-

Cost-effective and eco-friendly home improvements
Installing high-efficiency water fixtures, including a low-flow showerhead, is an affordable and eco-friendly home improvement project. Homeowners take on projects to improve their homes for a variety of reasons. Some may do so to make a home more functional, while others may do so to improve their home’s resale value. Some homeowners take on a…
-

Look locally when shopping for your spring home improvement needs
All About Buildings LLC Warmer weather means flowers in bloom and longer days.The spring season is the perfect backdrop for deep cleaning, home spruce-ups and home improvement projects you’ve been putting off, inside and outside of your home. Now is the time to shop around for those household items you need and desire. It is…
-

‘Peter Pan,’ character breakfast scheduled
Sayreville Middle School will present “Peter Pan” 7:30 p.m. April 12 and 13 and 2 p.m. April 14 at Sayreville War Memorial High School (SWMHS), 820 Washington Road. General-admission tickets cost $7 for ages 13 and up, $5 for youngsters ages 4- 12; children ages 3 and under will be admitted free of charge. Tickets…
-

Theatre group to stage ‘Anne Frank’
The Main Street Theatre Company, 3018 Bordentown Ave., Parlin section of Sayreville, will present its production of “The Diary of Anne Frank,” 8 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays, 2 p.m. on Sundays, April 5-13. The play, a drama about the lives of eight people hiding in a concealed storage attic during the Nazi occupation of…
-

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…
-

Director hopes to hit right notes with music program
SmartMusic would help children learn to play instruments, officials say BY THOMAS CASTLES Staff Writer OLD BRIDGE — Anahita Keiller hopes to adopt technology that would change the way children learn to play music in the township’s schools. Under the current curriculum, instrumental music students in elementary schools are simply being exposed to the instruments…
-

Parents invited to go back to school in Old Bridge
Parent University provides workshops for adults about the district’s school system Staff Writer BY THOMAS CASTLES OLD BRIDGE — In a classroom environment that changes as quickly as the technology it depends on, it’s easy for concerned parents to lose touch with their children’s continually evolving education. In an effort to keep parents involved, Donna…
-

Scrambled eggs
Youngsters scramble for prize eggs during the annual Easter Egg Hunt at the Reformed Church Home in Old Bridge on March 23. PHOTOS BY SCOTT FRIEDMAN Izabella Nuzzolo, 1, of Old Bridge, finds a few eggs.
-

North Brunswick woman needs living donor for kidney transplant
Asja Joseph has already had bone marrow and kidney transplants, hip replacement BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer A sja Joseph is a fighter. Just ask her mom, Donna, who says her daughter is the strongest person she knows. “The things that she has gone through, most people will never go through in their lifetime,” she…
View our current articles
Stay connected to your community
