• Fish ladders to be topic at meeting

    The Lawrence Brook Watershed Partnership will host a public meeting 7 p.m. April 9 at the Milltown Senior Center, 60 Violet Terrace. Discussion will focus on the feasibility of installing fish ladders at two dams in the Lawrence Brook. The Lawrence Brook Watershed Partnership will study the feasibility of adding fish ladders at Westons Mill…

  • Restaurant plans art opening, reception

    An artists opening reception is scheduled for 2:30-4 p.m. April 7 at Fiddleheads Restaurant, 27 E. Railroad Ave., Jamesburg. New Jersey artists Laura Bethmann of Tuckerton, Medha Kulkarni of East Brunswick and Shelley Phillips of Edison will host the free reception for the restaurant’s Spring 2013 Gallery Show. The show will include complex watercolors, acrylics,…

  • Vendor spots open at June 9 flea market

    The Sayreville Recreation Department will sponsor its annual Community Flea Market June 9 at the Borough Hall Soccer Field, Main Street. Fee is $10 per table space for residents, $20 per space for nonresidents. For information, call 732-390- 7092 or 732-390-7096.

  • Baseball team to sponsor clothing drive

    The East Brunswick Baseball League (EBBL) Used Clothing Drive is scheduled for 9 a.m.-noon April 6 at EBBL Managers Hall, 365 Dunhams Corner Rd., East Brunswick. Items sought include clothing, shoes, purses, backpacks, belts, hats, socks, scarves, ties, baby accessories, stuffed animals, hard toys and household items. Books CDs, VHS tapes, kitchen appliances, outdoor toys…

  • Monroe Twp. H.S. to present ‘Grease’

    Monroe Township High School will hold performances of “Grease” at 7 p.m. April 11-13, and at 3 p.m. April 14 at the high school, 200 Schoolhouse Road. Tickets will be available at the door. Prices are $5 for students, $7 for senior citizens and $10 for adults.

  • Historical society open on Sundays

    The East Brunswick Historical Society, 78 Milltown Road, will be open to the public 2-4 p.m. on Sundays, April 7, 14, 21, 28 and May 5. Artifacts and displays of the museum’s “Inventions of New Jersey” exhibit will decorate the house. For more information, call 732-249-3522.

  • Milltown school budget carries 13-cent increase

    Tax impact will be $188 on average home BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer MILLTOWN — The borough Board of Education has approved a 2013-14 budget that raises taxes by $188.77, or $15.73 a month, on an average borough home. Schools Superintendent Linda Madison and Business Administrator Vincent Marasco presented the $15.01 million spending plan, which…

  • Jamesburg lieutenant takes a bite out of crime

    Lt. James Craparotta discusses real police cases to teach about the investigative process BY STELLA MORRISON Staff Writer JAMESBURG — Police Lt. James Craparotta has seen his share of crime in a small town like Jamesburg — even murder. Craparotta shared his knowledge and experiences on March 23 with the Sisters in Crime of Central…

  • Son charged with beating father to death in Monroe home

    MONROE — A township man was charged March 27 with beating his father to death in their South Rhoda Street home early that morning. Andrew Grossman, 37, was charged with the murder of Ronald Grossman, 65, after an autopsy by the Middlesex County Medical Examiner’s Office determined that the victim suffered head, back and neck…

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