• ‘Plants for Pollinators’ kits available to teachers

    The Freehold Soil Conservation District will provide free “Plants for Pollinators in the Classroom” resource kits to teachers in Middlesex and Monmouth counties in early 2013. “The Plants for Pollinators in the Classroom” program is designed to help students discover the importance of native pollinators and to study the relationship between plants and pollinators, according…

  • Community asked to come together at Hair Together

    Cut-a-thon on Jan. 27 will benefit the Treihart family, who were affected by Sandy BY STELLA MORRISON Staff Writer SAYREVILLE — Hair Together owner Dan Righetti is using his business chops to chop hair in order to benefit those affected by Hurricane Sandy. This particular cut-a-thon, which will be held Jan. 27 from 10 a.m.…

  • Dining event to aid SWMHS basketball Jan. 30

    The Sayreville War Memorial High School (SWMHS) boys basketball program will host a dining fundraiser 4-10 p.m. Jan. 30 at Texas Roadhouse, 1000 Route 9 South, Parlin section of Sayreville. A portion of the evening’s proceeds will be donated to the boys basketball program. Diners must present an event flier or tell their server they…

  • NJ Skateshop collects brand new items for those impacted by Sandy

    Former Sayreville shop owners help their hometown after hurricane BY STELLA MORRISON Staff Writer SAYREVILLE — The owners of NJ Skateshop — a business that sells skateboarding supplies and accessories and formerly had a location in Sayreville — were able to use their positions as storeowners to help the borough after Hurricane Sandy. “We used…

  • Three-year-olds donate birthday gifts to hurricane relief

    Youngsters Quinlan Kulakis and Kami Pelliccia understand the need to help others BY STELLA MORRISON Staff Writer The families of friends Kami Pelliccia (l) and Quinlan Kulakis make donations to charities in honor of their birthdays, which fall right after Christmas. This year, the girls had a combined birthday party at their preschool, Garden Friends…

  • Improv organ concert will aid Sandy victims

    David McCarthy and Christopher Deibert will present their “Dueling Organ Improvisation Recital” 3 p.m. Feb. 3 at St. Mary’s Church, 256 Augusta St., South Amboy. The event is part of the Music at St. Mary’s concert series. In the encore performance, McCarthy and Deibert will once again join forces to battle it out on the…

  • on campus 

    Bertus Austin Shelters V of Old Bridge earned a Gold Star for academic achievement and was named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at The Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina, Charleston, S.C., where he is pursuing a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering. The Gold Star is presented to students who achieve…

  • Anonymous donor provides $10,000 to band students

    Old Bridge High School still needs $40,000 for a trip to Washington D.C. on July 4 BY THOMAS CASTLES Staff Writer OLD BRIDGE — A $10,000 donation from an Old Bridge High School (OBHS) alumnus who wishes to remain anonymous has put the OBHS Marching Band a step closer to a spot on the national…

  • Curtain will rise Feb. 1 on ‘Company’

    The Main Street Theatre Company, 3018 Bordentown Ave., Parlin section of Sayreville, will present its production of “Company,” the classic Stephen Sondheim musical about the wonders and pitfalls of marriage, 8 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays, 2 p.m. on Sundays, Feb. 1-16. Tickets cost $20 for adults, $16 for seniors and students, $12 for children…

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