• Restaurant event will support OLOL

    Our Lady of Lourdes (OLOL) School, Milltown, will host a Benefit Day fundraiser from 11 a.m. Aug. 25 to 2 a.m. Aug. 26 at T.G.I. Friday’s, Route 1 south, North Brunswick. The restaurant will donate 20 percent of each supporter’s check (eat-in or takeout) to the school. Diners must present an event flier for the…

  • Bike Run to support veterans programs

    Jamesburg Elks Lodge No. 2180 will sponsor its fourth annual Karl Cuff Memorial Bike Run on Aug. 21 beginning with registration 9-11 a.m. at the Elks lodge, 74 W. Railroad Ave., and ending at Millstone Elks Lodge No. 2613, 22 Burnt Tavern Road, Clarksburg section of Millstone. Food, music, beer and prizes will be provided…

  • Milltown starts move toward wireless electric meter readers

    BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer MILLTOWN — To address its aging electric meter readers, borough officials are looking to begin using wireless readers for electric meters throughout the borough. Councilman Robert Owens introduced the automatic meter reading pilot program at the council’s Aug. 15 meeting. The program, coordinated by Byram Laboratories of Branchburg, would see…

  • Artists’ reception slated for Aug. 21 at Fiddleheads

    JAMESBURG — Three New Jersey artistswill hold a free receptionAug. 21 at Fiddleheads Restaurant, East Railroad Avenue. Indrani Choudhury of Edison, and Fran and Maxwell Nimeck, both of North Brunswick, will host the fall 2011 gallery show from 2:30 to 4 p.m. The show includes complex watercolors, acrylics, oils, encaustics and lithographs, framed and ready…

  • Meeting to feature attorney/professor

    Falk Engel will be the speaker at the next meeting of the Coalition for Peace Action of Monroe Township planned for 10 a.m. Sept. 21 in the courtroom of the Monroe Township Municipal Building, Perrineville Road. Engel is an attorney and adjunct professor at Rutgers University. His topic will be “Our Constitution — At Risk!”…

  • Fish Fry on menu at Milltown VFW post

    Clark-Moetz Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 2319 will host its next Fish Fry 5- 8 p.m. Aug. 19 at the post home, 45 Broad St., Milltown. The menu will include fresh scrod, salad, rolls, fries, a vegetable, dessert parfait and a choice of coffee or tea. An alternative children’s dinner also will be available.…

  • Organic cleaning products available

    The Lawrence Brook Watershed Partnership is conducting an Organic (Chemical Free) Fertilizer and Home-Cleaning Product Sale 10 a.m.-noon on Saturdays at the group’s headquarters building, 85 Washington Ave., Milltown. The nonprofit organization, dedicated to the protection of the Lawrence Brook Watershed, seeks to encourage area residents to avoid the use of toxic lawn and garden…

  • Gone fishin’

    Top: Mark Tepedino, 9, of Monroe, casts his line during the Monroe Township Recration Department’s annual Fishing Derby at Molders Fish Farm in Old Bridge Aug. 9. Middle: Molly Keaveney, 15, of Monroe, waits patiently for a fish to take the bait. Above: Chris Lehr (l) and Tico Estevez prepare to throw in their lines.…

  • Bulldog Match, Futurity set in E.B.

    The Bulldog Club of New Jersey will hold a Puppy Match and Futurity Aug. 21 in the Middlesex County 4-H Building, 645 Cranbury Road, East Brunswick. Doors will open at 10 a.m. Lunch is set for noon. Entries will close at 11:30 a.m. at the show site. Judging will begin immediately after lunch. Futurity judge…

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