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  • Garden Club will make floral designs for local nursing home

    Garden Club will make floral designs for local nursing home

    The East Brunswick Garden Club will hold a meeting at 7:30 p.m. on Oct. 18 at Nativity Lutheran Church, at the corner of Ryders Lane and Dunhams Corner Road, East Brunswick. The group will be making mini fresh floral designs to donate to a local nursing home. The meeting is open to residents of any…

  • Concert series returns to Downtown Freehold on Sept. 24

    Concert series returns to Downtown Freehold on Sept. 24

    The Downtown Concert Series will open another season at St. Peter’s Church, Throckmorton Street, Freehold, on Sept. 24 with a performance by piano virtuoso Vyacheslav Gryaznov. Gryaznov is one is one of the most accomplished and sought-after musicians among the new generation of Russian pianists, according to a press release. He is an artist of…

  • Car cruise to benefit food pantry

    Car cruise to benefit food pantry

    HAZLET — The Red Oak Diner & Lounge will host the “Farewell to Summer” Car Cruise for Charity from 5-8 p.m. Sept. 24 at the diner’s back parking lot at 2973 Route 35 north. The rain date is Oct. 1. The event is free and open to the public. All classes of vehicles are welcome. There…

  • Mosquito spraying planned for tonight in South River

    Mosquito spraying planned for tonight in South River

      SOUTH RIVER – The Middlesex County Mosquito Commission will be conducting spraying in South River tonight, Sept. 7, between the hours of 6:30 and midnight, weather conditions permitting. Neither the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency nor N.J. Department of Environmental Protection require relocating or taking special precautions during spraying; however, residents can take following precautions to reduce…

  • NAMI course on mental illness helps families

    NAMI course on mental illness helps families

      “Family-to-Family,” a free, 12-session family education course provided by the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), will be offered in Middlesex County from 7-9:30 p.m. on Tuesdays beginning Sept. 13.  The course is provided to support families, partners and friends of individuals with mental illness. Course participants gain up-to-date information on mental health conditions and…

  • Education foundation kicks off ‘180 Day Club’

    Education foundation kicks off ‘180 Day Club’

    MILLSTONE – The Millstone Township Foundation for Educational Excellence has announced the kickoff of its “180 Day Club” for the 2016-17 school year. The foundation is a nonprofit organization devoted to funding grants for items that nurture extraordinary educational experiences for every student in Millstone Township public schools and are beyond the scope of the…

  • Landlords in North Brunswick subject to registration renewal

    Landlords in North Brunswick subject to registration renewal

    NORTH BRUNSWICK – The North Brunswick Department of Community Development has mailed renewal notices to all landlords who registered rental properties with the township in 2013 and 2014 as part of a three-year registration that expires Oct. 1, 2016. Landlord registration renewals require a $30 fee and will be accepted without penalty through Oct. 31. Only landlords…

  • Broadway show bus trip slated Oct. 7

    Broadway show bus trip slated Oct. 7

    The Metuchen Recreation Commission will sponsor a bus trip to see the Broadway show, Waitress, on Oct. 7 at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre. The bus will depart from the Metuchen Senior Citizen parking lot, 15 Center St., Metuchen, at 4 p.m. and return immediately following the show. Dinner is on your own in New York…

  • Milltown woman charged with arson

    Milltown woman charged with arson

    MILLTOWN — A 50-year-old borough woman has been charged with setting fire to her house. Karen Piciullo, who resided at 39 Pershing Ave., was charged on Sept. 6 with aggravated arson and criminal mischief. Bail was set at $150,000, according to a statement prepared by Middlesex County Prosecutor Andrew C. Carey and Chief Brian Knelle…