• Dinner-Dance to aid Emanuel Cancer panel

    The Independent Order of Odd Fellows will sponsor a Dinner-Dance 7 p.m.-midnight Feb. 11 at East Brunswick Veterans of Foreign Wars Hall, 485 Cranbury Road. Proceeds will benefit the Emmanuel Cancer Foundation, an organization that offers support and counseling for New Jersey families with children who have cancer. The event will feature dinner, dancing, music…

  • Friday-Night Dinners continue at post home

    East Brunswick Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 133 will host its next Friday- Night Dinner 6-8 p.m. Feb. 10 at the post home, 485 Cranbury Road. The menu will feature chicken breast, stuffing, salad, vegetables, coffee, cake and more. Cost is $9 for eat-in or takeout meals. For more information, call 732-254- 9674 or…

  • Bag of Books Sale ongoing at library

    The Friends of the Jamesburg Public Library is holding its Bag of Books Sale through Feb. 25 at the library, 229 Gatzmer Ave. For a cost of $3, shoppers may fill a grocery size plastic bag with as many books and movies as it will hold. Awide selection of adult fiction and nonfiction, children’s books…

  • Adult actors, singers invited to audition

    Bimah Players Community Theater is seeking adult actors and singers of all ages for “Ever Since Adam,” a readers’ theater production featuring dramatizations of literature by Mark Twain and other classic writers as well as songs about relationships between men and women. Auditions are set for 1-6 p.m. March 11, 6-9 p.m. March 13, and…

  • Auxiliary to host Boardwalk Party

    The Ladies Auxiliary of American Legion Post No. 25 will sponsor an Over the Hump to Summer Boardwalk Party 6-10 p.m. Feb. 18 at the post home, 4 JFK Blvd., Milltown, Donation is $15 per person and includes food, soda and water. A $5 wristband will be available for beer and wine. Live entertainment will…

  • Sweet taste of success

    2 Chicks expands 2-year-old operation with new retail shop on Main Street, South River BY JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent Elyissia Wassung, co-owner of 2 Chicks with Chocolate, helps a patron at the shop on Main Street in South River on Feb. 3. Wassung left her telecom job to immerse herself in the world of chocolate, partnering…

  • Goodbye, winter. Hello, spring

    Crowds come out early as Milltown Mel ‘predicts’ an early spring BY CHRIS ZAWISTOWSKI Staff Writer Jerry Guthlein introduces Milltown Mel to the waiting crowd during the fourth annual Groundhog Day festivities in Milltown Feb. 2. Mel predicted an early spring during the event, held at the American Legion. PHOTOS BY SCOTT FRIEDMAN The crowds…

  • Principals appointed for two Monroe schools

    Oak Tree principal to take over at Applegarth when it reopens BY JAMES McEVOY Staff Writer The Monroe Township Board of Education has named Dennis Ventrello and Erinn Mahoney as principals of the Applegarth and Barclay Brook elementary schools, respectively. Ventrello currently serves as principal of Oak Tree Elementary School, and will begin serving as…

  • State council strikes down controversial bullying law

    Council deems law an unfunded mandate; will be revisited by Legislature BY CHRIS ZAWISTOWSKI Staff Writer I f the state Legislature wants to keep the Anti-Bullying Bill of Rights on the books, it’s going to need to pony up some money to help school districts implement it, according to a ruling from a state council.…

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