• Celebrate Earth Day at Pulda Farm

    The township of North Brunswick will celebrate Earth and Arbor Day 9:30- 11:30 a.m. April 21 at the Pulda Farm. This event is sponsored by the Open Space Committee. The day will include educational opportunities in planting, recycling and protecting the Earth, and free hayrides. Wear comfortable walking shoes. The program is sponsored by the…

  • Gun buyback in county April 21-22

    The Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office will hold a gun buyback program 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. April 21 and 1-5 p.m. April 22 at Sacred Heart Parish hall, behind Sacred Heart School, 115 Commercial Ave., New Brunswick. In an effort to reduce the number of dangerous guns in Middlesex County, the prosecutor’s office will buy…

  • Marathon raises $442K for Embrace Kids

    The annual Rutgers University Dance Marathon was held March 31-to April 1 at the CollegeAvenue gym at Rutgers University. The 32-hour student-run event benefitted Embrace Kids Foundation, a New Jersey-based not-for-profit organization that helps families whose children have cancer, sickle cell disease or other blood disorders. This year, nearly 1,000 student volunteers congregated inside the…

  • Child Find under way in North Brunswick

    The North Brunswick Township Public School District’s Child Find Program holds free evaluations for children 3 to 21 years of age who are experiencing learning, speech, hearing, vision, motor, physical or emotional difficulties. The school district provides special education and related services to all eligible children residing in the district, beginning at the preschool level.…

  • All-you-can-eat event to benefit library

    The South Brunswick Public Library Foundation’s annual all-you-can-eat fundraiser will be on Saturday, April 28, at the South Brunswick Senior Center. Dinner guests onApril 28 will be served all the beef tenderloin they want, as well as penne pasta, antipasto, bread, french fries, beer and soda, and ice cream cake roll. Tickets are $45 each…

  • Preserve to host Arbor Day celebration

    Mapleton Preserve, 145 Mapleton Road, Kingston, will host an Arbor Day celebration 2-4 p.m. Saturday, April 21. This year, the celebration includes both a guided tour of the preserve and the official dedication of interpretive signs for the site, the former home of Princeton Nurseries. These new signs were developed by Friends of Princeton Nursery…

  • Reichler Park, Senior Center to be upgraded in So. Bruns.

    Township receives grants from Middlesex County BY DEANNAMcLAFFERTY Staff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK — Township residents young and old will benefit from a recent grant allocation by Middlesex County. The township received 50 percent of the necessary funds to install lighting at Reichler Park as well as to expand the Senior Center. The county granted $225,000…

  • Event at Battleground for McDonald House

    Battleground Country Club, Manalapan, will host “A Sterling Affair” to benefit the Ronald McDonald House (RMH) of Long Branch and New Brunswick on April 28. The evening, which will celebrate the 25th anniversary of RMH, will include fine dining, dancing, live and silent auctions, and live entertainment by New Jersey’s own B Street Band. Auction…

  • Spring sports bring out the long johns

    ARE WE THERE YET LORI CLINCH When I was young, I never pictured myself as a mom who would spend the bulk of her years attending sporting events. Strange as it may seem, I imagined my child-rearing agendas to consist of matching outfits, frilly dresses and Winnie-the- Pooh tea parties. Then the good Lord, for…

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