• Special Strides to offer children’s handwriting sessions

    Special Strides to offer children’s handwriting sessions

    A “Handwriting Without Tears” program will be held 1-3 p.m. June 27-30, July 25-28, Aug. 22-25 and Aug. 29-Sept. 1 at Special Strides Therapeutic Riding Center, 118 Federal Road, Monroe. Special Strides is a nonprofit organization devoted to improving the lives of individuals with special needs. Using a combination of horses, therapy and a natural…

  • Girl Scouts raise awareness of keeping parks clean

    Girl Scouts raise awareness of keeping parks clean

    By STEVEN VIERA Staff Writer SOUTH RIVER — A group of girls thought that people should take better care of local parks. So they did something about it. Girl Scout Troop 80308 of South River, comprised of 12 fourth-grade girls between the ages of nine and 10, served as the hosts to the event, “Pack…

  • East Brunswick passes municipal budget in narrow vote

    East Brunswick passes municipal budget in narrow vote

    By STEVEN VIERA Staff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK — The Township Council approved a $63.1 million municipal budget for 2016 by a margin of three members in favor and two who opposed. With last year’s budget totaling $59,471,313, the 2016 budget represents an increase of $3,647,566. East Brunswick Chief Financial Officer L. Mason Neely explained that…

  • South River grads revisit schools during Senior Walk

    South River grads revisit schools during Senior Walk

    By STEVEN VIERA Staff Writer SOUTH RIVER — Before walking across the stage at graduation, South River High School seniors took a walk down memory lane. For the first time, the high school seniors participated in a “Senior Walk” where they visited South River’s middle and elementary schools wearing their caps and gowns and walked…

  • Summer-reading events underway at library

    Summer-reading events underway at library

    The theme for this year’s summer-reading program at the East Brunswick Public Library, Jean Walling Civic Center, is “On Your Mark, Get Set … Read!” Youngsters in kindergarten-fifth grade can earn the chance to win prizes for each day they read for at least 20 minutes. There will be drawings for larger prizes on July…

  • Frances K. Walerzak Lamb

    Frances K. Walerzak Lamb

    Frances K. Walerzak Lamb died June 18, 2016, at Laurelton Nursing Home in Brick. She was 96. Born in Sayreville, she resided in South Carolina and Spotswood before moving to Brick in 2013. She was predeceased by her husband, Daryl L. Lamb, in 2010. Surviving are her son, Daryl E. Lamb and his wife, Diane,…

  • Elks to sponsor Youth Sports Tourney

    Elks to sponsor Youth Sports Tourney

    The New Jersey State Elks Youth Sports Tournament is scheduled for June 27 at several locations. Boys and girls ages 13-18 are invited to compete in bowling, golf or tennis. Contestants will be placed in the junior division or senior division based upon their age. The individual sports, venues and directors are: bowling, Lanes at…

  • Bears’ Loesner motivated by need to succeed

    Bears’ Loesner motivated by need to succeed

    By Jimmy Allinder Kyle Loesner is not afraid to make mistakes because the East Brunswick High School volleyball player understands it’s all part of the game. Loesner, a rising senior and the expected go-to guy for the Bears, thrives at being thrown into the pressure-cooker, especially when the match is on the line. “I’ll do…

  • Metuchen Area Chamber of Commerce offers business mentoring classes

    Metuchen Area Chamber of Commerce offers business mentoring classes

    Metuchen Area Chamber of Commerce is currently offering mentoring classes for startup business operators. The Chamber  of Commerce has signed on to the SCORE program (Service Corps of Retired Executives) in which veteran business executives serve as counselors to aspiring entrepreneurs and business owners. Each mentoring session pairs the client with two executives from Central…

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