• Miniature-Golf event to aid youth mission

    The youth group of St. Paul’s Church will host a Miniature Golf fundraiser 5-9 p.m. March 5 in St. Paul’s Church Education Building, West Lakewood Avenue, Milltown. The event will help raise money to finance the group’s upcoming mission trip to Rutland, Vt. Cost is $5 per game for adults, $3 per game for seniors…

  • Vietnamese drama to open film festival

    The Spring International Film Festival at the East Brunswick Public Library, Jean Walling Civic Center, will begin on March 8 with 1:30 and 7:30 p.m. screenings of the 2007 Vietnamese drama “Owl and the Sparrow.” The PG-rated film tells the story of an orphan who while living on the streets of Saigon is befriended by…

  • Students get a figurative kick out of Bedelia author

    Nephew of character’s creator pays visit to Appleby School BY CHRISTINA HABERSTROH Staff Writer Herman Parish talks about the experiences of his aunt and Amelia Bedelia creator Peggy Parish during a Feb. 24 visit to the E.R. Appleby Elementary School in Spotswood. SCOTT FRIEDMAN SPOTSWOOD — Put out the lights, change the towels, dust the…

  • There might be an upside to a government shutdown

    CODA GREG BEAN A s this is being written, it looks like there could be a federal government shutdown as early as this Friday, March 4. Even if there’s a stopgap measure passed to give our representatives and senators more time to come to a meeting of the minds, it would likely only provide the…

  • Keep tax dollars with public schools

    There are two types of parents, those who are fortunate enough and can afford a private education for their children and those who cannot. Is Gov. Christie saying that private and religious schools are providing a sub-par education and our tax dollars would help facilitate the necessary changes to bring those schools in line with…

  • American Red Cross in need of blood donors

    Severe winter weather throughout much of the eastern half of the United States in recent weeks has caused the cancellation of more than 14,000 blood and platelet donations through the American Red Cross, approximately 1,800 units of which were in the region. The American Red Cross has issued a nationwide call for blood donors in…

  • E.B. resident calls for property-tax relief

    A t the Feb. 14 East Brunswick Township Council meeting, I cited unbelievable official state-government data that East Brunswick residents’ average property tax has almost doubled in a decade, shooting up 98 percent from $4,485 in 2000 to $8,875 in 2010, an alarming average annual increase of 10 percent. Many pay much, much more, up…

  • Country Breakfast set at Masonic lodge

    Milltown Masonic Lodge No. 294, 30 N. Main St., second floor, will host its annual All-You-Can-Eat Country Breakfast 8 a.m.- 1 p.m. March 6. The menu will include pancakes, eggs, sausage, juice, coffee and more. Cost is $6 for adults, $3 for children under age 12. Tickets will be available at the door.

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