• Versailles music, art, history to be topics

    Catherine Sprague will be the guest speaker at a multimedia presentation on the music and history of the city of Versailles beginning at 7 p.m. Sept. 20 at the East Brunswick Public library, Jean Walling Civic Center. The 90-minute presentation will cover the city’s history and music from early French baroque through Mozart and Gluck.…

  • Auxiliary schedules car wash, bake sale

    The Ladies Auxiliary of East Brunswick Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 133 will sponsor a Car Wash and Bake Sale 10 a.m.- 2 p.m. Sept. 16 at the post home, 485 Cranbury Road (behind University Radiology). Proceeds will go to the Breast Cancer Walk. Cost is $5 for cars, $7 for trucks and sport…

  • Mohegan Sun bus trip slated for October

    The Middlesex Legal Professionals Association has scheduled its annual bus trip to Mohegan Sun in Connecticut on Oct. 20. Cost is $30 per person, which includes round-trip transportation, light refreshments and casino vouchers. Proceeds will benefit the association’s charitable cause. Pickup locations will be in Woodbridge (across from the mall), at the Garden State Parkway…

  • South River officials discuss reducing electric fees for seniors

    Some council members displeased that motion to draft ordinance was a ‘surprise’ BY JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent SOUTH RIVER — Electricity is a hot topic in the borough. Councilman Thomas Roselli made a motion during the at the Aug. 27 Borough Council meeting to authorize the borough attorney and chief financial officer to draft an ordinance…

  • Golf Outing will aid firefighters’ families

    Brothers Helping Brothers, a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping families of New Jersey firefighters killed or disabled in the line of duty, will hold its 12th annual fundraising Golf Outing Sept. 21 at Bunker Hill Golf Club, Princeton. Tee-off and shotgun start are set for 12:30 p.m. The event, a two-man scramble, will include, a…

  • Milltown Democratic candidates set picnic

    Milltown residents are invited to meet Neil Raciti and Patty Murray, Democratic candidates for Milltown Borough Council, at a free picnic on Sept. 15, noon to 4 p.m., at the Albert Avenue Park. The event will be held rain or shine. Barbecued hamburgers and hotdogs, salads, Italian ices and more will be served. There will…

  • Spotswood Sr. Center schedules trip to MVS

    The Spotswood Senior Center is running a trip to New Jersey Motor Vehicle Services on Sept. 18 at 9:30 a.m. Those interested should call 732-251-3432. Those participating must be registered with the Spotswood Office on Aging. Registration is free.

  • Jamesburg library Friends slate trip

    The Friends of the Jamesburg Public Library is sponsoring a bus trip to Bucks County, Pa., on Oct. 13. Visit the home of Pulitzer Prize-winner Pearl Buck and shop at the 70-plus stores and restaurants at Peddler’s Village, Lahaska, Pa. The bus will leave from the library at 9 a.m. sharp and return at 5…

  • Board grants variance for indoor shooting range

    Applicant to return for site plan approval BY JAMES McEVOY Staff Writer MONROE — The township Zoning Board of Adjustment has granted a use variance for an indoor shooting range on Mott Avenue, near the township’s border with Jamesburg. The unanimous approval came after a heated discussion among board members, the applicant and residents in…

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