• Temple will host Shabbat celebration

    A Shabbat Across America Integrated Shabbat Dinner and Service will be held 6:30 p.m. March 4 at Congregation Etz Chaim-Monroe Township Jewish Center, Cornell Avenue. Tickets cost $18 for adults, $10 for children ages 3-12. To register, call the temple office at 732-251-1119 or log on to www.etzchaimmtjc.org.

  • Crafters sought for 4-H Spring Fling

    The Middlesex County 4-H Spring Fling Craft Fair is set for 9 a.m.-3 p.m. March 12 at the County 4-H Center, 645 Cranbury Road, East Brunswick. The event will feature crafts and more. Crafters are still sought. Rental fee is $20 for an 8-foot table and two chairs. Abake sale will be held in conjunction…

  • Pinewood Derby

    Cub Scouts with Pack 3, Monroe, watch the race to the finish line during the annual Pinewood Derby competition at Mill Lake Elementary School on Jan. 28. SCOTT FRIEDMAN

  • State grant to fund improvements to South River’s Kamm Avenue

    BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer SOUTH RIVER — Kamm Avenue will get some much-needed improvements this year. The borough received a $400,000 grant to upgrade the 1.1-mile road from the New Jersey Department of Transportation’s 2011 Municipal Aid Program. “This will allow us to mill and pave the road, re-do curb cuts, provide handicap improvements…

  • Defensive-driving course set at library

    The East Brunswick Friends of the Library will sponsor a Defensive-Driving Course 6:30-10 p.m. Feb. 28 and March 1 at the East Brunswick Public Library, Jean Walling Civic Center. Registration is required. Seating is limited to 30 people. Eligible motorists may erase 2 points from their driver’s license and/or get a 5 percent discount on…

  • Project Graduation plans Comedy Night

    The Spotswood High School 2011 Project Graduation Committee will host a Comedy Night Feb. 27 at the Stress Factory Comedy Club, 90 Church St., New Brunswick. Doors will open at 5 p.m. Tickets cost $35 each for dinner and the show. For more information and tickets, call DebbieWeeks at 732-616-0324. For more information on the…

  • Hazmat teams remove chemicals from Rt. 18 office

    EAST BRUNSWICK — Police confiscated chemicals commonly used in the manufacture of methamphetamines from a Route 18 office last week. Officers and hazardous materials personnel from the county and state responded to 200 Route 18 on Feb. 10 after receiving a report of hazardous materials being stored in one of the tenants’ offices. Authorities immediately…

  • Celebratory music to fill J’burg church

    Aconcert titled “Give Yourself to Love: An Afternoon of Music Celebrating the Love of God and OneAnother” is set for for 3-5 p.m. Feb. 19 at Jamesburg Presbyterian Church, 175 Gatzmer Ave. Singer and guitarist Val Fowler will offer folk, traditional and contemporary music. Fowler is pastor, First Presbyterian Chruch, Honeoye Falls, N.Y., and Stated…

  • Dining at Applebee’s to aid girls basketball

    The East Brunswick High School (EBHS) Girls Basketball Booster Association will sponsor a Dining-To-Donate fundraiser 4 p.m.-midnight Feb. 17 at Applebee’s of Milltown, Ryders Crossing Shopping Center. Diners who eat in or take out should present an flier at the restaurant. Applebee’s will then donate 10 percent of supporters’ bills to the team. The flier…

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