• Freedom Fest State Fair returns to Upper Freehold

    This year’s Freedom Fest State Fair has returned to the Horse Park of New Jersey, Route 524, Upper Freehold Township. Musical acts will perform in the main arena, and fairgoers can sit in the covered pavilion while enjoying the concerts. The event runs through July 14. On July 11, “Country & Western Night” with Lindsay…

  • Registration open for Eco-Adventures

    Middlesex County students entering fifth through eighth grades can register for “Eco-Adventures at the EARTH Center,” a summer day program to be held 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Aug. 26-30 at the EARTH Center in Davidson’s Mill Pond Park, South Brunswick. The program focuses on environmental stewardship and will have a different theme for each…

  • Kendall Park man pleads guilty to role in parking thefts

    A former security director for the New Brunswick Parking Authority pleaded guilty July 3 to a count of official misconduct, admitting that he took more than $3,000 from security guards to ignore their thefts of cash that was being stolen from payments made at two city parking decks. Lawrence Sorbino, 47, of the Kendall Park…

  • Lubinsky rejoins Greater Media New Jersey’s 100.1 WJRZ-FM

    T.J. Lubinsky, known for his nationally televised classic-hits specials, rejoined the ranks of Greater Media New Jersey on July 7 with the return of his “Sunday Night Request Show,” which pays tribute to artists of the ’60s, ’70s and ’80s. The show will be heard each week from 7 p.m. to midnight on WJRZ-FM. Lubinsky…

  • Eugene D. Cifranic

    Mr. Cifranic, 81, of North Brunswick, died July 3, 2013, at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick. Born in Trenton, he had lived in North Brunswick for the past 50 years. He was a foreman at the Anheuser-Busch Yeast Plant in Old Bridge for 25 years before retiring in 1993. Prior to that,…

  • Jackson brothers’ Unity Tour comes to State Theatre

    By THOMAS CASTLES Staff Writer Tickets are on sale for performances by The Jacksons on July 25 at the State Theatre in New Brunswick, July 26 at the Theatre at Westbury in New York, and July 27 at the Borgata in Atlantic City. The Jacksons — also known by their former name, the Jackson 5…

  • Warped Tour

    Top: Oliver Sykes of Bring Me the Horizon from Yorkshire, England, gets up close and personal with the crowd during the Vans Warped Tour’s stop at the PNC Bank Arts Center in Holmdel July 7. Left: Kellin Quinn of Orlando, Fla.-based Sleeping with Sirens belts out a growl. Below: Christofer Drew Ingle of Mississippi’s Never…

  • Sweeter than Honey to perform concert

    The band Sweeter than Honey will perform music from the 1960s through today during a concert at 7 p.m. July 19 at Beechwoods Park, 137 Beekman Road, Kendall Park section of South Brunswick. In the event of rain, the concert will be moved indoors to the Community Center, 124 New Road, Monmouth Junction. Call 732-329-4000,…

  • American Legion wins two state awards

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK — The Lt. John Farnkopf American Legion Post 401 of South Brunswick received two awards in public relations at the American Legion State Conference in Wildwood on June 14. For the second consecutive year, the post’s website received the award for Most Outstanding Post Website. The Post also received the award for Best…

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