• Places to be for week of Jan. 23

    Places to be for week of Jan. 23

    The winter scholastic season continues to roll on. Here is a full dosage of sporting events worth attending. The boys’ basketball slate has a full plate … On Jan. 26, the schedule is full of Greater Middlesex Conference (GMC) matchups. Old Bridge High School hosts East Brunswick High School in a game scheduled to begin…

  • Middlesex County College Black History Month exhibit to feature work of alumni artist

    Middlesex County College Black History Month exhibit to feature work of alumni artist

    Middlesex County College will hold an art exhibit celebrating Black History Month in February. The exhibit, by noted artist Richmond Garrick, an MCC alumnus from the class of 1996 and native of Sierra Leone, includes his work on the civil war in that country, as well as 13 prints of noted African and African-American luminaries.…

  • Woodbridge council welcomes new and familiar faces

    Woodbridge council welcomes new and familiar faces

    By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer WOODBRIDGE — Verbhadra N. Patel has become the first elected councilman of South Asian descent to sit on the Township Council. Patel, with family by his side, was sworn in at a reorganization meeting by Township Clerk John Mitch on Jan. 3. He was first appointed by the Township Council…

  • Brookdale exhibit to feature Toms River sculptor

    Brookdale exhibit to feature Toms River sculptor

    Nationally acclaimed sculptor Brian Hanlon will hold an opening reception for his new exhibit “Historic Pillars in Bronze” at 5:30 p.m. on Jan. 26 at Brookdale Community College, 765 Newman Springs Rd., Lincroft. The exhibit, on display in the college’s Center for Visual Arts (CVA) gallery, features more than two dozen sculptures of local and…

  • Annual Chocolate & Wine event will delight the senses

    Annual Chocolate & Wine event will delight the senses

    By JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer Hearts will be happy just prior to Valentine’s Day this year — either because love is in the air, or because sweet treats will abound at the annual Chocolate & Wine event. Newspaper Media Group (NMG) will present the tasty event at Branches in West Long Branch for the third…

  • Musical theater review at Congregation Neve Shalom

    Musical theater review at Congregation Neve Shalom

    The Youth Theater Troupe of Congregation Neve Shalom, 250 Grove Ave., Metuchen, will perform a special musical theater review at 5 p.m. on Feb. 12. The program will feature songs from Hairspray, Newsies and Matilda. Admission is free. For more information, contact Mara McAuley at [email protected] or Wendy Kushner at [email protected].  

  • Dance Party slated Jan. 28

    Dance Party slated Jan. 28

    Kiddie Academy of Marlboro, 208 Commercial Court, Morganville, will hold the second annual Dance Party! event from 10 a.m.-12 p.m. on Jan. 28. A leader in education-based child care and an advocate for musical education at every age, Kiddie Academy invites local families to join in this fun, free, indoor event. Attendees will learn an…

  • Jackson students will attend conference, parade

    Jackson students will attend conference, parade

    By Michael Benavides Staff Writer JACKSON – Students from Jackson Liberty and Jackson Memorial high schools have received permission to attend a special event in Atlantic City. At their Jan. 17 meeting, Jackson School District Board of Education members Barbara Fiero, Scott Sargent, Thomas Colucci, Vicki Grasso, Michael Hanlon and Michael Walsh approved an overnight…

  • Metuchen gallery opening set for Jan. 28

    Metuchen gallery opening set for Jan. 28

    Words and images that are both ‘beautiful and powerful’ are brought together in the newest exhibit at Nails in the Wall, the Gallery at St. Luke’s, 17 Oak Ave., Metuchen. The opening will be held from 2-5 p.m. Jan. 28. The exhibit includes nearly 70 pieces of work in varied media from local artists and…

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