• Area musicians team up for Tuesday night jams

    BY JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent Bill Hunt (l) of Old Bridge and Deborah Grosso-Proulx of North Brunswick take part in an acoustic jam session at the To Be Continued… bookstore in Metuchen May 8. Local musician Ron Victoria started the Tuesday night jams several months ago. Local musicians have found an audience, and each other, thanks…

  • N.Y. woman tells story of surviving Holocaust

    Message to O.B. students: Do the right thing BYADAM JOSEPH DRICI Staff Writer Sally Frishberg, now 78 and a resident of Brooklyn, tells students at Old Bridge’s Memorial Elementary School her family’s story of hiding in Poland during the Holocaust. PHOTOS BY CLAIRE SHEPROW OLD BRIDGE — Nearly 70 fifth-graders at Memorial Elementary School crowded…

  • Kayleigh’s Kisses Poker Run planned

    The third annual Kayleigh’s Kisses Poker Run will take place May 20 beginning at Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 133, 485 Cranbury Road, East Brunswick. Registration is set for 9-11 a.m. The 75-mile scenic ride will end at East Brunswick Elks Lodge No. 2370, Farrington Lake at Hardenburg Lane, East Brunswick. Live music will…

  • Crusade to support brain tumor awareness

    May is Brain Tumor Awareness Month. Brain tumors do not discriminate. Each year 300,000 people in the U.S. are diagnosed with primary brain tumor or cancer. They are the leading cause of solid tumor death in children, the second leading cause of cancer death in young men ages 20-39, and 20 percent of all other…

  • Zimmerli offers free admission May 18

    The Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers University will offer free admission on May 18 as part of the Association of Art Museum Directors’ (AAMD) Art Museum Day, coinciding with International Museum Day. The day will feature a special scavenger hunt for children, as well as a free poster with the purchase of the catalogue “The…

  • Widows, widowers panel to meet June 5

    A widows and widowers social group meets at 1:30 p.m. on the first Tuesday of every month at Congregation Beit Shalom, in the Concordia Shopping Center, Perrineville Road, Monroe. The next meeting is set for June 5. The group offers discussions, dinner parties, shows, presentations, guest speakers and companionship. All are welcome to attend. For…

  • fundraisers •••

    May 17 • Ladies Night of Indulgence, an openhouse fundraising event and evening of pampering, to benefit the Daisy Association of East Brunswick, 6-8 p.m., at Freedman Chiropractic Center, Brier Hill Court, D-6, East Brunswick (left of Fields Sports Complex). Specialty foods from Jack’s Corner Market; wines; chocolate confections from Thomas Sweet; frozen treats from…

  • Literacy walk slated for June 10 at MCC

    Literacy Programs of New Jersey’s fifth annual Taking Steps for Literacy Walk will take place June 10 at Middlesex County College in Edison. The three-mile walk will raise awareness and funds to support the efforts of LPNJ. There will also be food and entertainment. All are invited to start a walk team or sign up…

  • Program on Kalmyk-Americans wins Jersey Access Group award

    EAST BRUNSWICK — Once a year, the Jersey Access Group (JAG), a forum for promoting quality operations for New Jersey’s public television stations, holds an awards ceremony to recognize video excellence from the previous year. The ceremony was held at the Hyatt Hotel in New Brunswick on May 3. The winner in the category of…

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