• New Jersey Foundation for Aging to hold Honoree Luncheon

    New Jersey Foundation for Aging to hold Honoree Luncheon

    RED BANK — The New Jersey Foundation for Aging (NJFA) will hold its 2016 Honoree Luncheon at 1:30 p.m. on Nov. 13 at the Molly Pitcher Inn, 88 Riverside Ave., Red Bank. The annual event is an opportunity to recognize the work of others who enable NJFA to advance its mission-aligned activities. NJFA focuses on…

  • Restaurant Review

    Restaurant Review

    Spice Rack: Tasty flavors with a kick By Faith Bahadurian From the Princeton Packet I’d been meaning to visit Spice Rack restaurant, which opened in Franklin Park in 2013, for a while, lured by the promise of Indian Chinese fusion food and at least one very unusual dish on the menu. But I didn’t end…

  • Route 27 will be closed for bridge replacement project

    Route 27 will be closed for bridge replacement project

      SOUTH BRUNSWICK – The New Jersey Department of Transportation (DOT) announced a weekend detour of Route 27 for the start of the Carter’s Brook and Ten Mile Run Tributary culvert replacements project in Franklin Township and South Brunswick. Beginning at 9 p.m. on Oct. 14 and continuing through 6 a.m. on Oct. 17, DOT’s contractor, Montana…

  • McCarter to stage ‘Disgraced’

    McCarter to stage ‘Disgraced’

    By Anthony Stoeckert From the Princeton Packet The main character of Ayad Akhtar’s Pulitzer Prize- winning play “Disgraced” calls Islam a “backward way of thinking,” says the religion draws no distinction between church and state, and points to a passage in the Quran that states men are in charge of women, and gives men permission…

  • Stage Review: ‘Richard III’ at the Shakespeare Theatre

    Stage Review: ‘Richard III’ at the Shakespeare Theatre

    A splendid production of the Bard’s story of a villainous king By Bob Brown From the Princeton Packet Is Shakespeare’s “Richard III” a history play or a tragedy? It’s been treated as both, and in the current production by the Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey, the balance shifts toward history, in line with the other…

  • The voice of Three Dog Night

    The voice of Three Dog Night

    By Mike Morsch From the Princeton Packet   One isn’t necessarily the loneliest number that Danny Hutton has ever had to do. Mr. Hutton, one of the three lead singers for Three Dog Night, has had to carry on the band’s legacy after the death last year of co-founding member Cory Wells. Along with Chuck…

  • Harlem on her mind

    Harlem on her mind

    Catherine Russell will sing songs from the great African-American songbook at McCarter Theatre By Keith Loria From the Princeton Packet Singer Catherine Russell has long been a force on the stage, and has been a favorite of McCarter audiences for years. The Grammy winner is often referred to as one of the best blues and…

  • Actor draws on his East Brunswick roots for new TV series

    Actor draws on his East Brunswick roots for new TV series

    By MICHAEL SCIANNAMEA Correspondent EAST BRUNSWICK — From spending a great deal of time seeing movies at the what is now known as the AMC Loews 18 Theatre on Route 1 in New Brunswick to a featured role in the online series “StartUp,” East Brunswick native Aaron Yoo says the times he spent in Middlesex County…

  • Three terms up for grabs on Freehold Township board

    Three terms up for grabs on Freehold Township board

    By Matthew Sockol Staff Writer FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP – The Freehold Township K-8 School District Board of Education will have three three-year terms up for grabs on the Nov. 8 ballot. The terms of board members Daniel DiBlasio, Jennifer Patten and Staci Triandafellos will expire at the end of December. Five candidates are seeking the three…

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