• ‘History of American Gardens’ to be topic

    The East Brunswick Garden Club will hold a meeting beginning at 7:30 p.m. June 19 at Nativity Lutheran Church, corner of Ryders Lane and Dunham’s Corner Road, East Brunswick. Guest speaker Patricia Tratebas, landscape designer and garden historian, will offer a presentation titled “The History of American Gardens From the Civil-War Era to the Present.”…

  • Operantics to take stage in Parlin

    SAYREVILLE — Operantics, a Middlesex County-based light opera company, will stage “Feathers, Flirting and Far Away Places” as a benefit for the Main Street Theatre Company. The shows will be performed at the Main Street Theatre, 3018 Bordentown Ave., Parlin, on June 15 and 16 at 8 p.m. Featuring musical selections from Broadway musicals, operettas…

  • A social media skeptic finds true love on the Internet

    GREG BEAN I saw my granddaughter’s beautiful face for the first time yesterday when I checked my Facebook page, and there was her picture looking back at me, posted by her mom, my daughter-in-law. I can’t wait to see this tiny young lady in person around the middle of July when she’s finally born. You…

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  • for the record •••

    Dr. Anita Greenberg, chairwoman of the Old Bridge Republican Party, receives neither a pension nor health benefits as a commissioner on the Old Bridge Township Municipal Utilities Authority. A letter that appeared in the May 24 edition falsely indicated otherwise.

  • Fishing program is fun, character-building for students

    History was made recently at Old Bridge High School. I brought Hooked On Fishing — Not On Drugs to the school, and we had our last fishing trip for the students of this school year. It was historical because since the school’s founding, 1961, it has never had a day where students could get away…

  • Officials must take heed of needed repairs to Route 9

    I urge all mayors from South Amboy to Freehold, please pay immediate attention to the worst road conditions along on Route 9, both southbound and northbound. The road has been badly affected by recent rain and needs a complete repaving. Currently, pothole repair crews are unable to do the job well. Taj Ahmad Parlin section…

  • Air quality is getting better, but still unsafe

    A s a pulmonologist practicing in Delaware for three decades, I have seen patients suffering from a variety of lung diseases. I’ve seen my patients struggle to breathe and struggle to understand why they could not breathe. I’ve met them in the hospital and in the emergency room, as their struggles to breathe became near…

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