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  • Concert For A Cure set for Sept. 25

    Concert For A Cure set for Sept. 25

    The Janice Lopez Ovarian Cancer Foundation will present the third annual Concert For A Cure Sept. 25 at the Crossroads Theater, 7 Livingston Ave., New Brunswick. Doors open at 3:30 p.m. for a cocktail hour, hors d’oeuvres, and a silent auction. The featured performers will be the Encore Orchestra of New Jersey, LLC, under the direction…

  • New Jersey Film Festival Fall 2016 at Rutgers

    New Jersey Film Festival Fall 2016 at Rutgers

    The Rutgers Film Co-op/New Jersey Media Arts Center and the Rutgers University Program In Cinema Studies present the New Jersey Film Festival, Fall 2016, from Sept. 17 through Oct. 28. All film programs begin at 7 p.m. The locations are: Ruth Adams Bldg. No. 001 (Near the corner of Jones Street and George Street), 131…

  • East Brunswick Police announce retirements, promotions

    East Brunswick Police announce retirements, promotions

      EAST BRUNSWICK – The East Brunswick Police Department has announced a series of changes in personnel. The East Brunswick Department of Public Safety promoted four of its officers and hired two new officers to fill vacancies left by two retired officers during a ceremony July 1 at the Cultural Arts Center. Captain Russell MacArthur…

  • Old Bridge to welcome home Olympic medalist Laurie Hernandez

    Old Bridge to welcome home Olympic medalist Laurie Hernandez

    Old Bridge Township will hold a Welcome Home celebration for Olympic gold and silver medalist Laurie Hernandez on Aug. 27. The motorcade will begin at noon at Jonas Salk Middle School, 155 W. Greystone Rd., Old Bridge. For the parade route, visit www.oldbridge.com. The gates open at noon at Lombardi Field, 3439 Route 516, Old…

  • Sandy Hook to host BioBlitz in September

    Sandy Hook to host BioBlitz in September

    The National Park Service is celebrating its 100th birthday with more than 100 BioBlitzes around the country, and Gateway National Recreation Area and the American Littoral Society are teaming up to host a BioBlitz at Sandy Hook on Sept. 23 and 24. A BioBlitz is a biological inventory where volunteers work alongside scientists and expert…

  • War, what is it good for? Money

    War, what is it good for? Money

    By Paul Hall In the new movie War Dogs, we get to meet two motivated young Americans. David Packouz (Miles Teller) is a kid doing whatever it takes to survive. He’s a massage therapist, but has dreams of going into business for himself. Efraim Diveroli (Jonah Hill), David’s old friend, rolls back into town and…

  • D’Aoust—Dunbar

    D’Aoust—Dunbar

      Heather and Michel D’Aoust announce the engagement of their daughter, Hannah Amy D’Aoust, to Bret Thomas Dunbar, son of Lynne and Thomas Dunbar. The future bride is a graduate of Quince Orchard High School and the University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, where she earned a Master of Marketing degree. She is a…

  • Members sought for musical tributes website

    Members sought for musical tributes website

    Anthony Jamroz of Helmetta is seeking new members for Tony Jams Musical Memorials: 1950s and Beyond. Jamroz has experience in the music field with the creation of WANT Studio and broadcasts from 1976-81 out of his basement in Jersey City. He created The Disco Basement, The 1950s Hop, The Mighty Express, Night at the Movie…

  • South Amboy native assumes naval commander role in Guam

    South Amboy native assumes naval commander role in Guam

    Steven Tarr III has been commissioned as a commander for the United States Navy. Tarr is a native of South Amboy who lives in Guam with his wife and children. He was promoted on Aug. 5 at Polaris Point, Guam, in replacement of Commander David P. Lammers of Cincinnati, Ohio. A graduate of Sayreville War…