• SEPTA sets vendor, information event

    The East Brunswick Special Education PTA (SEPTA) will host its annual Vendor and Information Night fundraiser 5-9 p.m. Feb. 1 in the cafetorium at Churchill Junior High School, 18 Norton Road, East Brunswick. Vendors will include Avon, Mary Kay, Tupperware, Tastefully Simple, Tie Dyes and Thirty-One Gifts. Jewelry, books, handmade items and more also will…

  • Hometown Heroes Banners offered

    The Milltown American Legion family recently announced that applications are being accepted for the second annual Hometown Heroes Banner Program, designed to pay tribute to soldiers from Milltown who served or are serving the United States in a branch of the military. Each banner, which will be unique and honor a specific soldier, will include…

  • Medical center to join in Go Red for Women

    As part of the Raritan Bay Medical Center (RBMC) community-outreach effort in conjunction with the American Heart Association (AHA) National Go Red for Women campaign, the hospital will provide free blood-pressure screenings and heart-healthy information on National Go Red Day, Feb. 1, at eight locations. The events, which are designed to spread the word to…

  • Jamesburg Library cuts operating hours

    The Jamesburg Public Library, Gatzmer Avenue, will decrease its hours of operation effective Feb. 1. New library hours will be 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays; 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesdays and Fridays; 10 a.m.- 2 p.m. Saturdays. The facility will be closed on Sundays. The library will be open 45 hours per week, which…

  • ‘Family Candy Bar Bingo’ registration until Feb. 3

    Temple B’nai Shalom, Fern and Old Stage roads, East Brunswick, will hold Family Candy Bar Bingo 6-9 p.m. on Feb. 9. The cost is $15 per adult, $5 per child, and includes pizza, dessert and one bingo board. Additional bingo boards will be available for purchase. To register, send checks payable to Temple B’nai Shalom…

  • Tickets on sale for OLOL Calendar Raffle

    Our Lady of Lourdes (OLOL) School, 44 Cleveland Ave., Milltown, is selling tickets for its Calendar Raffle fundraiser scheduled to run through April, May and June 2013. The raffle will offer supporters the chance to win weekday cash prizes of $25, $50, $100 or $150. Each ticket is included in all 65 drawings, and multiple…

  • Family hopes to have a doggone good time at dinner-dance

    Fundraiser set for Brookside Labradors; owner and business displaced after hurricane BY STELLA MORRISON Staff Writer SAYREVILLE — Brookside Labradors in Sayreville will be receiving a much-needed helping paw from neighbors and friends. Brookside Labradors, a Labrador retrieverraising business run by Nancy Nieratko of Sayreville, was forced to shut down after Hurricane Sandy severely damaged…

  • Jamesburg board president responds to Monroe’s petition

    BY JAMES McEVOY Staff Writer JAMESBURG — Board of Education President Sal Brucato addressed the ongoing debt service dispute between Jamesburg and Monroe during the school board meeting on Jan. 24. Monroe Township recently filed a petition with the state Department of Education regarding the $600,000 in debt service that Jamesburg owes Monroe for the…

  • J’burg hires interim school business administrator

    BY JAMES McEVOY Staff Writer JAMESBURG — Jamesburg school officials implemented short- and long-term solutions for the vacant business administrator position during the Jan. 24 Board of Education meeting. The board approved the hire of Thomas Reynolds as interim business administrator — effective that evening to facilitate his participation at the meeting — at the…

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