• Monroe rec invites residents to fly kites

    Monroe Township Recreation will sponsor Go Fly a Kite 9-11 a.m. April 24 in Thompson Park on Dan Ryan Field, North State Home Road. Rain date is May 1. The event is open to Monroe residents only. Children under age 13 must be accompanied by an adult. Participants should bring their own handmade or store-bought…

  • E.B. Lions will award nursing scholarship

    The East Brunswick Lions Club annually awards a four-year nursing scholarship to a high school senior residing in East Brunswick, regardless of the high school he or she attends. The award totals $2,000, which is distributed over four years as the applicant pursues a Bachelor of Science/ Registered Nurse degree. To apply, interested East Brunswick…

  • Former E.B. mayors to be guest speakers

    The East Brunswick Historical Society will present former township mayors Aleck Borman (1964-68) and William Neary (1997-2008) in a discussion set for 2-4 p.m. April 18 at the society, 78 Milltown Road. The panel’s current exhibition depicts the development of government in East Brunswick beginning in 1860 when the township was created by the state…

  • Plays-in-the-Park sets musical auditions

    Open auditions for the 2010 summer musical season of Plays-in-the-Park, Middlesex County’s community theater, are planned for 7 p.m. April 15 and 16 and noon April 17 at the Stephen J. Capestro Theater, Roosevelt Park, Edison. Callbacks are set for April 18-24. This year’s shows will be “1776,” “The Wedding Singer” and “High School Musical.”…

  • Mother’s, Father’s Day events set at library

    The Spotswood Public Library, 548 Main St., will offer “Celebrate Mother’s Day” and “Celebrate Father’s Day” programs for children ages 3-8 and their parents. Both events will feature stories, crafts and snacks. The Mother’s Day event is planned for 11 a.m.-noon May 1. Dads and their youngsters are invited to the Father’s Day program set…

  • Participants sought for United Way golf

    The United Way of Central Jersey will hold its annual Golf Outing May 10 at TPC Jasna Polana, Princeton. Proceeds will go to the Christian C. Kjeldsen Fund for Children. The event will include golf, prizes, greens fee, cart fee, putting green, driving range, golf course refreshments, breakfast, luncheon and awards. For information, call Jill…

  • E.B.-based trading firm honored

    Anbakam Metals’ President Sivakumar Balasubramanian (l-r) accepts an export achievement award from Congressman Rush Holt and Thomas Mottley, a senior international trade specialist with the U.S. Department Of Commerce on March 31. EAST BRUNSWICK — A local commodity trading firm has been recognized for its export achievement. Rep. Rush Holt (D-12) presented Sivakumar Balasubramanian, president…

  • April 2010 — spring ahead!

    GREEN SCENE GOTTI KELLEY “Half the interest of a garden is the constant exercise of the imagination.” — C.W. Earle, 1897. Those are true words and they are still valid today. Combing out the tangles of winter in your lawn, raking is an act of faith to awaken the grass to warmth and light. Now…

  • Let the public be heard

    IN THE NEWS MARK ROSMAN After weeks of debate, discussion and public hearings, New Jersey residents will have their say on budgets that have been proposed by local boards of education in the April 20 school election. This has been a budget season unlike any other I can remember in almost 30 years in this…

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