• Cty Chamber hosts board installation

    The Middlesex County Regional Chamber of Commerce recently held its 84th annual Meeting and Installation at the Renaissance Woodbridge Hotel. Board Chairwoman Lina Llona, director of catering at iPlay America, and committee leaders presented the membership with updates from the chamber and its event calendar, featuring the Hispanic Business Expo on July 17, the Largest…

  • Clean-energy seminar set for June 26 in O.B.

    A green seminar for commercial building owners and small businesses, “Clean-Energy Alternatives and Sustainable Business Practices,” is set for 5:30-9 p.m. June 26 at the George Bush Center, 1 Old Bridge Plaza, in the Old Bridge municipal complex, Route 516 and Cottrell Road. The event is sponsored by Old Bridge Mayor Owen Henry, Old Bridge…

  • State officials focus on library’s role in helping job seekers

    BYADAM JOSEPH DRICI Staff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK — The New Jersey Assembly Education and Labor committees met June 19 at the East Brunswick Public Library to hear about local and statewide initiatives to help job seekers and employers. Assemblyman Patrick Diegnan (D-Middlesex), who chairs the Education Committee, said holding the off-campus meeting at the library…

  • Reformed Church Home plans golf event

    The Reformed Church Home, Old Bridge, will hold its 21st annual Golf OutingAug. 28 at Forsgate Country Club, Monroe. Registration fee will include continental breakfast, green fees, golf cart, an awards luncheon and the opportunity to win a $10,000 hole-in-one prize. There will be a 50/50 raffle and an auction featuring items such as foursomes…

  • Churchwide Yard Sale scheduled for June 23

    Grace Church of Old Bridge, 442 Cottrell Road, will hold its eighth annual Churchwide Yard Sale 9 a.m.-1 p.m. June 23. Proceeds will benefit the church building fund. All are welcome to attend. For more information, log on to www.gracechurchob.org or email [email protected].

  • Organic lawn, home products for sale

    The Lawrence Brook Watershed Partnership is offering an organic (chemical-free) lawn and home cleaning products for sale each Saturday from 10 a.m. until noon at their headquarters, 85WashingtonAve. inMilltown. All prices have been reduced by as much as 50 percent. The nonprofit volunteer organization, dedicated to the protection of the Lawrence Brook Watershed, seeks to…

  • Bariatric weight-loss group slates meeting

    Raritan Bay Medical Center will sponsor a Bariatric Weight-Loss Support Group meeting 6:30-7:30 p.m. June 27 in the cafeteria of the Medical Arts Building, adjacent to the hospital’s Old Bridge division, Ferry Road, between routes 9 and 18. The meeting is designed for individuals who have had weight-loss surgery, are contemplating weight-loss surgery or are…

  • Daughter gives back to her beloved father, with a kidney

    South River man supported family by working two full-time jobs for 35 years Francis Anderson and daughter Sharon Feniello share a moment after recovering from transplant surgery. SOUTH RIVER — Francis Anderson worked two full-time jobs for 35 years as a history and religious education teacher by day at Marist High School in Bayonne, and…

  • Summer Yard Sale scheduled for June 23

    4-H of Middlesex County will sponsor its SummerYard Sale 8 a.m.-2 p.m. June 23 at the 4-H Center, Cranbury Road, East Brunswick. Rain date is June 24. Vendor-registration proceeds will benefit 4-H programs. It is anticipated that there will be a variety of vendors selling new and used items, crafts to collectibles. Refreshments also will…

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