• Circus to raise funds for hemophilia panel

    Phills Brothers will host a Sunshine Magic Circus fundraiser to benefit the Hemophilia Association of New Jersey 7:30 p.m. Oct. 14 at East Brunswick High School, Cranbury Road. Two children will be admitted free of charge with one paid adult. Tickets for adults cost $5 each and will be available at the door. For more…

  • Artists panel slates watercolor workshop

    The Suburban Artist Guild of Central New Jersey (SAG) will hold its next monthly meeting 2 p.m. Oct. 14 at the East Brunswick Public Library, Jean Walling Civic Center. Watercolor artist Lisa Budd will demonstrate and present a mini-workshop on her award-winning techniques using synthetic paper. Budd often mixes her pigments directly on the paper,…

  • Candlelight Tours on tap at cemetery

    The East Brunswick Museum Corporation will host its annual Candlelight Tours Oct. 15 and 16 at the Historic Chestnut Hill Cemetery, Old Bridge Turnpike and Gunia Street, East Brunswick. Tours will be ongoing every 15 minutes, 5-8:30 p.m. Costumed re-enactors in historic dress will participate over the two nights, with displays and a narrative depicting…

  • State Bar Foundation to hold workshops

    The New Jersey State Bar Foundation will hold free training sessions on teasing and bullying, designed for administrators, 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 27, and Thursday, Nov. 17. Registration is required by calling 1-800-FREE-LAW. Attendees must leave a fax number and specify if they are an educator or administrator. A refundable $20 security…

  • Concert to feature E. Brunswick pianist

    Pianist Jarred Tafaro of East Brunswick will be the featured performer at the season-opening concert for The Baroque Orchestra of New Jersey at 3 p.m. Oct. 16 at Dolan Performance Hall, College of Saint Elizabeth, 2 Convent Road, Morristown. Celebrating the 200th anniversary of the birth of Franz Liszt, Dr. Robert W. Butts, conductor and…

  • Irate over Irene

    Local officials, residents air frustrations with JCP&L during BPU meeting BY CHRIS ZAWISTOWSKI Staff Writer When it came to Jersey Central Power & Light Co.’s response to Hurricane Irene at a Sept. 26 Board of Public Utilities meeting, the same types of words kept coming up: Unacceptable. Terrible. A joke. State legislators, municipal officials and…

  • Poetry brings solace for Gold Star father

    Milltown’s William Koch Jr. writes to deal with tragic losses of his son and daughter BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer Above: The Koch family, William Jr. (l-r), Steven, Billy, Christine and Lynne, celebrates Billy’s high school graduation in 2000. Right: “Casualties of War: Words and Images from the Heart of a Gold Star Father,” published…

  • Local P.D.s receive funds for community-policing initiatives

    Twenty-four local police departments will benefit from $120,000 in grants to develop communitypolicing programs. Carteret, Dunellen, East Brunswick, Edison, Helmetta, Highland Park, Metuchen, Middlesex Borough, Milltown, Monroe, New Brunswick, North Brunswick, Old Bridge, Perth Amboy, Piscataway, Plainsboro, Sayreville, South Brunswick, South Plainfield, South River, Spotswood and Woodbridge, as well as the Rutgers University Police Department…

  • Family Legacy Award

    The O’Connell family of Sayreville received the Caldwell College 2011 Family Legacy Award at the college’s Homecoming and Family weekend in September. Lauren and Danielle, Caldwell College alumnae, along with parents Lorraine and Dan, were honored for their years of volunteerism for the college’s events and service programs. Since Lauren and Danielle’s graduation in 2007,…

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