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  • Program to explore environmental issues

    Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Middlesex County will offer the Environmental Stewards Program next year. The curriculum will introduce nonscientists to the science underlying key environmental issues in the Garden State. Leading authorities from academia are joined by colleagues from the government and nonprofit sectors to share understanding and insights with the students. The classes will…

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    KAREN KESTEN A holly tree serves as a symbol of Christmas.

  • Veterans invited to join American Legion

    American Legion Post No. 522, Monroe, is seeking new members. All veterans and active-duty military personnel are invited to join. The group gathers at 1 p.m. the first Monday of the month in the courtroom at the Monroe Township Municipal Building, 1 Municipal Plaza, Perrineville Road. For more information, log on to alpost522. home.comcast.net.

  • BUSINESS BRIEFS

    Reformed Church Home, Old Bridge, recently attained a Deficiency-Free Rating in the annual survey of skilled-nursing facilities conducted by the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services. Kate Shepard, executive director and administrator at the facility, said, “This honor places Reformed Church Home among a handful of elite New Jersey nursing centers recognized for…

  • Dotros’ texts, conversations at issue in trial

    By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer Text messages and jailhouse conversations between Michael Dotro — the Edison police officer accused of setting fire to his police captain’s home in Monroe last year — and his wife, Alycia, are not protected by marital privilege. Superior Court Judge Bradley Ferencz made the ruling at a motion hearing in…

  • Prepping for the holidays

    PHOTO COURTESY OF BRIGHT HORIZONS AT EAST BRUNSWICK The Kindergarten Prep students of Bright Horizons at East Brunswick spread some holiday cheer to the senior residents of CareOne in East Brunswick on Dec. 9.

  • Monroe library offers programs for children

    The Monroe Township Library, 4 Municipal Plaza, Monroe, will present the following programs for children during January:  A drop-in LEGO corner will be held at 4:30 p.m. Mondays, Jan. 5, 12 and 26.  “Music with Pat McKinley” for infants, toddlers and preschoolers will be held at 11:45 a.m. Tuesdays, Jan. 6, 13, 20…

  • Holocaust author to speak at Monroe library

    Charlotte Bonelli, author of “Exit Berlin: How One Woman Saved Her Family From Nazi Germany,” will appear at 1 p.m. Jan. 13 at the Monroe Township Public Library, 4 Municipal Plaza. The event, co-sponsored by the Henry Ricklis Holocaust Memorial Committee, is part of the library’s Meet the Author series. One week after Kristallnacht in…

  • High school students invited to snow-tube

    The East Brunswick Department of Recreation & Parks will sponsor a Youth Council & Recreation snow-tubing trip to Mountain Creek in Vernon on Jan. 31. Students in eighth through 12th grade will be chaperoned by the Youth Council staff. The bus will leave the Community Arts Center, 721 Cranbury Road, East Brunswick, at 9 a.m.…