• Purim carnival at B’Nai Tikvah Feb. 24

    A Purim carnival will be held from noon to 2:30 p.m. on Feb. 24 at Congregation B’nai Tikvah, 1001 Finnegans Lane, North Brunswick. The day will include games, prizes, a magician, a photo booth and a Passover wine tasting. Discounted tickets are available through Feb. 20 at the synagogue. Non-perishable food donations will be accepted.…

  • Eastern Star plans Feb. 23 Tricky Tray

    Order of the Eastern Star, Raritan Chapter No. 58, will host its annual Tricky Tray beginning at 7 p.m. Feb. 23 at Philo Masonic Lodge, 120 Old Bridge Turnpike, South River. Doors will open at 5:30 p.m. Prizes will include gift certificates and theme baskets. Admission donation is $8. A snack bar will be available.…

  • HSA to sponsor Gift-Basket Auction

    The St. Ambrose HSA will host An Evening in the Tropics Gift-Basket Auction 7-11 p.m. March 8 in the gym at St. Ambrose School, Throckmorton Lane, Old Bridge. Doors will open at 6:30 p.m. Admission is $20 per person and includes light refreshments, soft drinks, coffee, tea, desserts, a sheet of raffle tickets, and door…

  • Curtain to rise on ‘Dancing at Lughnasa’

    The Rutgers Theater Company will present Brian Friel’s “Dancing at Lughnasa” 8 p.m. Tuesdays-Saturdays, 2 p.m. Sundays, March 1-10, at the Victoria J. Mastrobuono Theater, Mason Gross Performing Arts Center, 85 George St., on the Douglass College campus of Rutgers University, New Brunswick. The cast and artistic staff include Lacey Arden of Monroe, Vici Chirumbolo…

  • Scout to provide tap lessons for youngsters

    Sayreville/South Amboy Girl Scout Katie Fasulo will offer tap-dance lessons for students in grades 3-5 (beginner-intermediate skill level) at 1 p.m. on eight Sundays beginning March 3 at the South Amboy YMCA, 200 John T. O’Leary Blvd. Cost for the eight-week session is $10 per student. Students will need their own tap shoes. Financial assistance…

  • Read all about it: South River reopens library

    Back to normal hours of operation; celebration will be held on March 2 BY JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent A new teen section has been added to the South River Public Library. It officially reopened this month after months of renovations. SCOTT FRIEDMAN SOUTH RIVER — After a five-month closure, borough residents now have a remodeled library…

  • Residents must learn to live with, better manage water

    A s superstorm Sandy vividly revealed, many coastal communities, including those along Raritan Bay and Sandy Hook Bay, were not properly prepared to deal with an extreme weather event. From severe winds and floodwaters that led to many people left homeless, to extensive power outages in part from flooded sub-power stations or fragile power lines,…

  • CODA

    In contest between deer and cars, the deer usually lose GREG BEAN There’s nothing like the sound of several gunshots to get your blood pumping in the morning, but it happens from time to time out here in the wilds of East Brunswick, as local police put down another deer that has been injured crossing…

  • Photo

    The monarch butterfly, seen here at the Forsythe National Wildlife Reserve, Oceanville, is one of the few insects capable of making a trans-Atlantic crossing. BILL PATRICK/www.maiseyimages.com

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