• Vendors welcome at Oct. 13 SEPTA event

    In recognition of October Is Disability Awareness Month, the East Brunswick Special Education PTA (SEPTA) will sponsor a Vendor and Information Night 7-9 p.m. Oct. 13 at Chittick School, 5 Flagler St., East Brunswick. Agencies will be available to provide information on listening therapy, reading and speech, chiropractic, audiology, friendship club and recreation, financial advice…

  • O.B. police officer injured after car is struck during traffic stop on Rte. 9

    OLD BRIDGE — A township police officer suffered several injuries after a vehicle smashed into his police car during a traffic stop on Monday night. Officer Nick Schulmeister was in his police car issuing a ticket on the shoulder of Route 9 north at Jake Brown Road when a vehicle smashed into the back of…

  • Police seek to identify pedestrian killed in accident in Old Bridge

    OLD BRIDGE — An unidentified man was killed in a pedestrian accident Monday night. Police said the man, described as being Hispanic, was struck by a vehicle around 10:34 p.m. while trying to cross the northbound lanes of Route 9 at the intersection at Fairway Lane. The man was pronounced dead at the scene. Anyone…

  • Folk Art Craft Show set for Oct. 21-23

    ACountry FolkArt Craft Show will be held 5-9 p.m. Oct. 21, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Oct. 22, and 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Oct. 23 at the New Jersey Convention and Expo Center, 97 Sunfield Ave., Edison. The event will feature handmade home, holiday and gift items by artisans from across the U.S. Admission is $8 and is…

  • District seeks pupils in need of special aid

    The Old Bridge school district provides special education and related services to disabled children/students ages 3-21 who are in need of special education. Individuals who reside within the district or have a child attending a nonpublic school in Old Bridge and suspect their child may be disabled due to physical, sensory, emotional, communication, cognitive or…

  • Evacuation drill urged for South Amboy YMCA senior center

    BY JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent SOUTH AMBOY — Recent dramatic displays by Mother Nature have one resident concerned about the new senior center in the YMCA building on John T. O’Leary Boulevard. Joan Carew, Charmello Drive, addressed the City Council during a September meeting regarding her concern about the location of and evacuation plan from the…

  • CODA

    Once again, the little guy is left out of the equation GREG BEAN Somewhere in New Jersey tonight, a bunch of state bureaucrats, and members of the state’s retail merchants association will be tossing and turning, unable to sleep. Their pulses will be racing, and anger will be boiling in their guts. The bureaucrats are…

  • Troubled by illegal use of HOV lanes on Turnpike

    Thousands of motorists travel every day on the New Jersey Turnpike. Some use the high-occupancy vehicle (HOV) lanes, knowing or not knowing that HOV lanes can only be used if the car has two or more occupants. What I notice on a daily basis is that more and more single motorists are driving in the…

  • Still waiting for many candidates to answer questionnaire

    I am quite put off by the number of candidates who have yet to respond to the AARP Voters’ Guide questionnaire. A phone-in conference recently hosted by AARP garnered almost 20,000 AARP members who wanted to learn about important issues such as property taxes, long-term care, health care and affordable utilities. As they consider candidates…

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