• Cantonese story time, Qigong at library

    The South Brunswick Public Library, 110 Kingston Lane, Monmouth Junction, will host the following events: • Jan. 21, Chinese (Cantonese) Story Time for ages 4-8, from 11:45 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Learn a new language while hearing stories and songs from another land. Conducted in both Cantonese and English. • Jan. 22, Daphne Powell Concert…

  • Blood donors get free Nets tickets

    A blood drive will take place at the North Brunswick Township Municipal Building 1:30-7:30 p.m. Monday, Jan. 23. All donors will receive two Nets tickets. The NJ Blood Center is running a Holiday Heroes program. The top 10 winter donation sites will be honored on court at the Nets game on March 28. Donors must…

  • Free training program for NJ veterans

    New Jersey’s community colleges, through the N.J. Community College Consortium for Workforce and Economic Development, the New Jersey Business & IndustryAssociation (NJBIA), and the New Jersey Department of Labor & Workforce Development (NJDLWD) announced a new training program to help qualified New Jersey veterans get back to work. The pilot program will initially be launched…

  • Holt discusses plans to strengthen libraries during stops in Middlesex County

    U.S. Rep. Rush Holt (D-12th District) visited Monroe’s Oak Tree Elementary School and the East Brunswick Public Library Jan. 12 as he touted legislation aimed at strengthening school libraries and helping libraries better serve job seekers. Speaking in the media center at Oak Tree, Holt announced his plans to introduce the SKILLsAct (Strengthening Kids’ Interest…

  • High school choir to hold pasta dinner

    The North Brunswick Township High School Choir will host a pasta dinner 6-9 p.m. Jan. 27. The last seating is 8:30 p.m. The dinner will feature a homemade meatless marinara sauce, pasta, tossed salad, Italian bread, beverages and dessert. The price is $10 for adults and $8 for students and seniors. Money raised will benefit…

  • Jewish Business Ethics workshops at Chabad

    The Rohr Jewish Learning Institute (JLI) will present a new course, Money Matters: Jewish Business Ethics, a six-session series accredited for 9 CLE ethics credits, beginning Jan. 25 at the Chabad Jewish Center, 1 Riva Ave., North Brunswick. Rabbi Levi Azimov of Chabad of South Brunswick will conduct the six sessions, beginning 7:45–9:15 p.m. Tuesday,…

  • PSE&G warns customers about payment scam

    Hispanic neighborhoods are being targeted PSE&G is alerting its customers about a scam in which individuals misrepresenting themselves as PSE&G employees threaten to turn off electric and gas service if payment is not made to them that day . The scam involves payments using Green DotMoneyPaks and seems to be targeting Hispanic neighborhoods in PSE&G’s…

  • Threatened no-kill shelter in need of last-minute help

    CODA GREG BEAN I f you’re a pet lover like I am — and committed to the notion that one of the most noble acts we can accomplish is to rescue a cat or dog from a shelter, and support the good work those shelters do on shoestring budgets — you had to be saddened…

  • Teach wealth-building skills, increase prosperity

    During recent weeks we have been hearing on a regular basis about the widening gap between the wealthy and the rest of society. Some feel the solution is to take more money from the wealthy and redistribute it to the rest. I think I have a better idea. Rather than trying to narrow the gap…

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