• Artist grows his love for art in his backyard

    Art Lee designs mixed-media pieces for his garden gallery BY KERRI McCUNE Correspondent South Brunswick resident Art Lee creates artwork that he displays in a garden gallery at his home. SOUTH BRUNSWICK — Art Lee, a local artist who never believed that he had any artistic talent, decided to take a leap of faith 20…

  • Back to the drawing board

    Above: Hal Katz assists Rae Horwitz with a perspective drawing during an Aug. 3 session of the three-day “Creative Composition” workshop at the Monroe Township Senior Center. Below: Katz explains the basic elements of drawing. PHOTOS BY JEFF GRANIT staff

  • Federal dollars to fund rail study

    The so-called MOM line railroad proposal is not dead yet. U.S. senators Robert Menendez (D-NJ) and Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) announced last week that the U.S. Department of Transportation has awarded NJ Transit $534,375 for the development of an alternatives analysis and draft environmental impact statement (AA/DEIS) for the Monmouth Ocean-Middlesex (MOM) passenger rail project. According…

  • Milltown to see savings with new recycling deal

    Awards collection bid; moves forward with road project BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer MILLTOWN — Recycling pickup in the borough is going single-stream starting Sept. 1. What that means is residents will not have to separate their recyclables before they throw it into the bin. Paper materials and containers such as bottles and cans will…

  • Local artists set for fall gallery show at restaurant

    JAMESBURG — Three area artists will host a free opening reception for the fall 2010 gallery show at Fiddleheads Restaurant on Aug. 29. Sandy Behrend of Kendall Park, Jean Dunham of Monroe and Yimeng Ling of Edison will be on hand for the event, from 2:30 to 4 p.m. The show includes complex watercolors and…

  • Middlesex Cty’s Young Democrats start over

    Group reorganizes after ‘breather’ period BY SAM SLAUGHTER Staff Writer The Young Democrats of Middlesex County, an organization for people ages 14-36, is alive once again. The group, reorganized for the first time since just after the 2008 presidential election, recently elected a new slate of officers to lead the movement toward a greater understanding…

  • Gone fishin’

    From top: A mother and son are reflected in the lake as they wait patiently for a catch during the Monroe Township Recreation Department’s annual Fishing Derby, held Aug. 10 at Molders Fish Farm off Englishtown Road in Old Bridge. A father and son untangle their pole line during the event. Frank Ferguson, 11, of…

  • Tax preparer pleads guilty to scheme to defraud IRS

    SOUTH RIVER — A borough-based tax preparer pleaded guilty Aug. 17 to knowingly preparing fraudulent tax returns in order to defraud the IRS of owed taxes. Regina Santos, the owner and operator of One Stop Agency LLC, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Dickinson R. Debevoise to charges that she prepared tax returns for clients…

  • Golfer from Monroe rescued after getting stuck in mud

    Police officers from Manalapan performed a special rescue operation on Aug. 18 in order to pull a Monroe Township woman out of the mud at the Knob Hill Golf Course, Route 33. Patrolman Kevin Ruditsky, Patrolman Seth Kreizman, Patrolman Pete Chalfin and Police Chief Stuart Brown responded to the golf course at about 10:41 a.m.…

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