• Kidworks to stage ‘Cinderella’ Jan. 12-20

    Kidworks Productions, a subsidiary of The Main Street Theatre Company, will present its production of the classic fairy tale “Cinderella” noon and 3 p.m. Saturdays and 3 p.m. Sundays, Jan. 12-20, at the Main Street Theatre, 3018 Bordentown Ave., Parlin section of Sayreville. All tickets cost $6 and will be available at the door only.…

  • Blood drive at Saint Thomas on Jan. 12

    Saint Thomas the Apostle Church, in cooperation with the Knights of Columbus Council No. 4815, will be holding their annual winter blood drive from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Jan. 12 at the Saint Thomas parish auditorium, Route 18, Old Bridge. Donors must be between the ages of 16 and 75, weigh at least…

  • OBHS cut-a-thon to benefit Shore Aid

    Old Bridge High School (OBHS) cosmetology students will unite with other New Jersey salons and hold a two-day cut-a-thon 7:35-9:50 a.m. Jan. 11 and 8:30 a.m.-noon Jan. 12 at the high school, 4209 Route 516, to raise funds for Superstorm Sandy relief. The OBHS students will join 36 salons and three schools across the state…

  • ESL conversation to resume at library

    The Old Bridge Public Library Main Branch, Route 516 and Cottrell Road, will offer the spring session of its English as a Second Language (ESL) Conversation Group program on Tuesdays for 13 weeks beginning Feb. 26. In-person registration will begin Jan. 28 at the library’s Adult and Information Services desk. Due to limited space, the…

  • Sayreville council reorganizes with new members; elects new president

    Time of council meetings moved to 7 p.m. BY STELLA MORRISON Staff Writer SAYREVILLE — The Borough Council held its annual reorganization meeting on New Year’s Day, when new council members were sworn in and officials gave their remarks. The meeting, which took place at Sayreville War Memorial High School, filled many of the auditorium’s…

  • Sayreville volunteers, responders thanked for actions during Sandy

    St. Stan’s church presents check for $18,200 for storm relief BY STELLA MORRISON Staff Writer SAYREVILLE — A great portion of the borough’s New Year’s Day reorganization meeting was dedicated to thanking dozens of volunteers and first responders for their efforts in assisting those affected by Hurricane Sandy on Oct. 29. Sayreville residents from all…

  • Where is municipal-code compliance, enforcement?

    Recently and in times past, electrical power and telephone service were interrupted, caused in many cases by fallen trees and branches on private property. In my town of Sayreville and in many others I assume, there are property-maintenance codes which specify, in general terms, that “Dead or dying trees and limbs and other natural growths,…

  • Photo

    In a photo taken on Dec. 30, 2012, a northern harrier, also known as a marsh hawk, flies off from the East Brunswick Dog Park, Dunhams Corner Road, East Brunswick. The northern harrier had just been hunting for small mammals, flying only a few feet off the ground above a field. The species is considered…

  • CODA

    I need another woman in my life, and her name is Siri GREG BEAN There we were, sitting around on the night before Christmas Eve, shooting the breeze and trying to figure out what to do about dinner. Someone suggested pizza, and that sounded pretty good. Where was the closest pizza place? Did they deliver?…

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