• Steak fundraiser for S.B. library

    The South Brunswick Library Foundation will hold its annual All-You-Can- Eat Beef Steak Dinner fundraiser at 7 p.m. on April 27 at the South Brunswick Senior Center in the municipal complex, 540 Ridge Road, Monmouth Junction. Tickets are $50 per person and include filet mignon, bread, pasta, antipasto, dessert and beverages. Tickets may be purchased…

  • Raising hope

    The Care-to-Walk Club of North Brunswick Township High School presented a $12,000 check to the Cancer Institute of New Jersey (CINJ) in New Brunswick on March 22. Pictured are: first row, student members Esther Goldstein (l-r), Dana Brooks, Isabella Evangelista and Samantha Brys; and second row, Dr. Hirshfield of CINJ (lr) and school advisers Sue…

  • Catholic Charities to receive $8.7 million

    Gov. Chris Christie’s administration announced that it will award up to $8.7 million to Catholic Charities, Diocese of Trenton, in a contract for disaster case-management services for New Jersey residents in need of post-Sandy assistance. The competitively bid contract will be effective April 1 through Oct. 30, 2014, according to a March 22 announcement. Catholic…

  • Public session scheduled to review ERI report

    The North Brunswick Environmental Commission will hold a public input session to review the draft presentation of the town’s environmental resource inventory (ERI) report at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, April 16, in the municipal building, 710 Hermann Road, North Brunswick. Last November, the North Brunswick Environmental Commission began the process of preparing the ERI, whose…

  • Artists wanted to design sculpture

    New Brunswick Public Sculpture has released its “Call for Artists” for the inaugural installation of a life-sized bronze sculpture of Col. John Nielson. The sculpture will show Nielson atop a table addressing the New Brunswick community during the third reading of the Declaration of Independence, which was read just a few days prior in Philadelphia…

  • Cocktail party benefit May 17

    Friends and Neighbors in Action (FNA) and the Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Foundation (CFAF) will hold their second annual “Spring into Summer” cocktail party on May 17 at La Tavola Cucina restaurant, 700 Old Bridge Turnpike, South River. Admission for the event is $75 ($40 tax deductible) per person. The ticket price includes a buffet dinner…

  • Progress is on the right track for train station in No. Brunswick

    BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer Movement is being made in regards to the planned North Brunswick NJ Transit rail station, which officials say will improve on-time performance and commuting choices on the Northeast Corridor — North America’s busiest rail line. Mayor Francis “Mac” Womack said township officials met with NJ Transit representatives April 5 to…

  • Stephanie M. Andretta

    Ms. Andretta, 27, of Monroe, formerly of South Brunswick, died April 2, 2013, at home. Surviving are her parents, John and Donna Sciarra Andretta of Monroe; a brother, John Andretta; her grandparents, Mary and Anthony Delli Bovi of Leonia; and many extended-family members. A funeral liturgy was offered at St. Cecilia’s Church, Monmouth Junction section…

  • Michael P. Wywrot

    Michael Wywrot, 17, of South River, died March 24, 2013. He was a junior at South River High School. Surviving are his parents, Marian and Alfreda Wywrot of South River; two sisters, Aneta Wywrot of North Brunswick and Agnieszka Wywrot of South River; a brother, Damian Wywrot of South River; his maternal grandparents, Josef and…

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