• Education panel slates Craft Show

    The Cranbury Education Foundation will hold its 16th annual Craft Show March 9 and 10 at Cranbury Elementary School, North Main Street. The event will feature more than 100 artists showcasing a wide variety of crafts including pottery, glass, jewelry, wood, fabric, art and aromatherapy. Lunch will be available at the Garden Cafe. Menu items…

  • Talk to shed light on Irish food, folklore

    A program titled “Ireland: Tea, Food, and Folklore” is planned for 2-3:30 p.m. March 16 at the Sayreville Public Library, Washington Road. Topics will include Emerald Isle traditions such as drinking strong black tea throughout the day and night, scones and tea cakes, hearty foods, hospitality, myths, legends and leprechauns. To register or for more…

  • Photo

    Sanjana Chavakula (l-r), Megan Furbush and Jalynn Bowman, all sixth-graders at Sayreville Middle School, were the winners of the Sayreville Lions Club’s “Imagine Peace” Poster Contest for the 2012-13 school year. The students were awarded certificates and cash prizes at a dinner on Feb. 19. PHOTO COURTESY OF KATHY MAZUR

  • Officials’ delay on bus lane hurts commuters, residents

    The lack of action by our elected officials concerning the Route 9 bus lane is just another example of our supposed “leaders” deferring decisions, which results in a negative impact on our community. I travel on a bus to Lower Manhattan each day, and the use of the bus lane is a convenient way to…

  • CODA

    ‘Do Not Call’ seems to mean go ahead and call at will GREG BEAN I f you need to know exactly how terrified telemarketers are of the toothless federal Do Not Call Registry, all you have to do is look at the registry’s website, on which you’ll find this warning: “Scammers have been making phone…

  • Sayreville restaurant reopens

    Four months of repairs were needed because of damage from superstorm Sandy BY STELLA MORRISON Staff Writer SAYREVILLE — Camillo’s Restaurant opened for lunch on Feb. 25 after undergoing four months of repairs to damage caused by superstorm Sandy. Camillo’s, on MacArthur Avenue, took on about 5-and-a-half feet of water during the Oct. 29 storm,…

  • Support offered to moms of kids with special needs

    Since its launch in fall 2010, the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey’s Mom2Mom peer support initiative has been caring for the mental and emotional health of mothers of children with special needs in Essex, Union and Morris counties, reaching 958 families. And now, thanks to a partnership with the New Jersey Department…

  • Mini-Golf Event to aid youth mission

    The youth group of St. Paul’s Church will host its annual Mini-Golf Event fundraiser 5-9 p.m. March 16 at St. Paul’s Church, 70 First St., Milltown. The event will help raise money to finance the group’s summer mission trip to the Jersey shore. Cost is $5 per game for adults, $3 per game for seniors…

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