• Sayreville rec flea market set for June 8

    The Sayreville Recreation Department will hold its annual community flea market on June 8 at the Borough Hall soccer field, 167 Main St. Food and ice cream vendors will be onsite. For more information, call 732-390- 7092 or 732-390-7096.

  • Summer begins with reading challenge at Dowdell Library

    BY JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent SOUTH AMBOY — The Sadie Pope Dowdell Library is helping youngsters read — and have fun doing it — all summer long. The library’s new Summer Reading Game will kick off on June 7 with an ice cream party, complete with door prizes. Library Director Elaine Gaber said she hopes to…

  • Loyal Son

    Michael T. Beachem of Old Bridge is among eight Rutgers University alumni who have been designated Loyal Sons and Loyal Daughters by the Rutgers Alumni Association. PHOTO COURTESY OF ROBERT EICHERT

  • ‘Grapes of Wrath’ coming to East Brunswick

    Playhouse 22 will present “The Grapes of Wrath,” by Frank Galati, from the novel by John Steinbeck, at 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, and 3 p.m. Sundays, June 7-23, at the East Brunswick Community Arts Center, 721 Cranbury Road. Tickets cost $20 for adults, and $18 for seniors and students. Discover Jersey Arts cardholders may…

  • Sayreville student wins scholarship for creating website

    Arpit Sheth SAYREVILLE — A student at Sayreville War Memorial High School has received a scholarship for his creation of a desktop and mobile website. Arpit Sheth earned a $5,000 scholarship for creating the site www.swmhsfbla.com for his school’s Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) program through an eSchoolView competition. Starting in the sixth grade,…

  • Advocates needed for pancreatic cancer research

    Pancreatic cancer remains one of the deadliest cancers, with a five-year survival rate of just six percent and no early-detection tools or effective treatments. Thanks to the Recalcitrant Cancer Research Act, a new law enacted in January, there is hope for those touched by this disease. I would like to thank the late U.S. Sen.…

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  • EARTH Center to offer nutrition workshop

    The nutrition workshop “Creating Healthy Family Meals on a Budget” will be presented at 6:30 p.m. June 19 at the EARTH Center in Davidson’s Mill Pond Park, 42 Riva Ave., South Brunswick. Kanan Thakore, a registered dietitian, will look at shopping, cooking and eating nutritious meals together as a family on a budget. There will…

  • Sell Your Treasures will support library

    The Friends of the Sayreville Public Library will hold a Sell Your Treasures Event 1:30-4 p.m. June 9 in conference room at the library, Washington Road. Barbara and Richard Reid-Reinhardt of Barbara’s Unique Antique Boutique, Jamesburg, will purchase coins, watches and jewelry (all types). The boutique will donate 10 percent of the sales to the…

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