• YMCA of MEWSA kicks off fundraising

    YMCA board, staff and community members came out to the Renaissance Hotel in Woodbridge on Jan. 9 to kick off the YMCA’s Strong Kids Annual Giving Campaign. The “Lights, Camera, Action” Hollywoodthemed evening opened with remarks by YMCA of Metuchen, Edison, Woodbridge and South Amboy (MEWSA) President and CEO Scott Lewis; board Chair Lucinda Florio;…

  • Ajax: Stronger with police

    Middlesex County sheriffs add drug dog to K-9 team Middlesex County Sheriff’s Officer Joseph Cruz handles Ajax, a member of the sheriff’s K-9 team. A jax has been added to the Middlesex County Sheriff’s Office K-9 team. Since Ajax’s graduation from the Essex County K-9 Training Academy, he has been deployed as a drug-sniffing dog…

  • Struthers, Calvert honor Patsy Cline

    Sally Struthers Emmy Award-winner Sally Struthers and Broadway star Carter Calvert will take the stage at Algonquin Arts Theatre, 173 Main St., Manasquan, when “Always Patsy Cline” opens on Jan. 25 for a two-weekend run. More than a tribute to the legendary country singer who died tragically at age 30 in a plane crash in…

  • Music at coffeehouse event on Feb. 2

    The Unitarian Society of East Brunswick, 176 Tices Lane, will sponsor a coffeehouse on Feb. 2 at 7 p.m. The event will feature the music of Jim Scott, as well as several local musicians. Scott is an acoustic guitarist, singer and composer of songs that further the ideals of ecology, justice and peace. The suggested…

  • School seeks photos of Sayreville military

    Eisenhower School, Sayreville, is requesting photos of active military-service members who are residents of Sayreville, or who are graduates of Sayreville schools, for recognition on an appreciation bulletin board in the school. For more information, email [email protected].

  • Conservation scholarship deadline April 19

    This summer, the Freehold Soil Conservation District will award two $2,000 scholarships to students majoring in a conservation-related field. The Neal Munch and Mac Clark scholarships are awarded annually to honor their years of dedicated and distinguished service to conservation. Applicants must be residents of Monmouth or Middlesex County; be entering their junior or senior…

  • Phyllis Mathews Bennet

    Mrs. Bennet, 71, of East Brunswick, formerly of Milltown and North Brunswick, died Jan. 14, 2013, at home. She was predeceased by a daughter, Robin L. Sona. Surviving are daughter, Michelle Bennet; a brother, William G. Mathews; a sister, Barbara J. Mathews; and four grandchildren. Funeral services were held at Rezem Funeral Home, East Brunswick.…

  • Joseph V. Petronzio

    Mr. Petronzio, 76, of the Dayton section of South Brunswick, formerly of North Brunswick, died Jan. 15, 2013, in Saint Peter’s University Hospital, New Brunswick. Surviving are a daughter, Joann Foglia, and her husband, Philip Jr., of Milltown; two grandchildren; and his former wife, Antoinette Petronzio. A Mass was offered at Our Lady of Lourdes…

  • Marina “Jeanie” Scardilli

    Mrs. Scardilli, 48, of Old Bridge, died Jan. 9, 2013, at home. She was employed as a dialysis technician at Raritan Bay Medical Center, Perth Amboy division. She was predeceased by her mother, Juanita Kinchelow. Surviving are two sons, Anthony and Daniel Scardilli of Tabernacle; her former husband, Anthony Scardilli, also of Tabernacle; and a…

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