• Lecture to discuss low vision at the JCC

    Lecture to discuss low vision at the JCC

    Live Well @ The JCC – Low Vision: Signs, Symptoms, What To Do will be presented by Elsa Zavoda at 1:30 p.m. Feb. 7 at The Jewish Community Center of Middlesex County, 1775 Oak Tree Rd., Edison. Low vision is a loss of eyesight that makes everyday tasks difficult. A person may find it difficult…

  • Mimi Jones Sextet at Monmouth University Feb. 4

    Mimi Jones Sextet at Monmouth University Feb. 4

    The Center for the Arts at Monmouth University has announced that tickets are on sale for “Next Stop Harlem,” a Feb. 4 offering scheduled as part of the Winter/Spring Performing Arts Series of events at the Pollak Theatre, Monmouth University, 400 Cedar Ave., West Long Branch. Presented in observance of Black History Month, the 8…

  • Eatontown Memorial School Play set for Jan. 27, 28

    Eatontown Memorial School Play set for Jan. 27, 28

    The Eatontown Memorial School Theatre Department will present performances of “The Little Mermaid” at 7 p.m. on Jan. 27 and at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. on Jan. 28 at the Monmouth Regional High School Performing Arts Center. Tickets are $5 each. Advance purchase is recommended at Memorial School, 7 Grant Ave., until Jan. 27…

  • Camp fairs scheduled in January

    Camp fairs scheduled in January

    The NJ Camp Fair will be held from noon-3 p.m. on Jan. 28 at Menlo Park Mall, Route 1 South and Parsonage Road, Edison. The fair is open to the public and  admission is free. Parents will meet camp directors from local day camps and sleep away camps from around the country. There are numerous…

  • Juror attends convicted mother’s sentencing

    Juror attends convicted mother’s sentencing

    By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer NEW BRUNSWICK — Joe Mulvanerton, one of the jurors in the Michelle Lodzinski murder trial, sat quietly and listened as she was sentenced last week to a 30-year prison sentence for killing her 5-year-old son, Timmy, in 1991 and dumping his body in a creek off Olympic Drive in Raritan…

  • Patricia (Gordon) Selover

    Patricia (Gordon) Selover

    Patricia (Gordon) Selover passed away Dec. 31, 2016, at her home in North Brunswick. She was 80. Born in Jersey City, as a young child she moved to North Brunswick with her family. She was a township resident for over 70 years. Mrs. Selover was a communicant of Our Lady of Peace Roman Catholic Church in…

  • Kenneth E. Van Demark

    Kenneth E. Van Demark

    Kenneth E. Van Demark, 86, of North Brunswick, passed away peacefully on Jan. 2, 2017, surrounded by his loving family. He was born and raised in New Brunswick before settling in North Brunswick for the past 39 years. Kenneth was a letter carrier for the United States Postal Service for 39 years before retiring in…

  • Kloos brothers ‘light up’ the life of Helmetta family

    Kloos brothers ‘light up’ the life of Helmetta family

    By VASHTI HARRIS Staff Writer HELMETTA — After months of hard work, hours of dedication and thousands of Christmas lights, the numbers are in: Bill and Ryan Kloos presented a check for $10,500 and a customized toy car to a young boy who is special to them. This past Christmas season, the Kloos brothers embarked…

  • Cheers & Jeers

    Cheers & Jeers

    Jeers to Netflix for not slowing down. A Series of Unfortunate Events, One Day at a Time, The OA, Coin Heist .. it’s like every day, the streaming service is giving us new originals to binge on but no downtime to actually catch up on any of them. Jeers to Dorit Kemsley for being such…

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