• Green features abundant in new Memorial School

    Construction to begin this fall; building scheduled to open in 2012 BY LAUREN CIRAULO Staff Writer The blueprints have been revealed, and the new Memorial Elementary School in East Brunswick is shaping up to be bigger and better than its ill-fated predecessor. Architect Jeff Venezia unveiled designs for the new school at Innes Road and…

  • E.B. moves ahead with Golden Triangle changes

    Proposed zoning change will allow for big-box retailers BY LAUREN CIRAULO Staff Writer Now that Sam’s Club has closed its store on Route 18, East Brunswick officials are rapidly moving forward with the Golden Triangle redevelopment plan. The Township Council voted 2-1 on Sept. 13 to move forward with an ordinance amending the redevelopment plan…

  • A Lesson in EMS

    Bradley Sabran, 8, of Jamesburg, gets a lesson from Monroe Township EMS technician Brian Fletcher during the Monroe Country Fair, held at Thompson Park on Sunday. More photos, page 24. SCOTT FRIEDMAN

  • Seniors offer trip to winery, Smithville

    Sayreville AARP Chapter No. 4853 will sponsor an Oct. 6 trip to Renault Winery, Egg Harbor City, and to the town of Smithville. The package will include bus transportation, wine tasting with lunch and a visit to Smithville. Cost is $50 per person, gratuity not included. For more information and to reserve, call Sarah 732-238-8049…

  • St. Stan’s Oktoberfest, hayrides scheduled

    St. Stanislaus Kostka HSA will sponsor its annual Oktoberfest 3-9 p.m. Sept. 25 on the St. Stan’s School grounds, 225 MacArthur Ave., Sayreville. In case of rain, the event will take place 1-8 p.m. Sept. 26. Highlights will include games, wheels, pay-one-price ride specials, a “Bier Garten” and food including a pork-loin dinner special. F…

  • Feline ‘deals’ offered at adoption center

    Sayreville Pet Adoption Center, 1400 Main St., will hold its 2010 Feline End-of- Summer Clearance beginning at 12:30 p.m. daily through Sept. 30. Any shelter kitten or cat may be adopted for $20.10 during the event. All cats and kittens are spayed/neutered (as age appropriate), up-to-date with vaccines, dewormed and FELV/FIV/heartworm negative. Adoptable kittens and…

  • 2nd Generation Group presents Movie Night

    The 2nd Generation Group of Middlesex County (adult children of Holocaust survivors) invites the greater Jewish community to the movies Thursday, Oct. 7, at 8 p.m. in the Kiddush Room at Congregation B’nai Tikvah, 1001 Finnegans Lane, North Brunswick. The movie will be “Punch Me in the Stomach.” Humor has never been associated with the…

  • Jamesburg Fall Fest scheduled for Oct.

    The Jamesburg Fall Festival will be held 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Oct. 3 on Railroad Avenue. The event will feature food vendors, games, children’s activities, a Battle of the Bands, a pizza-eating contest and more. Jamesburg Elks Lodge No. 2180 will sell corn on the cob, shrimp in the rough, clams and beer outside the lodge,…

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