• Brunswick Women slates Aug. 15 dinner

    The Brunswick Women’s Connection will present a Pampered Chef Dinner Party 7- 8:30 p.m. Aug. 15 at The Chateau, 678 Cranbury Road, East Brunswick. Guest presenter will be Angie Wolff, sales director, Pampered Chef. Guests will have the opportunity to taste a recipe made with Pampered Chef’s latest kitchen tools and gadgets and to purchase…

  • CODA

    Even Club Fed doesn’t have a golf course for inmates GREG BEAN One thing is pretty sure: Where Peter F. Burnham, the disgraced ex-president of Brookdale College, is likely going, they won’t have a golf course. Burnham, who pleaded guilty July 24 to a number of the charges against him for siphoning money from the…

  • Mini-shuttles add to traffic, carry few passengers

    There is no big impact since the beginning of the Middlesex County mini-shuttle on the streets of Old Bridge and Route 9. These mini-shuttles only carry one or two passengers to be dropped off at the Old Bridge Park and Ride, the NJ Transit bus stop in Old Bridge. The shuttles are just adding more…

  • Grateful for aid from family, community

    Our son has asked to be present while our home, destroyed by Hurricane Irene, is demolished. I am unsure if seeing the home in which we raised our children torn down is how I want to close this year, but our son, too, has had a hard year, and we will honor his request. We…

  • Toastmasters to meet Aug. 8 and 22 in O.B.

    The next Old Bridge Toastmasters meetings will be held 7 p.m. Aug. 8 and 22 at Sayre Woods Bible Church, 2290 Route 9 South, just south of Jake Brown Road. The club meets on the second and fourth Wednesday of every month. Guests are always welcome. Advance registration is not required. Toastmasters, an international organization…

  • Presbyterian church schedules August VBS

    The First Presbyterian Church of Sayreville will hold a vacation Bible school (VBS) Aug. 20-24, with a kickoff barbeque on Aug. 19. Class participants will meet in the church’s Christian Education Building, 172 Main St. (across from Borough Hall), at 5:45 p.m. for a 6-8:30 p.m. session. This year’s theme is “The Seasons of the…

  • Fees to be reduced at pet-adoption event

    Sayreville Pet Adoption Center, 1400 Main St., Sayreville, will host a Dog Days of Summer weeklong open house noon-5 p.m. Aug. 6-11. The event will feature reduced adoption costs throughout the shelter. Half-price fee to adopt any adult dog will be $60; fee will be waived to adopt a dog above age 6. Half-price fee…

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    Walkers and joggers cross paths in Kennedy Park in Sayreville on July 24. JEFF GRANIT staff

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