• MCC renames tech hall for late Billy Johnson

    Betty Wold Johnson says son ‘would have loved this’ BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer Betty Wold Johnson (l-r) speaks with Middlesex County College Board of Trustees Vice Chairman Thomas Tighe, President Joann La Perla-Morales and Board Secretary Hank Bauer before the Sept. 23 ceremony. EDISON — Willard T.C. Johnson, commonly known as Billy, may have…

  • Mystery writer at library dinner

    The South Brunswick Public Library Foundation will hold an author dinner 7 p.m Oct. 6 at Sir John’s Restaurant, 230 Washington Place, North Brunswick. The featured speaker is writer Chris Grabenstein, author of the John Ceepak mystery series for adults as well as the Haunted Mystery series for younger readers. There will be a question-and-answer…

  • Matching Smiles gala slated for Oct. 14

    Big Brothers Big Sisters of Monmouth & Middlesex Counties (BBBSMMC) will hold its 13th annual Matching Smiles Gala on Friday, Oct. 14 at Navesink Country Club in Middletown. The evening will begin at 6 p.m. with a cocktail reception, seasonal beer tasting, and silent auction, followed by dinner and dancing. A live auction will be…

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    Rep. Rush Holt (D-12th District) visited North Brunswick Township High School on Sept. 19 because the township’s Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) grant expired this month, and the majority in the U.S. House of Representatives has proposed a bill to completely eliminate the COPS program. The township had received more than $1.2 million in COPS…

  • Simon Says, ‘Become part of the Guinness Book of World Records’

    Goddard School of No. Brunswick participates in nationwide event BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer Pre-kindergartner Samantha Milsted (middle) plays Simon Says at the Goddard School of North Brunswick on Sept. 23 in an attempt to enter into the Guinness Book of World Records. ERIC SUCAR staff NORTH BRUNSWICK — Simon says, “Put your hands on…

  • Law is a simple solution to a horrible problem

    CODA 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 the sale of dogs and cats at pet…

  • Seniors receive info on aging at health fair

    BY DEANNAMcLAFFERTY Staff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK — It was all about options at this year’s senior health fair at the Senior Center on Sept. 22. Sponsored by the Society on Aging of New Jersey (SANJ), there were about 10 participating vendors giving residents information on everything from assisted living to Medicare fraud. Steven Weiss, president…

  • Polish-American Club to hold flea market Oct. 1

    The Spotswood Polish-American Citizens Club flea market is set for 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Oct. 1 at 66 Adirondack Ave., off Old Stage or Snowhill roads, Spotswood. For more information, call Paul at 732- 690-9342.

  • Montessori open house in N.B. set for Oct. 1

    Little Spring Montessori Academy, 1460 Livingston Avenue, Building 400, North Brunswick, will hold an open house from 1 to 4 p.m. Sat., Oct. 1. Language arts, mathematics, practical life skills, science, art and music and enrichment programs are available for students age 2 and-a-half to third grade. For more information call 908-818- 9668.

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