• Zumba-event proceeds to benefit food bank

    Spotswood High School DECA (Distributive Education Clubs of America) will sponsor a Zumba Night fundraiser 7-8 p.m. Oct. 11 in the cafetorium at the high school, 105 Summerhill Road. The theme of the event is “Food for Thought.” All proceeds will go to the Community FoodBank of New Jersey. Admission is $10 per person. For…

  • Coat-drive dates changed to Oct. 20, 21

    The Council of Catholic Women, Church of the Sacred Heart, 531 Washington Ave., South Amboy, has rescheduled its annual coat drive from Oct. 13 and 14 to Oct. 20 and 21. Coats may be dropped off at the front entrance of the church or in a bin across the street from the church in front…

  • Milltown native joins EBPD

    EAST BRUNSWICK — The township Department of Public Safety last week announced the hiring of its newest police officer. Patrolman Jeffrey Dougherty joined the ranks Oct. 4 during a swearing-in ceremony at the East Brunswick Municipal Conference Room. Dougherty replaces a member of the department who had retired. An East Brunswick resident, Dougherty is 25…

  • E.B. temple to host Adult Bingo Oct. 27

    Adult Bingo is set for 7:30-10 p.m. Oct. 27 at Temple B’nai Shalom, Fern and Old Stage roads, East Brunswick. Cost is $18 per person and includes salad, pizza, soda, coffee and tea. RSVP by Oct. 23 to 732-251-4300, ext. 232, or [email protected]. Checks should be made payable to Temple B’nai Shalom and mailed, along…

  • Jamesburg gets $664,000 in sale of cell tower space

    Councilman: Some proceeds will fund roadway projects BY JAMES McEVOY Staff Writer JAMESBURG — While the borough has for years garnered revenue from leasing out space on a municipally owned cell tower, officials decided recently to sell that space for a lump sum. The Borough Council voted unanimously Sept. 12 to sell the lease of…

  • CODA

    Our lives are in the hands of those who can’t decide GREG BEAN A long with 50 or 60 million other Americans, I was glued to my television last Wednesday night, Oct. 3, for the first of three debates between President Barack Obama and Republican nominee Willard (Mitt) Romney. But unlike many of those viewers,…

  • Thanks to all who help food pantry serve community

    Community of Hope Ministries is a nonprofit organization that helps the needy in the Spotswood area through the C.U.P. (Churches United for People) food pantry, weekly soup-kitchen suppers, emergency assistance, advocacy with entitlement programs and other agencies, resources, food distribution to senior housing, a thrift shop, backyard gardeners, etc. The economic downturn has affected many…

  • Calls on MCIA to implement changes

    The recent audit by the Office of the State Comptroller, in which the office announced that “substantial annual bonuses” were paid to the top executives of the Middlesex County Improvement Authority (MCIA) only reinforces the notion that this county agency is in need of much improvement in the way it conducts its business. Without specific,…

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