• Auxiliary to sponsor scrapbooking event

    The Ladies Auxiliary of Spotswood Enterprise Hook and Ladder Company will hold a Scrapbooking Crop 9 a.m.-midnight March 10 at the Spotswood Firehouse, 495 Main St. The event will feature a continental breakfast, lunch, dinner, drinks and snacks. Each guest will receive a goodie bag. Cost is $35 per person. To reserve a place at…

  • Chabad to offer Feb. 19 job seminar

    East Brunswick Chabad will sponsor a free seminar titled “Land That Job” 2-3:30 p.m. Feb. 19 at the Chabad, 3 LexingtonAve., Lexington Downs Shopping Center. Snow date is Feb. 26. Guest speakers will be Robin Schafer, certified life and career coach and emotional-intelligence trainer, and Dr. Preeti Vats, corporate psychologist and trainer. Combining interactive exercises…

  • Dinner proceeds to support 4-H Center

    Middlesex County 4-H will hold an I Love 4-H Spaghetti Dinner Benefit 4-8 p.m. Feb. 26 at the County 4-H Center, 645 Cranbury Road, East Brunswick. Proceeds will go toward much-needed repairs of the center. Tickets cost $8 per person; price includes dinner (salsa, spaghetti, bread, homemade sauce and meatballs) and dessert. There will be…

  • Great Depression artists to be discussed

    Don Bloom, painter, cartoonist and educator, will offer a program titled “Artists Who Made Their Name During the Great Depression” in a talk set for 2-4 p.m. Feb. 26 at the East Brunswick Historical Society, 78 Milltown Road. The program is the second installment in the historical panel’s series of four programs on the Great…

  • GUEST COLUMN

    Learning from a giant in the field RICHARD WOLFERT There are precious few times in life when we have the opportunity to come face to face with a person who has truly inspired us. Last night, I had the good fortune to listen to one of these people, and later to speak with her. This…

  • Tickets available for trip to Atlantic City

    The Saints Peter and Paul Russian Orthodox Church R Club will sponsor a Feb. 23 bus trip to the Showboat Casino, Atlantic City. The bus will depart at 9 a.m. from the church parking lot, Whitehead Avenue, South River. Cost is $30, with a $30 return in slot dollars upon arrival at the casino. Refreshments…

  • Police charge student in bomb threat that led to evacuation

    EAST BRUNSWICK — A 14-year-old student at the Middlesex County Vocational and Technical High School, Rues Lane, has been arrested in connection with a bomb threat that resulted in the school’s evacuation on Feb. 7. The male student reportedly told police that he made the bomb threat as a joke, not realizing the consequences of…

  • SRHS upgrades moving forward amid concerns

    Asbestos work to be performed as windows are replaced BY JAMES McEVOY Staff Writer SOUTH RIVER — In response to a demonstration held at South River High School on Feb. 3, Superintendent of Schools Michael J. Pfister stressed last week that asbestos abatement would not occur while classes are in session. The abatement is part…

  • E.B. Rescue Squad applauds police for help in CPR save

    EAST BRUNSWICK — A group of emergency service personnel saved the life of a township woman through CPR last week, the East Brunswick Rescue Squad reported. The 89-year-old woman called 911, complaining of chest pains on the morning of Feb. 5. Soon after placing the call, she stopped breathing and went into cardiac arrest. East…

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