• Teacher launches program to adopt districts in need

    Spotswood will assist Union Beach after devastation caused by Hurricane Sandy BY JAMES McEVOY Staff Writer SPOTSWOOD — Like many New Jersey residents, Jessica Wisniewski sat in the dark last week, waiting out the power outage left by Hurricane Sandy. But the teacher at the G. Austin Schoenly School found herself pondering ways that she…

  • Middlesex County residents asked to reduce water use

    Residents and businesses in the 36 towns served by the Middlesex County Utilities Authority’s (MCUA) wastewater treatment system were advised Nov. 6 to further minimize water use to reduce stress on the stormdamaged sewage treatment system and help limit polluting effluent now flowing into the Raritan River and Raritan Bay. The MCUA serves 797,000 customers…

  • Election results

    OLD BRIDGE Board of Education three- year term . Matthew Sulikowski . . . . . . . . . .5,037 . Salvatore Di Prima . . . . . . . . . . .5,018 . Kevin G. Borsilli . . . . . . . . . . . . .3,932 Balwinder Singh…

  • Vendors welcome at Boutique Night

    The Frost School PTA will sponsor its first Boutique Night 6:30-9 p.m. Nov. 15 at the school, 65 Frost Ave., East Brunswick. Vendors are sought. Table-rental cost is $25. Proceeds will support cultural arts and technology in the school. For more information or to reserve, call Jen Simos at 732-236-7131.

  • Panthers to offer Gift-Basket Bingo

    The Morgan-Parlin Panthers will host its Gift-Basket Bingo Nov. 16 at St. Mary’s Bingo Hall, 301 Second St., South Amboy. Doors will open at 6:30 p.m. The first game will be called at 7:30 p.m. Admission tickets are now $30 and include one bingo board for each game, coffee, tea and dessert. Guests should bring…

  • Holidays, bereaved to be discussed Nov. 13

    The Costello family of Costello Funeral Homes and Haven Hospice at JFK Medical Center, Edison, will co-sponsor “Holiday Help,” a program for the bereaved, 7 p.m. Nov. 13 at the Renaissance Woodbridge Hotel, 515 Route 1 south, Iselin section of Woodbridge. Guest speaker Sherry Williams, R.N., G.M.S., G.R.S., and a group of community panelists will…

  • Seminar to address weight-loss surgery

    Raritan Bay Medical Center, Old Bridge division, will sponsor a seminar titled “Is Weight-Loss Surgery Right for Me?” 7-8 p.m. Nov. 12 in Auxiliary Hall B and C, lower level of the Medical Arts Building, adjacent to the hospital, Ferry Road between routes 9 and 18. Dr. Oluseun Sowemimo will lead a discussion on several…

  • Boil water advisory issued

    A boil water advisory has been issued for the Melrose section of Sayreville that is serviced by the Middlesex Water Company, according to a press release from the Sayreville Police Department on Nov. 7.

  • Support is needed to help combat pancreatic cancer

    Over the past 30 years, there has been a revolution in science and medicine, resulting in increased survival rates for many diseases but, unfortunately, pancreatic cancer has not benefited from these advances, because historically, there have not been enough people who know about it. As a result, pancreatic cancer is the only one of the…

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