• Local mayors share updates on their towns during panel

    BY JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent Five area leaders had a chance to share updates on their own towns and exchange ideas during a recent “Meet the Mayors” event. Run by the Middlesex County Regional Chamber of Commerce, the event was held May 23 at the Woodbridge Community Center and featured a panel consisting of the mayors…

  • Arts fest to host show, sale, farm market

    The township of East Brunswick and the Fine Arts Festival Committee will sponsor the 11th annual Fine Arts Festival, an outdoor juried show and sale of fine arts and handmade crafts, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. June 8 around the pond at the East Brunswick municipal complex, Jean Walling Civic Center, Ryders Lane. Rain date is June…

  • Tickets available for June 7 Scramble

    The Columbiettes of Immaculate Conception Knights of Columbus Council No. 4907 will sponsor its annual Scramble (Tricky Tray) fundraiser beginning at 7:30 p.m. June 7 at the Knights of Columbus Hall, Crescent Avenue, Spotswood. Doors will open at 6 p.m. Tickets cost $7 per person, adults only; advance purchase is suggested. There will be door…

  • Seniors trip to Lake Wallenpaupack

    The Sayreville Seniors Thursday Club will hold a day trip to Lake Wallenpaupack on July 24. Nonmembers are welcome. The bus will depart the Mickey Sedlak Recreation Center parking lot, Dolan Street, at 8 a.m. and will return at approximately 6 p.m. There will be refreshments served at 10 a.m. at Ehrhardt’s Waterfront Banquet Center,…

  • Reformed Church Home plans golf event

    The Reformed Church Home, Old Bridge, will sponsor its annual Golf Outing Aug. 27 at Forsgate Country Club, Monroe. A $200 registration fee ($210 after July 12) will include continental breakfast, green fees, golf cart, an awards luncheon and the opportunity to win a $10,000 hole-in-one prize. There will be a 50/50 raffle and an…

  • In memoriam

    Members of Sayreville American Legion Post 211’s honor guard march down MacArthur Avenue during a Memorial Day service on May 27. PHOTOS BY FRANK WOJCIECHOWSKI Barbara Connors, a wife and mother of Sayreville firefighters, lays a flower on the plaque of Sayreville Fire Co. No. 1. Memorial Committee Chairman Richard Kosmoski, a Sayreville firefighter and…

  • Training day

    Cadet Paige Ficarra (l-r), her mother Liz, Recruiting Officer Steven Wegrzyn, Assistant Capt. William Fetzke and Mike Estella talk about the training required to become a certified EMS first responder during EMS Day at the Sayreville EMS on May 24. PHOTOS BY SCOTT FRIEDMAN Taylor Salmon of Sayreville and Jen Shereyka, a first responder with…

  • Barnes & Noble event to highlight equality

    Barnes & Noble, 869 Route 1 south, North Brunswick, will hold the “Be Her Voice: Addressing Inequality in Gender-Biased Societies” seminar and fundraising event at 6:30-8 p.m. June 13. The seminar will focus on issues of gender inequality and will raise money to provide education for young, underprivileged women in India. The program is intended…

  • Historians seeking to preserve MacArthur Manor building

    BY STELLA MORRISON Staff Writer SAYREVILLE — Borough historians and officials are expressing interest in preserving the building that houses MacArthur Manor, which was severely damaged during superstorm Sandy. The 20-unit complex on MacArthur Avenue has not been occupied since the October storm. In April, its residents received letters from Atlanta-based GlassRatner management stating that…

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