• Community invited to Chinese New Year event

    Community invited to Chinese New Year event

    Our Savior’s Lutheran Church will host its seventh annual Community Asian Lunar New Year Celebration 1:30-4:30 p.m. Feb. 5 in the church Fellowship Hall, 151 Milltown Road, East Brunswick. The event will feature performances of Asian classical dances, songs, and piano and violin selections. Additional highlights will include a scenic tour of China and presentations…

  • Manalapan wrestlers aiming for top of Shore Conference

    Manalapan wrestlers aiming for top of Shore Conference

    By Jeff Appelblatt Manalapan High School has had a contending team on the mats for years and with the return of most of its lineup this season, the squad hopes it can move up the rankings in the incredibly tough Shore Conference. “We have a pretty good squad; a lot of guys with a lot…

  • Curtain to rise Feb. 3 on ‘Death of a Salesman’

    Curtain to rise Feb. 3 on ‘Death of a Salesman’

    Playhouse 22, East Brunswick’s community theater, will present “Death of a Salesman,” the award-winning drama by Arthur Miller, 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, 3 p.m. Sundays, Feb. 3-19, at the East Brunswick Community Arts Center, 721 Cranbury Road. The production, which is directed by Jon Heron, takes the audience through the journey of an aging…

  • Tickets available for Designer Bag Bingo

    Tickets available for Designer Bag Bingo

    Spotswood High School Senior Week will host its fundraising Designer Bag Bingo Feb. 3 at the high school, Summerhill Road. Doors will open at 5:30 p.m. Calling will begin at 7 p.m. Advance-sale tickets cost $25 and are available through Jan. 25. Price includes admission and three boards/bingo game for 10 bingo games and a…

  • Sunday concerts planned at Music Center

    Sunday concerts planned at Music Center

    The Imperial Music Center, 48 Appleby Ave., South River, will resume its Sunday Concert series 2 p.m. Feb. 5. Subsequent concerts are set for 2 p.m. March 5, April 2, May 7, June 4, July 2, Aug. 6, Sept. 3, Oct. 1, Nov. 5 and Dec. 10. A light lunch is available for purchase noon-2…

  • High school band sets Jan. 21 clothing drive

    High school band sets Jan. 21 clothing drive

    The Sayreville War Memorial High School Marching Band will hold a clothing drive 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Jan. 21 in the parking lot at the high school, Washington Road. Items sought include mixed clothing of all sizes for all ages, shoes, sandals, sneakers, boots, construction boots, work gear, jackets, coats, rain gear, belts, ties, bedspreads, blankets,…

  • High school to hold historical presentation on Roosevelt

    High school to hold historical presentation on Roosevelt

    Bishop George Ahr High School will serve as the host to the first-person interpretation program, “Franklin Delano Roosevelt: An Arsenal For Democracy,” portrayed by Neill Hartley, at 7:30 p.m. on Feb. 9 in the school’s Little Theater, located at 1 Tingley Lane, Edison. The presentation is part of the school’s 2016-2017 Speaker Series focused on the social…

  • Referendum date set for Cross Farm turf fields

    Referendum date set for Cross Farm turf fields

    Holmdel taxpayers may have been distracted in December by the hustle and bustle of the holiday season and missed the Holmdel Township Committee’s important announcement regarding the installation of two synthetic turf fields at Cross Farm Park. Following months of contentious township meetings, a twice-submitted petition containing approximately 650 signatures and a lawsuit against Holmdel…

  • Idina Menzel headlines Lifetime’s remake of the ultimate chick flick ‘Beaches’

    Idina Menzel headlines Lifetime’s remake of the ultimate chick flick ‘Beaches’

    By Lori Acken Call them the wind beneath the wings of a new generation. On Saturday, Jan. 21, Idina Menzel of Glee and Frozen fame and House of Lies‘ Nia Long step into the roles Bette Midler and Barbara Hershey made iconic in Beaches, 1988’s Oscar-nominated ode to female friendship, which gets a modern reboot…

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