 State of the County Address last month. “Middlesex County has introduced even greater efficiencies in the workplace, completed numerous…

  • Pastor seeks to convert bar into church on Cedar Street

    By JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent SOUTH AMBOY — A new church may replace Burdak’s Tavern on Cedar Street. Attorney Ron Shimanowitz told the Planning and Zoning Board on Nov. 18 that his client, Karel Gray, pastor of New Life Pentecostal Church, was looking for a building for his congregation, and as such, had entered into a…

  • Breakfast With Santa coming to 4-H Center

    Middlesex County 4-H will host its Breakfast With Santa and His Furry and Feathered Friends Dec. 5 at the County 4-H Center, 645 Cranbury Road, East Brunswick. There will be two seatings — 8:30 and 11 a.m. — featuring breakfast and activities. Parents and children are invited to eat a pancake breakfast, meet Santa and…

  • Liberty Oak Chorus will perform Dec. 2

    The Sayreville Cultural Arts Council will present the Liberty Oak Chorus Performance Team (Sweet Adelines) in concert beginning 7:30 p.m. Dec. 2 at the Sayreville Senior Center, 423 Main St. Admission is free of charge. The public is invited. All ages are welcome. Light refreshments will be served. For more information, call 732-257- 6510.

  • Community gets a kick out of soccer cleat collection

    By JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer The community at large donated almost 200 pairs of soccer cleats that will be sent to children in Central America. PHOTO COURTESY OF AZRA BAIG SOUTH BRUNSWICK — There are a lot of happy feet across the western hemisphere, thanks the efforts of the community at large. The Cleats For…

  • Community invited to Hanukkah festivities

    The annual Torah Links of Middlesex County Communitywide Hanukkah Extravaganza is planned for 6 p.m. Dec. 8 at Churchill Junior High School, 18 Norton Road, East Brunswick. The program will feature a dairy dinner buffet and entertainment by illusionist Elliot Zimet. The community is invited to attend the event. Cost is $10 per person for…

  • Seniors offer trip to Hunterdon Hills

    Our Lady of Victories (OLV) Seniors will sponsor a Feb. 13, 2016, bus trip to see “Rock ’n’ Roll USA” at the Hunterdon Hills Playhouse, Hampton. The bus will depart at 4:45 p.m. from the OLV lower parking lot, Main Street, Sayreville. Return is scheduled for approximately 10 p.m. Cost is $95 and includes the…

  • City plans to move ferry/pier project forward

    By KENNY WALTER Staff Writer LONG BRANCH — The City Council is expected to meet with engineering firms for the second phase of the design work for the proposed pier and ferry terminal within the next month. Mayor Adam Schneider said the council is considering at least three options for the award of the next…

  • Big Chill 5K set for Dec. 5 at Rutgers

    Registration is open for The Rutgers Big Chill, a charity 5K run/walk that will be held by the Rutgers Recreation, a department within the Division of Student Affairs at the Rutgers University New Brunswick campus. The race begins at 9 a.m., Dec. 5, at the Rutgers University College Avenue gym, 130 College Ave., New Brunswick.…