Author: Greater Media

  • Tutoring program combats ‘summer slide’

    The North Brunswick Library is offering free tutoring in math and reading to students in grades K-5 to help them avoid the “summer slide,” when students forget what they learned during the previous school year. Each session lasts a half hour and is being offered 4-8 p.m. Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays and 4-6 p.m. Tuesdays.…

  • Fun at the Middlesex County Fair

    TOP PICK For 77 years, the Middlesex County Fair has been a tradition that brings together thousands of residents for a week of summer fun. Some 85,000 visitors annually explore the county’s rich agricultural heritage, learn a new craft, try a new food, or go on a ride – all in a day’s visit at…

  • Auditions accepted for Heritage Day Idol

    The Heritage Day Committee is accepting auditions for the first Heritage Day Idol competition. All audition videos must be sent to [email protected] no later than Aug. 25. All auditions will be reviewed and the Top 5 entries will be selected to perform on stage at Heritage Day on Sept. 19 (or on the rain date…

  • James Joseph Luby

    James Joseph Luby, 63, of Alpharetta, Georgia, passed away peacefully on July 22 after struggling for three years with Parkinson’s, Lewy body and heart diseases. Jim was the loving husband of Cathy (nee Ruger); father of Sean and Meghan; and son-in-law of Walter and Catherine Ruger of Bellmore, New York. Jim and Cathy were born,…

  • Fun at the Middlesex County Fair

    TOP PICK For 77 years, the Middlesex County Fair has been a tradition that brings together thousands of residents for a week of summer fun. Some 85,000 visitors annually explore the county’s rich agricultural heritage, learn a new craft, try a new food, or go on a ride – all in a day’s visit at…

  • Area players help PDA club capture national soccer title

    By TIM MORRIS Staff Writer Colts Neck High School’s Frankie Tagliaferri, left, was one of six Freehold Regional High School District players on the PDA Arsenal U-17 team that won the national championship in Richmond, Virginia. CHRISTINA SMITH During their downtime, the girls soccer players from the Freehold Regional High School District schools pondered how…

  • 3-D experience drives home the dangers of distracted driving

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK — Citing new research that shows 7 in 10 people engage in smartphone activities while driving, AT&T and the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission (NJMVC) teamed up for the second of two events in New Jersey to address a dangerous practice —smartphone driving distractions. To drive home the message of these findings, AT&T…

  • County shred program set for July 25

    Middlesex County will have a Shred Program from 9 a.m. to noon July 25 at the Woodbridge Department of Public Works, 225 Smith St., Keasbey. The event is open to Middlesex County residents only. Residents may bring files, receipts, bills, financial statements and any confidential documents. Books, magazines, newspapers, junk mail, X-rays, floppy disks and…

  • Radio Play Parody slated for July 23

    JAWS: A Staged Radio Play Parody and 40th Anniversary Party, with Jeff Maschi, David Green and Michael Jarmus, will be held 8 p.m., July 23, at The Old Franklin School, Metuchen. Tickets are $20 at the door. Themed snacks, Bloody Mary Lees, Amity Island Coolers and a JAWS birthday cake will be available.