• Curtain to rise on ‘Necessary Targets’

    Playhouse 22, East Brunswick’s community theater, will present Eve Ensler’s “Necessary Targets” 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 3 p.m. Sundays, Jan. 13- 22, at Playhouse 22, East Brunswick Community Arts Center, 721 Cranbury Road. The one-act play is based on interviews conducted by the playwright with numerous women in war-ravaged Yugoslavia during the 1990s.…

  • E.B. school board re-examines handling of discipline records

    Proposal would bar guidance counselors from releasing info on disciplinary violations BY CHRIS ZAWISTOWSKI Staff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK — A single bullying incident could have serious consequences for students, and as such, the Board of Education is reconsidering the way it handles student discipline records. Prompted by questions raised since the state’s new anti-bullying law…

  • Donors needed for Jan. 14 blood drive

    New Jersey Blood Services, a division of New York Blood Center, will hold a blood drive 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Jan. 14 at the First Reformed Church of South River, 40 Thomas St. Donors must be in generally good health, weigh at least 110 pounds and be 17 years of age (16 with parental consent). Refreshments…

  • Alumni return to EBHS to help seniors prepare

    Current college freshmen meet with students in class, stress time management BY CHRIS ZAWISTOWSKI Staff Writer East Brunswick High School alumni Katie Ranish (l-r), Maria Bakshiyeva and Katherine Kadletz visit a classroom to answer questions from seniors on Jan. 6. PHOTOS BY JEFF GRANIT staff EAST BRUNSWICK — Preparing for college can be nerve-wracking for…

  • Police: Motorist suffered fatal heart attack

    EAST BRUNSWICK — An Ocean County man died last week after suffering a heart attack while driving on Route 18. Police said Edward Glinka, 50, of Brick, had been driving his vehicle in the right lane of Route 18 south when he apparently went into cardiac arrest and came to a stop against a guardrail…

  • Monroe board approves conversion of liquor store

    BY JAMES McEVOY Staff Writer MONROE — A local Buy Rite liquor store has received township approval to operate as a restaurant and bar with a retail sales component . The township ZoningBoard ofAdjustment voted Dec. 27 to approve bulk and use variances for the conversion, requested by Ben Franklin Real Estate Corp. The board…

  • Pucci, council members organize for year ahead

    Dalina begins first term on council, pledges to follow blueprint created by Nalitt BY JAMES McEVOY Staff Writer Richard Pucci Mayor Richard Pucci and members of the Monroe Township Council reflected on 2011 while looking forward to the challenges of 2012 during the Jan. 1 reorganization meeting. Pucci, beginning his seventh four-year term, said the…

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    Carissa Moscoso, 7, of Spotswood, runs through the obstacle course while Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital’s Erin Finnegan (l) and Anwaar Zaher help Andrew Bloomberg, 5, of Spotswood, make his way to the hoops during the Spotswood PTA’s Health & Wellness Open House at Memorial Middle School on Jan. 7.

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