• Strawberry Days coming to Giamarese

    Strawberry Days at Giamarese Farm, 155 Fresh Ponds Road, East Brunswick, will continue from 11 a.m.-5 p.m. May 26 and 27. The free events will feature strawberry shortcake made from field-fresh strawberries. Burgers and hotdogs will be available for purchase. Guests who want to pick their own strawberries should stop in the farm market for…

  • Students get hands-on ecology lesson at DeVoe

    BY JAMES McEVOY Staff Writer Spotswood High School’s Mallory Kolar puts on fishing boots before stepping into DeVoe Lake for a cross-grade-level ecology lesson on May 18. JEFF GRANIT staff SPOTSWOOD — Nearly 100 students from borough schools made Lake DeVoe their own personal laboratory May 18. The students, including fourth-graders fromAppleby School, a team…

  • Flapjack Breakfast to benefit Scouts

    South River Boy Scout Troop No. 4 will host an Applebee’s Flapjack Fundraiser Breakfast 8-10 a.m. June 10 at Applebee’s restaurant, 324 Ryders Lane, Milltown. Tickets cost $8 per person. To reserve, call 732-238-9575.

  • Players sought for Lions golf outing

    The East Brunswick Lions Club will sponsor its 16th annual Golf Tournament May 30 at Bunker Hill Golf Club, Griggstown section of Franklin. Tee-off times will begin at 8 a.m. Entry fee is $110 and includes green fees, cart, morning coffee, lunch at the 10th hole, dinner at the golf course, giveaways, prizes, drawings and…

  • ‘Cher’ will support Carness-Mustafa Fund

    The Lesley Carness and Jon Mustafa Memorial Scholarship Fund will present “An EveningWith Cher and the Tuesday @ Eight Band” 6-10 p.m. June 9 at the East Brunswick Elks Club, 21B Oakmont Ave., East Brunswick. Proceeds will benefit the fund, named in honor of Lesley and Jon, a young couple from East Brunswick who died…

  • DINNIGAN’S DIVERSIONS

    Between the bridges: A Brooklyn excursion LIZZ DINNIGAN I ’ve always been curious about what existed between the Brooklyn and Manhattan bridges in Brooklyn’s resurging DUMBO district. Although I lived just a short walk away in both Cobble Hill and Brooklyn Heights for several years in the ’90s, and have walked across the Brooklyn Bridge…

  • CODA

    Milltown post office: a light at end of the tunnel GREG BEAN Last week, I had to drive almost 10 miles round trip from my home on Riva Avenue in East Brunswick to the post office on the other side of town — just to buy a stamp (stamp 45 cents, $2 in gas). And…

  • for the record •••

    Students in Nancy Sarnak’s third-grade class at Immaculate Conception School, Spotswood, have engaged in a pen pal program with schoolchildren at the Pontian School in the Rompin district of the state of Pahang, Malaysia. The ICS teacher and the Malaysian school were both misidentified in a May 17 story.

  • Why should E.B. residents have to travel to preferred stores?

    I agree with Anthony Riccobono (“Mayor’s Actions Resulted in Unwanted Walmart Coming to E.B.,” Letters to the Editor, Sentinel, May 10) when he says that East Brunswick does not need a Walmart. I have lived in East Brunswick for almost 25 years. In that time, I have seen many stores come and go along Route…

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