• Italian-American Club to mark Fat Tuesday

    The Sgt. John Basilone Italian-American Club will celebrate Carnivale Fat Tuesday with a Tuesday-Night Dinner set for 6:30 p.m. March 8 at the Imperial Music Center, 48 Appleby Ave., South River. The fresh-cooked homemade dinner will include salad, vegetable soup, spiral ham, sweet potatoes, peas, applesauce, dessert, coffee/tea. Tuesday-Night Dinner menus change each week. Cost…

  • Cajun Night Dinner to raise funds for vets

    The East Brunswick Elks will hold a Cajun Night Dinner 7 p.m. March 4 at the lodge, 21-B Oakmont Drive. Proceeds from the event will go to programs that support veterans and their families in the state of New Jersey. The menu will include chicken and sausage jambalaya or seafood stew, selected breads, salad and…

  • Patron at Denny’s in E.B. charged with aggravated assault, disorderly conduct

    EAST BRUNSWICK — Police arrested a Sayreville man after he allegedly became disruptive at a Route 18 restaurant. Police were called to Denny’s at 3 a.m. Feb. 19 on a report of a disorderly patron. Faruk Saylon, 27, of Sayreville, had allegedly been disruptive, shouting at customers and yelling “kill all cops.” Police took Saylon…

  • Police say two suspects tried to used stolen credit cards

    EAST BRUNSWICK — Police charged two New York men with credit card fraud after they reportedly tried to purchase a game system at GameStop in the Mid-State Mall, Route 18. Billy R. Merizalde, 27, of Brooklyn, and Geovanny A. Ortega, 30, of Queens, were picked up by police on Feb. 17 after being observed walking…

  • Auxiliary plans March 7 Sox Sale

    The Raritan Bay Medical Center Old Bridge Auxiliary will sponsor a fundraising Sox Sale 7:30 a.m.-4 p.m. March 7 inAuxiliary Hall C, lower level of the Medical Arts Building, adjacent to the hospital’s Old Bridge division, off Ferry Road, between routes 9 and 18. A portion of the proceeds from the sale will benefit programs…

  • Women’s Club seeks vendors for Yard Sale

    Vendors are sought for the Mid-Madison Women’s Club Yard Sale set for 8 a.m.-3 p.m. April 2 at Cheesequake Farms, Route 9 north, Old Bridge. Rain date is April 3. Space-rental fee is $15; vendors must bring their own table. Sale of on-site consumable food or drink will not be permitted. To reserve a space…

  • Salamanders on the move

    Two salamanders crawl over leaves off Beekman Road in East Brunswick on Feb. 28. LITI HARAMATY EAST BRUNSWICK — Monday night signaled the start of the annual spotted salamander migration across Beekman Road, which was closed for the evening due to the expected crossing. And there is much more migrating to come, probably with the…

  • County budget reduces expenses, cuts positions

    Cutting costs and increasing revenue sources are the common themes in a 2011 county budget introduced Feb. 17 by the Middlesex County Board of Chosen Freeholders. “In light of the current economic situation and taxpayer sentiment to have less costly and more efficient government, it is incumbent on this county to begin the work of…

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    Children act out scenes from the Dr. Seuss book “My Many Colored Days” during a creative drama workshop at the South River Public Library on Feb. 28. Youth Stages conducted two literature-based workshops for different age groups at the library. SCOTT FRIEDMAN

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