• Dining event to benefit Dowdell

    Vocalist Pat Karrigan sings “Summertime” during a July 11 performance by Walt Wagner and the Serenaders at Raritan Bay Waterfront Park in South Amboy. Middlesex County’s free summer concerts take place at the park on Wednesday evenings through Aug. 29. SCOTT FRIEDMAN Texas Roadhouse of Old Bridge, in collaboration with the Dowdell Library Foundation, will…

  • Artwork finds a place on bodies in Spotswood

    Modern Times Tattoos nearing first anniversary BY ADAM JOSEPH DRICI Staff Writer Tattoo artist Mark Costa touches up the design on Joe Hafner at his newly opened tattoo parlor, Modern Times Tattoos, located at 12 Snowhill St. in Spotswood, on July 20. PHOTOS BY ERIC SUCAR staff SPOTSWOOD — On first glance, Modern Times Tattoos…

  • Call for king, queen, prince, princess nods

    Nominations for 2012 Middlesex County Fair King and Queen, Prince and Princess must be submitted by Aug. 4. The fair is planned for Aug. 6-12 at the Middlesex County Fairgrounds, Cranbury Road, East Brunswick. For more information and an entry form, log on to http://www.middlesexcountyfair.com/competitions/king-andqueen.

  • CODA

    Chris Christie could give a keynote speech to remember GREG BEAN Parental advisory: Some material in this column may not be suitable for all audiences, especially those readers in grade school, grandmothers, librarians and certain members of the American Family Association, which monitors the media for stuff it considers tasteless and immoral. All right, now…

  • Middlesex Greenway hazardous to walkers, runners

    A s a regular runner on Middlesex County’s new Middlesex Greenway, a 3-plus-mile macadam path over an old railroad bed through Woodbridge, Edison and Metuchen, I sadly report the blatant mismanagement of this potentially great recreational asset. Most noteworthy is the chronic flooding at the east end of the pedestrian bridge over Route 1, presenting…

  • Law should legalize marijuana

    There is a bill in the state Legislature to decrease the criminal penalties for marijuana. This is a step in the right direction. The ultimate goal should be legalization. Politicians make the law. Changes to a law are sometimes influenced by emotions, whims and whatever 51 percent of the voters demand. There are natural laws…

  • Issuance of tickets flies in the face of rule

    I would like to inform everyone of the seemingly increasing number of traffic-violation tickets being handed out to drivers making a left turn going northbound on Dunhams Corner Road onto Ryders Lane in East Brunswick. The violation cited was not yielding to pedestrians in the crosswalk, even though the driver has the green left-turnarrow sign…

  • Reformed Church Home plans golf event

    The Reformed Church Home, Old Bridge, will hold its 21st annual golf outing on Aug. 28 at Forsgate Country Club, Monroe. A registration fee of $210 will include continental breakfast, greens fee, cart, awards luncheon and a $10,000 hole-in-one prize. There will be an auction featuring items such as foursomes at private golf clubs, gift…

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