• EARTH Center Garden Season Kick-Off slated for May 7

    EARTH Center Garden Season Kick-Off slated for May 7

    The Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Middlesex County will host a Garden Season Kick-Off from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. May 7 at the EARTH Center, located in Davidson’s Mill Pond Park, 42 Riva Ave., South Brunswick. This event is an opportunity for gardeners to get insights from master gardeners on planting and caring for a…

  • Marlboro reaches agreement with DOT on pedestrian signal

    Marlboro reaches agreement with DOT on pedestrian signal

    By Peter Elacqua Staff Writer MARLBORO – The Marlboro Township Council has come to an agreement with the New Jersey Department of Transportation (DOT) for improvements to traffic control at the intersection of Route 79 and Route 520. At their April 14 meeting, council members unanimously passed a resolution that will result in the installation…

  • Jewish museum celebrates 10 years

    Jewish museum celebrates 10 years

    Nearly 200 people attended a celebration that marked the 10th anniversary of the Jewish Heritage Museum of Monmouth County on April 10. The gala was held at the Battleground Country Club, Manalapan. For the past decade, the Jewish Heritage Museum, in the historic Levi Solomon barn in the Mount’s Corner shopping center, Freehold Township, has…

  • Rumson school to host Diversity Summit

    Rumson school to host Diversity Summit

    The Rumson Country Day School will host author Sharon Robinson, who will be the featured speaker at the 2016 Middle School Diversity Summit set for 8:45 a.m.-1 p.m. April 28 at 35 Bellevue Ave., Rumson. She is the daughter of Jackie Robinson. The summit is an inclusive gathering of student leaders in grades 7 and…

  • Route 9 ramp to Garden State Parkway to be closed this weekend

    Route 9 ramp to Garden State Parkway to be closed this weekend

    The Route 9 northbound ramp to the Garden State Parkway northbound in Sayreville is scheduled to be closed this weekend to permit work on an adjacent bridge as part of a New Jersey Turnpike Authority project. At 7 tonight, NJ Turnpike Authority Contractor Northeast Remsco Construction will close the Route 9 northbound ramp to the…

  • Taunton School seeks public’s votes in playground contest

    Taunton School seeks public’s votes in playground contest

    By Jennifer Ortiz Staff Writer HOWELL — The Taunton Elementary School is in a race to win a $50,000 recycled playground through the 2016 Colgate and ShopRite Recycled Playground Challenge. PTA Second Vice President Susan Emitt said the organization’s board members had been talking about collecting money for a new playground when she came up…

  • Gravitational waves researcher to speak at college April 27

    Gravitational waves researcher to speak at college April 27

    LINCROFT — Community members of all ages are invited to a special presentation by Montclair State University physicist and gravitational waves researcher Marc Favata at 6 p.m. April 27 at Brookdale Community College’s Student Life Center, 765 Newman Springs Road. Favata is a member of the LIGO Scientific Collaboration, an international collective of researchers that…

  • Free Open House this May at Arts Guild New Jersey

    Free Open House this May at Arts Guild New Jersey

    RAHWAY,  N.J. – Arts Guild New Jersey is holding its Open House, 1670 Irving St., Rahway, on Sunday, May 15, 2016 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Admission is free and light refreshments will be served. Arts Guild New Jersey, which opened to the public in January 1999, is a non-profit Center for the Arts…

  • Mini Maker Faire comes to Newark Museum

    Mini Maker Faire comes to Newark Museum

    NEWARK N.J. – The Greater Newark Mini Maker Faire, a celebration of creativity and ingenuity in and around New Jersey, will take place Saturday, April 30, 2016 from 11 a.m. – 4 p.m. at the Newark Museum, 49 Washington St., Newark. Makers from Tech Startups to Public Schools, from metalsmiths to wearable technology designers will…

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