• Family Day to feature bike rodeo, car show

    The Spotswood Drug and Alcohol Alliance will hold its annual Family Day and Children’s Bike Rodeo noon-4 p.m. Oct. 8 on the grounds at Immaculate Conception School, 23 Manalapan Road (Route 615), Spotswood. Activities will be moved indoors in case of rain. The event will feature a DJ, food, children’s activities, giveaways, prizes, vendors and…

  • GOP Women to hold interactive program

    The next meeting of the Middlesex County Republican Women’s Club is planned for 7:30 p.m. Oct. 4 at the East Brunswick Public Library, Jean Walling Civic Center. Debi Merz, president of the Morris County Women’s GOP Club and four-term councilwoman in Jefferson Township, and Theresa Yarosh, financial planner, both 10- year members of Toastmasters International,…

  • CODA

    Law is a simple solution to a horrible problem GREG BEAN Once in a while, you hear something that makes so much sense you wonder why nobody thought of it before. That’s certainly the case with a story in the news last week about the Toronto city council, which voted unanimously Sept. 21 to ban…

  • Urges council to nullify or modify cat-feeding ban

    This winter free-roaming cats in Jamesburg will face starvation under a feeding-ban ordinance approved by the Borough Council on Sept. 14. I applaud Councilwoman Barbara Carpenter, who voted against the ordinance. The ban, I believe, will cause cats to suffer while doing little to reduce the number of free-roaming cats. Feedings bans are cruel, ineffective…

  • Thanks to EMS volunteers

    I ’m writing to thank the thousands of emergency medical services (EMS) volunteers throughout New Jersey who spent many hours, if not days, answering calls for help during and after Hurricane Irene, or standing by at their squad buildings, waiting to be dispatched. They spent precious time away from their families and sacrificed their time…

  • Wrong to fault one person for E.B.’s tax woes

    This letter is in regard to Kumar “Kem” Balani’s response (“Stahl Is Just Unwilling to Provide Tax Relief for East Brunswick,” Sentinel, Letters to the Editor, Sept. 22) to my letter, “Blame State, Not East Brunswick Mayor, for High Taxes,” that appeared in the Sept. 15 issue of the Sentinel. I can appreciate Mr. Balani’s…

  • Grateful to all who helped with food drive

    Many thanks to my neighbors in the Greentree development and the surrounding area. For the second year in a row, I have asked my neighbors to participate in a Summer Food Drive to assist MCFOODS, Middlesex County’s emergency food-distribution network that serves more than 70 local food pantries and soup kitchens. Through the generosity of…

  • Golfers, sponsors sought for tourney

    American Legion Post No. 25, 4 JFK Blvd., Milltown, will hold a Support Our Wounded Soldiers Golf Outing Oct. 17 at Meadows at Middlesex, 70 Hunters Glen Drive, Plainsboro. Shotgun start is set for 9 a.m. Donation is $100 per person and includes green fees, cart and a 19th-Hole Party at the post home. Hole…

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