• Council voices concerns over proposed Route 18 bus stops

    Council voices concerns over proposed Route 18 bus stops

    By MICHAEL NUNES Staff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK — The Township Council expressed concern over a resolution by the state to add new bus stops along a stretch of Route 18. “We have enough traffic issues in this town trying to get from one end to the other on [Route 18] in the condition that it’s…

  • ‘Tree City USA’ event planned for April 29 in East Brunswick

    ‘Tree City USA’ event planned for April 29 in East Brunswick

    EAST BRUNSWICK – The Township of East Brunswick will celebrate its designation as a “Tree City USA” for 2016 with a ceremony on April 29. The Tree City USA honor comes from the National Arbor Day Foundation. Communities entering the program are recommended by state foresters and qualify if they have a city tree ordinance, a…

  • Cooking demonstration followed installation of officers at Hadassah

    Cooking demonstration followed installation of officers at Hadassah

    EAST BRUNSWICK – The East Brunswick Chapter of Hadassah celebrated Passover early with the installation of officers followed by a special cooking demonstration. Executive officers were installed by the Southern New Jersey Region’s president, Michelle Krasner, at the chapter’s meeting at an area home on April 7. Inducted were Presidium members Jen-Eve Frace, Nancy Scharff, Michelle…

  • Money Smart Week features financial workshops at Spotswood library

    Money Smart Week features financial workshops at Spotswood library

    The Spotswood Public Library will recognize Money Smart Week (April 23-30) with a variety of programs at the library, 548 Main St. Children ages 5-10 can learn how to make piggy banks out of recycled bottles 6 p.m. April 28. Representatives from Spotswood’s Wells Fargo Bank will teach children about “Everyday Habits to Help Build Savings”…

  • South River American Legion’s Spring Breakfast April 24

    South River American Legion’s Spring Breakfast April 24

    The American Legion Frandsen-Levandowski Post 214 will hold its annual Spring Breakfast from 8 a.m.-noon on April 24 at the post, 264 Whitehead Ave., South River. The menu will include eggs, sausage, pancakes, home fries, coffee, tea, juice and cake. The cost is $9 for adults and $5 for children under age 10. For more…

  • Spotswood to honor National Day of Prayer on May 5

    Spotswood to honor National Day of Prayer on May 5

    The churches of Spotswood will hold a National Day of Prayer event at 7 a.m. on May 5 at the flagpole at Spotswood High School, 105 Summerhill Road. Along with the local clergy, town and school officials, students and families will be attending. For more information, call the Spotswood Chapel at 732-251-5517.

  • Choral Evensong coming to church

    Choral Evensong coming to church

    The Sanctuary Choir of the United Methodist Church at Milltown will present a Choral Evensong service 6 p.m. April 24 at the church, 47 N. Main St. The program, which will feature works by Finzi, Ley, Stanford and others, is the ninth installment in a series of fundraising events to finance the installation of the…

  • 5K will be held in memory of firefighter, Vo-Tech grad

    5K will be held in memory of firefighter, Vo-Tech grad

    The Paul Chrzaszcz Memorial Scholarship Fund Inspire 5K to benefit the East Brunswick Vo-Tech Tigers will be held on May 15 at the East Brunswick Community Arts Center, 721 Cranbury Road. Chrzaszcz was a resident of South Amboy who passed away a few years ago. He was a volunteer firefighter in South Amboy and Sayreville,…

  • Post-Holocaust Judeophobia to be part of free lecture

    Post-Holocaust Judeophobia to be part of free lecture

    Dr. Jonathan Judaken, Spence L. Wilson chair in Humanities at Rhodes College, will discuss the development of post-Holocaust Judeophobia in Europe at a free, public lecture at 7:30 p.m. May 4 at the Douglass Campus Center, 100 George St., New Brunswick campus of Rutgers University. According to Judaken, there are four key elements that define this…

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