• DINNIGAN’S DIVERSIONS

    Skeletons of 1964 World’s Fair LIZZ DINNIGAN I ’ve always been enchanted by the 1,255- acre Flushing Meadows Corona Park in Queens, home to the 1964-65 New York World’s Fair. Historic relics from this famous exposition include the massive, stainless-steel Unisphere globe; ghostly silhouettes of giant metal columns topped with futuristic flying saucer-like discs called…

  • ‘Kids at College’

    Students from Grissom Elementary School in Old Bridge get a lesson from culinary students at Middlesex County College, Edison, as part of the Old Bridge School District’s “Kids at College” program March 7. PHOTOS BY ERIC SUCAR staff Grisson student Briana Nazario and fellow fourth-graders put the finishing touches on their ceramic crafts.

  • Softball teams sought for charity tourney

    Coed teams are sought for a softball tournament fundraiser for Camp Quality of New Jersey. The friendly tournament will take place on March 31 at Veterans Park in Old Bridge. The cost is $300 per team. All proceeds go directly to Camp Quality, a nonprofit organization that pays for children with cancer to attend summer…

  • Construction begins on 180-bed care center in South Amboy

    SOUTH AMBOY — Foundation work has begun for construction of The Venetian Care & Rehabilitation Center, described as combining the best of modern design and technology with an Old World feel. “We are very excited to begin work on the site and to contribute to the redevelopment of the new South Amboy waterfront area,” said…

  • CODA

    Tax cheats: you’ll know ’em by the fancy cars they drive GREG BEAN I t took me a long time to understand why the Republican presidential candidates — and others in that party — are dead set on protecting the 1 percent of rich people they’re so worried about from having to pay a fair…

  • Reader responds to letter about cartoon

    This letter is in response to Timothy L. Eshelman’s letter, “Reader: Cartoon Is in Poor Taste and Column is Offensive” (Suburban, March 1). He objects to gays’ right to marriage, stating that they should instead choose a civil union, while more states are adding legislation to legalize that process. Gov. Chris Christie, who is busily…

  • St. Patrick’s Day arrived early in Woodbridge

    St. Patrick’s Day arrived early in Woodbridge when the community hosted the 39th annual St. Patrick’s Day parade on March 11. George Lara, 3, of Cedar Grove, waves the Irish flag. St. Patrick’s Day is March 17. SCOTT FRIEDMAN

  • Food donations are need now ‘more than ever’

    Food banks often benefit from a seasonal boost of good will during the holidays, but unfortunately, those increases in donations end sometime after the New Year. And it’s our job as a community to make sure we continue that spirit of giving. Most of us may not think we know someone who is hungry. But…

  • American chestnut trees deserve protection

    I am 52 and have been walking through Jamesburg Park with my pop looking for mushrooms during the fall since I was about three years old. And my pop (deceased in 2005 at age 73) did the same thing with his father (my grandfather) from the mid- to late 1930s and until the end of…

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