• ‘Charter and Early Members’ show celebrates guild’s 50 years

    The Guild of Creative Art is celebrating its 50th anniversary with a special exhibit honoring its founders and early members. “Lament” by Laury Egan Many of the 49 exhibitors in the guild’s “Charter and Early Members” show have received regional and national awards; some have earned national recognition. This show provides a rare opportunity to…

  • Softball league taking registrations

    Team Applications are being accepted for the Middlesex County Parks and Recreation Department’s Fall Slo- Pitch Softball Leagues. Men’s Single and Double-Header leagues and Women’s Sunday Morning leagues begin play in late August and September. Rosters and payment are due Friday, Aug. 13, and are accepted on a first-come, first-served basis. Opening Day is scheduled…

  • Soccer Camp Held

    Top: South Brunswick’s Sean Martin, 11, used his chest to trap a ball during a drill at the South Brunswick Vikings Soccer Camp at Crossroads South Middle School in South Brunswick on Aug, 5. Bottom: Jake Rizick, 12 (l) and Prasat Mohan, 11, practice their skills during a two-touch drill. PHOTOS BY JEFF GRANIT staff

  • Willows Waves wrap up successful swim season

    The Willows Swim Club Waves concluded their undefeated 2010 season with a busy week. Emily Charniga was one of the Willows Swim Club Waves swimmers who set team records during the club’s outstanding season, which included an undefeated record in dual meets. On Tuesday and Wednesday (Aug. 3 and 4), 25 Willows swimmers with qualifying…

  • on campus •••

    The following students were named to the dean’s list for the spring 2010 semester at Middlesex County College: Keith M. Amorim, Kevin Robert Anderson, Brandon A. Antonelli, Jennifer M. Berls, Diana M. Calderone, Dianna L. Cartagena, Ashley Marie Centrella, Stephanie Chaglla, Elizabeth Sukanthi Chelli, Matthew Paul Chinery, Aneta C. Ciemielewska, Matthew P. Damore, Jessica Leigh…

  • Samuel Furmick

    Mr. Furmick, 88, of Milltown, died July 20, 2010, in Regency Heritage Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Somerset section of Franklin. Surviving are his wife, Amy Furmick of Milltown; three daughters, Karen Furmick of Euless, Texas, Joy Furmick of Litchfield Park, Ariz., and Jill Stadtmiller, and her husband, John, of the Colonia section of Woodbridge; a…

  • Florence J. Lacina

    Mrs. Lacina, 89, of East Brunswick, died July 17, 2010, in Summer Hill Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Old Bridge. Her husband, William J. Lacina, died in 2005. Surviving are seven children, William Lacina of Spotswood, George Lacina, and his wife, Joann, and Leonard Lacina, and his wife, Susan, all of North Brunswick, Carol Mordaga of…

  • No, seriously, we take your complaint verrrry seriously

    CODA GREG BEAN Regular readers might remember the fun we had with Sears a while back because it was impossible to discover what hours their service center on Route 1 in East Brunswick was open without actually driving there to find out. I wanted to drop my lawnmower off for a tune-up, but I found…

  • State restores some funding for libraries at last minute

    BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer Don’t get her wrong, Patricia Tumulty is grateful that some of the massive cuts in state funding to libraries across New Jersey were restored during last-minute adjustments to the state budget. But problems still remain. “We still have about a 50 percent cut from the year before,” said Tumulty,…

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