• Pioneer Grange crafts festival May 19

    The Pioneer Grange No. 1 of Dayton will hold an indoor arts and crafts fundraiser 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. May 19 at the Community Center in Woodlot Park, 124 New Road, Monmouth Junction. Admission is a $2 donation for attendees over age 12. Refreshments will be served at Miss Abigail’s Café. All proceeds will…

  • A mari-golden opportunity

    Clockwise from above: North Brunswick Cub Scout Zachary Hill plants marigolds at the township municipal building on May 10. Cub Scout Charlie Vizthum and his mother, Jessica, plant marigolds, with the assistance of the North Brunswick Department of Public Works. Scouts Aiden Almanzor (l) and Ray Graulich help during the project. PHOTOS BY JEFF GRANIT…

  • Memorial Day ceremony to honor Pfc. Joseph Sabella

    A special ceremony on Memorial Day will honor Pfc. Joseph Sabella. Sabella was a 21-year-old North Brunswick resident who was killed 60 years ago in Korea on July 18, 1952. Sabella Park, on Cozzens Lane, where the ceremony will be held, is named in his honor. Since Sabella’s 2nd Infantry Division unit in the war…

  • Sci-Fi group to discuss ‘Star Trek’ novels

    The USS Avenger, a longtime science fiction fan association based in central New Jersey, will hold its monthly meeting 2 p.m. May 20 at the North Brunswick Free Public Library, Hermann Road, North Brunswick. This month, the meeting will focus on the popular “Star Trek: Vanguard” novel series, which began in 2005 and published its…

  • 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…

  • Rutgers walk planned for LeGrand June 2

    “AWalk to Believe: One Step at a Time for Eric LeGrand” will be held on June 2 at High Point Solutions Stadium (formerly Rutgers Stadium) at the Rutgers University Busch Campus in Piscataway, with all proceeds going to the Eric LeGrand Believe Fund that was established by the university. The event kicks off at 10…

  • business briefs •••

    Six Flags Great Adventure will celebrate Memorial Day weekend with the season opening of Six Flags Hurricane Harbor, the kick-off of Adventure Alley’s partnership with Broadway’s “Jersey Boys,” and the final days of special spring admission discounts. Six Flags Hurricane Harbor will kick off its 2012 season May 26. The 45-acre, water park is one…

  • Frances H. Karanewsky Podbelski

    Mrs. Podbelski, 82, of North Brunswick, formerly of South River, died May 2, 2012, in RobertWood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. She was predeceased by a daughter, Diane Podbelski, in 1977. Surviving are a son, Joseph Podbelski of Edison; a daughter, Sandra Opalak, and her husband, Kenneth, of Stafford, Va.; and a brother, John “Stanley”…

  • Katherine K. Volk

    Mrs. Volk, 87, died May 1, 2012, at her home in North Brunswick. Born in New Brunswick, she had lived there and in Highland Park before moving to North Brunswick in 1955. She was an administrative assistant at John Wiley and Sons Inc., Somerset, where she was employed for 20 years before retiring in 1987.…

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