• Registration to begin for recreation classes

    Open registration for Sayreville Recreation Department spring programs will take place 8 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Mondays-Fridays beginning the week of March 1 at the Mickey Sedlak Recreation Center, Dolan Street. The spring session will start the week of March 28 for “Little Kids Playtime at Kennedy Park” and for the “Mommy and Me” programs including “Toddler…

  • Symphonic Band sets Spaghetti Dinner

    The Sayreville Symphonic Band, made up of students from Sayreville War Memorial High School and Sayreville Middle School, will host a Spaghetti Dinner 5-7 p.m. Feb. 22 in the café at the high school, Washington Road. Proceeds will help defray costs associated with the band’s upcoming concert at Carnegie Hall, New York City. Dinner will…

  • Donations sought for church thrift shop

    The Thrift Shop at St. Peter’s Church, 505 Main St., Spotswood, corner of Devoe and Main, is seeking merchandise donations. Items needed include new, clean, unripped, unstained clothing and shoes; and new, cleaned small appliances and small bicycles. Donations should put in bags marked “Thrift Shop.” Unsellable (ripped or stained) fabric items and shoes also…

  • Padre Pio Society to celebrate at dinner

    The St. Padre Pio Society will present its first Dinner-Dance 8 p.m. Feb. 26 at Sacred Heart Memorial Hall, across from Sacred Heart Church, South Amboy. The event will feature a hot buffet provided by Jacques Caterers, a five-hour open bar, ’70s music by S.D.E. Productions and an appearance by Danny Vecchiano and the Giglio…

  • Line-dance lessons on tap at 4-H Center

    The Rhythm In Motion 4-H Club of Middlesex County will host an evening of Country Line-Dance Instruction Feb. 24 at the 4-H Center, 645 Cranbury Road, East Brunswick. Doors will open at 6 p.m. Lessons will run 6:30-8:30 p.m. Tickets cost $5 in advance, $8 at the door. Food will be available for purchase. For…

  • Area filmmakers to appear at library

    Local filmmakers Colleen Kwok, Jamal Hall and Anthony Giacchino will screen their short films and discuss the craft of making movies at an event planned for 1:30 p.m. Feb. 19 at the Old Bridge Public Library Main Branch, Route 516 and Cottrell Road. The event is designed to build enthusiasm in the community to support…

  • Students invited to Community Dance

    The South Amboy Youth Athletic Association will sponsor a Community Dance for students in grades 4-8, 7-10 p.m. Feb. 25 at the Ancient Order of Hibernians (AOH) Hall, Stevens Avenue, South Amboy. Tickets cost $10 each. Parents will be required to sign children in and out of the dance. Registration for baseball/softball players will be…

  • Repairs begin on Cheesequake bridge

    The state Department of Transportation has begun repairs on the Route 35 lift bridge over Cheesequake Creek between Old Bridge and Sayreville. The floor beam repair work began last week, requiring daily single-lane closures on Route 35 in both directions between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. Monday through Friday. All work is weather dependent, and…

  • Soon, the only smoking area will be the landfill

    CODA GREG BEAN When New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg began targeting smokers eight years ago, he started small by making it against the law to smoke in bars, restaurants, hotels and offices. Thatwas good news to us nonsmokers, who were tired of breathing secondhand smoke at the barwhilewe sipped double Black Jacks and ate…

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