• Shrink with age

    At a certain age, losing weight doesn’t provide a great deal of benefits, which is why those over the age of 50 need to achieve and maintain a healthy weight before it’s too late. Here’s how to get started. By Bev Bennett CTW Features Starting a stringent diet to lose weight or manage a health…

  • Hospital to offer blood-pressure checks

    Raritan Bay Medical Center will offer free blood-pressure screenings 10 a.m.- noon July 11 at the South Amboy YMCA, 200 John T. O’Leary Blvd., and 4-6 p.m. July 11 at the Raritan Valley YMCA, 144 Tices Lane, East Brunswick.

  • Injuries sustained after car accident at VFW

    EAST BRUNSWICK — Police responded to an automobile accident that left four injured and damaged a number of vehicles in the parking lot of the Veterans of Foreign Wars post on Cranbury Road on June 28. Frank Russo, 89, of East Brunswick, reportedly backed his 2007 Lincoln out of a parking space and into an…

  • Police initiative cracks down on unsafe driving

    By THOMAS CASTLES Staff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK — The two issues that township residents complain about the most are overbearing property tax increases and speeding on residential roads, according to Mayor David Stahl. As usual, property taxes went up this year, but the police department’s Special Operations Section is increasing efforts to curtail dangerous driving…

  • Officer accused in Monroe fire free on $2 million bail

    By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer The Edison police officer accused of setting fire to the Monroe home of his superior officer has been released on $2 million cash bail. Michael A. Dotro, 36, was released from the Middlesex County Adult Correction Center in North Brunswick around 5 p.m. June 18, following a bail source hearing…

  • AARP to sponsor trip to ‘Good Vibrations’

    AARP Chapter 4855 will sponsor a bus trip to the Royal Manor Banquet Hall, Garfield, on July 18 to see “Good Vibrations,” a tribute to The Four Seasons, The Beach Boys and others. The bus will leave at 9:30 a.m. from Summerhill Market Place, East Brunswick. The price is $73 per person. Happy hour includes…

  • Blood drive planned for July 10 at church

    United Methodist Church at Milltown, 147 N. Main St., will hold a blood drive from 1:30-7:30 p.m. July 10. Donors will have the opportunity to enter a sweepstakes to win tickets to Super Bowl XLVIII, scheduled for Feb. 2, 2014, at the Meadowlands Sports Complex, East Rutherford.

  • Tickets available for Boscov’s preview day

    St. Stanislaus Kostka Church, Sayreville, will celebrate its 100th anniversary with a gala preview at the new Boscov’s at the Woodbridge Center Mall from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Aug. 8. Only customers with tickets will be admitted into the store. The exclusive first look will feature merchandise, refreshments, entertainment, a chance to win prizes…

  • Submissions sought for wordsmith competition

    The Unlimited Potential Theatre Co., a project of Very Special Arts (VSA) New Jersey, is seeking poems, essays, short stories and plays by New Jersey residents who are 18 years or older for its 20th annual Joyce Indik New Jersey Wordsmith Competition. The contest is open to all writers, and submissions by writers with disabilities…

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