• Photo

    The great egret, seen here at the Forsythe National Wildlife Reserve, Oceanville, carries a burden none of us can comprehend. Just imagine how it makes its cousin, the mediocre egret, feel. BILL PATRICK/www.maiseyimages.com

  • CPAC’s message to Christie: You’re not our kind of people

    CODA GREG BEAN It was the great American philosopher Groucho Marx who sent the Friars Club this terse message by telegram: “Please accept my resignation. I don’t want to belong to any club that will accept people like me as a member.” Last week, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie sent a variation of that message…

  • Passport application processing offered on March 9

    The Middlesex County Clerk’s Office will be open during special weekend hours from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on March 9 to process passport applications in the Freeholder Meeting Room on the first floor, Middlesex County Administration Building, 75 Bayard St., New Brunswick. Persons applying for a passport must present:  Evidence of U.S. citizenship…

  • St. Augustine’s unveils portrait of longtime pastoral associate

    Joseph Csatari stands next to the portrait he painted of Brother Robert Sheeley. The portrait was unveiled Feb. 24 at St. Augustine of Cantebury Church. SOUTH BRUNSWICK — St. Augustine of Canterbury Parish in Kendall Park unveiled a portrait of its late pastoral associate, Brother Robert Sheeley, during a Feb. 24 Mass. After the homily,…

  • S.B. library announces programs and events

    The South Brunswick Library will hold the following events and programs in March: Wednesdays at 3 p.m., Computer Q&A; March 9, 10:15 a.m., Practical Uses for Excel class; March 10, 2 p.m., and March 13, 6:30 p.m., international film “Angel-A,” France; March 13, 1:30 p.m., Coffee & Conversation Book Club; March 13, 7 p.m., Tai…

  • DeLucia to end career in North and South Brunswick

    Educator will now join the N.J. School Boards Association as a consultant BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK — Vincent DeLucia’s career in education starts in rural South Brunswick during the early 1970s as a middle school teacher at Crossroads Middle School. Fast-forward 22 years, and DeLucia has had a solid career in education.…

  • Organ recital at Our Lady of Peace March 10

    An organ recital will be given at Our Lady of Peace Church, Route 130 and Washington Road, North Brunswick, at 4 p.m. on March 10. The performance will feature three organists from the parish: Joseph Suchocki, organist and choir director; Amanda Koluda, a freshman at Monroe High School; and Ashley Koluda, a seventh grader at…

  • Tickets available for legion Pasta Night

    Sons of the American Legion Post No. 25 will host its All-You-Can-Eat Pasta and Much More Night, 4-8 p.m., March 30 at the legion hall, 4 JFK Blvd., Milltown. Donation is $9 for adults, $5 for youngsters under age 12. Children under age 5 will be admitted free of charge. There will be a cash…

  • Flag retirement ceremony set for March 9

    The New Jersey Central District Elks Americanism Committee will conduct its annual Flag Retirement Ceremony on Saturday, March 9 at 10 a.m. at the Menlo Park Veterans Home, 132 Evergreen Road, Edison. Flags must be brought before March 6 to the local Elks Lodges in Colonia, Carteret, East Brunswick, Edison, Metuchen, New Brunswick, Piscataway, Plainfield,…

View our current articles

Stay connected to your community