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  • Religious News

       The Men’s Club will meet on Sunday, Oct. 14, 2007 at 10 a.m. to discuss beer making. Cost of the program is $4, including a bagels and lox buffet.    To become a member of the Men’s Club, send a check to the attention of the Men’s Club for $36, payable to Congregation B’nai Tikvah, and…

  • Music, art fest adds events

    Art Show and Cultural Festival Saturday By Audrey Levine Staff Writer    Plans and talent have been finalized as the township prepares to celebrate local culture.    The third annual Art Show and Cultural Festival will be held Saturday at the municipal building on South Branch Road as a chance to feature local talent and already established…

  • Cranbury tweaks Master Plan

    By Maria Prato-Gaines    CRANBURY — The Cranbury Planning Board unanimously approved revisions to the open space portion of the Master Plan on Oct. 4.    The proposed changes include placing restrictions on nighttime lighting in the fields, realigning the entrance to Millstone Park and requesting lane stacking on Old Trenton Road, a clarification concerning public use…

  • Rose Ann Sacchetti

       HILLSBOROUGH — Rose Ann M. Sacchetti died Oct. 7 at home. She was 70.    Born and raised in Newark, she lived in North Brunswick and Florida before moving to Hillsborough one year ago.    Mrs. Sacchetti was a homemaker.    She was a communicant of Mary Mother of God Church in Hillsborough.    Her husband, Nicholas Sacchetti, died…

  • Things to Do

    Oct. 14    Poetry readings: Two local poets will be reading at the South Brunswick Public Library, Kingston Lane, at 2 p.m. Admission is free, though a donation of nonperishable food is encouraged. For more information, call 732-329-4000, ext. 7635. Oct. 15    Life and Art of Felix Nussbaum: Part of the South Brunswick Arts Commission’s Holocaust…

  • First-aiders pan state report on EMS

    By Sean Ruppert, Staff Writer    Anyone who dials 911 expects quick and competent emergency assistance, but a state report warns that New Jersey residents might not always be getting it.    However, local first aid squads in Cranbury, Jamesburg, Monroe and South Brunswick said that they are doing the best they can to provide residents with…

  • Assembly hopefuls face off in first of two debates

    By Paul Koepp, Staff Writer    The state’s fiscal woes were front and center at the first debate featuring all six Assembly candidates in the 14th District.    The hour-long debate, held Thursday evening in the Richard P. Marasco Performing Arts Center at Monroe Township High School and sponsored by the League of Women Voters, featured mostly…

  • Breaking News: MTHS teacher charged with sexual assault

    Accused of having a sexual relationship with a student    A Monroe teacher has been charged with sexual assault and official misconduct after allegedly engaging in a sexual relationship with a student.    Victoria Blevins, a physical education teacher and assistant basketball coach, was arrested Thursday at her Robbinsville home after a 10-day investigation.    Ms. Blevins, 23,…

  • Benefit block party

    Saturday, Oct. 13 — The Mt. Zion A.M.E. Church in Bordentown and the Caring Neighbors of Bordentown will hold a block party from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., on East Chestnut Street, to benefit members of the Green family who were left homeless due to a fire on Sept. 24. To make a donation or…