• Senior artists win recognition

    A rtwork from professional and nonprofessional Middlesex County artists over the age of 60 who participated in the New Jersey Senior Citizens Art Show is currently on display at Meadows Lakes in East Windsor. The show is open to the public from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Mondays through Saturdays until Oct. 28. “We are…

  • Haunted House set for weekends in October

    The Middlesex County 4-H Teen Council will sponsor a fundraising Haunted House 7-11 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays through Oct. 30 at the Middlesex County 4- H Center, Cranbury and Fern roads, East Brunswick. Admission is $3 per person. Proceeds will go to 4-H Project GIFT, a free day of holiday shopping for Middlesex County families…

  • Little House seeking items for Tricky Tray

    The Little House Association of South River is accepting donations of merchandise and gift certificates for its upcoming Tricky Tray planned for 6:15 p.m. Nov. 5 at Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 1451, 31 Reid St., South River. Little House provides a safe meeting place for more than 200 Girl Scouts in South River…

  • Autumn beauty

    Sayreville Middle School seventh-graders Liana Ploskonka (l-r), Kaylie Crosser and Rhapsody Blake help to beautify the grounds of the school with flowers donated by the PTO during a Sept. 29 fall project.

  • Day of fun and fundraising on the gridiron in Old Bridge

    BY LAUREN CIRAULO Staff Writer Jake Deluca of the Raritan Bay Cougars tries to elude the Old Bridge Knights’ Aaron LaPlacca during a day of Pop Warner football at the Cougars’ field on Cheesequake Road. Festivities included the Mayor’s Trophy Game against the Old Bridge Knights, a cystic fibrosis fundraiser game and the annual Challenger…

  • Fresh from the farm

    Top: Patrons search through a plethora of fruits and vegetables sold by Hauser Hill Farms in Old Bridge during the Buy Local Farmers Market in the parking lot of the municipal complex Oct. 6. The first-time event, sponsored by the township Economic Development Corporation, was held on five Wednesdays this year. Bottom: One-year-old Arya Patel…

  • Sayreville board fights ruling on housing plan

    BY SAM SLAUGHTER Staff Writer SAYREVILLE — The Planning Board has decided to appeal a court ruling that would allow a builder to remove the age restrictions from a previously approved housing development. Kaplan Cos. received Planning Board approval in 2007 to build a senior community of 184 units called Heritage at Towne Lake. The…

  • Metuchen organ virtuoso to perform in S. Amboy

    Sunday concert will feature classical works performed on St. Mary’s 1886 pipe organ BY ENID WEISS Correspondent Brenda Day is a modern wandering minstrel. Not only is she musical director at the First Presbyterian Church in Metuchen, she is an organ virtuoso who performs at churches around the Garden State. Day will perform Sunday at…

  • Mayor: Hotline forces rethinking of problems

    Residents’ concerns range from speeding and flooding to problems with neighbors BY LAUREN CIRAULO Staff Writer OLD BRIDGE — Mayor Jim Phillips says the only thing he enjoys more than helping township residents is talking with them one-on-one. Thus, he sees the Mayor’s Hotline, a resource that allows residents to air their grievances directly to…

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