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    Elizabeth Siryj models clothing during a Senior Fashion Show at the Residence at Forsgate in Monroe on April 28. SCOTT FRIEDMAN

  • O.B. man to join 150th anniversary celebration of military bugle call

    Bugles Across America to be part of mass performance of taps at Arlington Nat’l Cemetery BYADAM JOSEPH DRICI Staff Writer Bruce Walker of Old Bridge, a member of Bugles Across America, performs taps during the funeral for U.S. Air Force Maj. Bruce Edward Lawrence of Phillipsburg in September. KEVIN MINGORA/THE MORNING CALL OLD BRIDGE —…

  • Hydrofracking is topic of BNC meeting

    Brandeis National Committee (BNC), Middlesex County Chapter, will present “The Controversy of Hydrofracking” with Dr. IraA. Whitman, an expert on site remediation and compliance with the New Jersey Industrial Site Recovery Act (ISRA), at the East Brunswick Public Library at 1 p.m. May 21. The program is free and open to the public. Whitman has…

  • County residents encouraged to practice ‘grasscycling’

    A s the height of the mowing season approaches in May and June, the Middlesex County Improvement Authority’s (MCIA) Recycling Division has launched its annual campaign to inform residents about the benefits of “grasscycling.” Grasscycling is the practice of leaving short grass clippings on the lawn rather than bagging and dragging them to the curb.…

  • Community invited to church cookout

    Our Savior’s Lutheran Church, 151 Milltown Road, East Brunswick, will host a free Community Cookout 6:30-8:30 p.m. June 1. The event will feature the cookout, games and activities. All are invited to attend.

  • Police investigating two recent bank robberies in Old Bridge

    Old Bridge police distributed these photos from surveillance cameras at the Chase Bank on Bushnell Road (top), which was robbed on April 12, and the TD Bank on Route 516, which was held up on May 9. OLD BRIDGE — A reward of up to $1,000 is being offered for information relating to the two…

  • Salon event to assist resident’s cancer fight

    A Cut-A-Thon to support Old Bridge resident Linda Vitale Ryan in her battle against lymphoma will be held 11 a.m.-2 p.m. May 20 at PUSH hair salon, 349 Route 9, Manalapan. A donation of $40 per haircut is suggested. Hair donations also will be accepted. All donations will go toward Linda’s quest to be a…

  • Organic lawn, home products for sale

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

  • The East meets the West in a Spotswood classroom

    Students at Immaculate Conception School chat with Malaysian students via Skype. SPOTSWOOD — While most pen pals write each other for years before ever meeting face to face, third-grade students at Immaculate Conception School are going about that process in reverse. During last week’s open house, 28 students from Nancy Sarnak’s class chatted with Malaysian students via…

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