• Financial-planning workshop set in E.B.

    A free financial-planning seminar is planned for 10 a.m.-noon March 27 at The Bridge Church, 12 Gates Ave., East Brunswick. Complimentary coffee and doughnuts will be served at 9:45 a.m. Guest speaker Mike DiMaio, founder of New Focus New Jersey, will present practical solutions to deal with financially challenging times. The informal seminar will include…

  • Troupe to dance ‘E.B. Remembers’

    The Carolyn Dorfman Dance Company will present “East Brunswick Remembers” at 7 p.m. April 7 at the East Brunswick Performing Arts Center (EBPAC) at Hammarskjold Middle School, 200 Rues Lane, East Brunswick. The modern-dance production will combine original choreography and music in remembrance of the Holocaust and in celebration of the culture of the Jewish…

  • Church will observe Divine Mercy Sunday

    Divine Mercy Sunday will be celebrated with special devotions beginning at 2 p.m. April 11 at the Church of the Immaculate Conception, Manalapan Road, Spotswood. The event will start with the sacrament of reconciliation (confession), the recitation of the rosary and the adoration of the Blessed Sacrament. The Chaplet of Divine Mercy will be prayed…

  • ‘Magic of Reading’ coming to library

    The East Brunswick Public Library will present “The Magic of Reading with Brian Richards” at 2 p.m. April 1. Richards will highlight reading during a show that will feature magic tricks, illusion, comedy and audience participation. All ages are invited to attend. Free tickets will be distributed a half-hour before the show begins. The event…

  • Children will eat free at Applebee’s April 4

    Applebee’s of Milltown, Ryders Crossing Shopping Center, Milltown Road and Ryders Lane, will join with other Applebee’s in north and central New Jersey to celebrate Easter by “springing” for free meals for children. Families who dine at Applebee’s at any time on Easter Sunday, April 4, will receive up to two free Kids’ Meals with…

  • Stahl: Attrition, sacrifices to result from loss of aid

    Township, like school district, is being forced to absorb sizable reduction in state aid BY LAUREN CIRAULO Staff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK — Township officials have begun reworking the tentative 2010 municipal budget in anticipation of a substantial state aid reduction. As with the township’s school district, the state aid loss is expected to impact the…

  • No longer abandoned

    Group seeks proper burial for hundreds of veterans whose remains are unclaimed BY JENNIFER BOOTON Staff Writer Decades after some of New Jersey’s war veterans have passed away, their cremated remains sit abandoned in funeral homes across the state. A nonprofit organization called Mission of Honor has been working to locate and identify these veterans,…

  • NJ Transit sets hearing on bus lines

    BY BRIAN DONAHUE Staff Writer NJ Transit will hold a public meeting Saturday in East Brunswick where residents will be able to air their concerns regarding proposed bus route eliminations and fare increases. State Sen. Barbara Buono (D-Middlesex) has called on Gov. Chris Christie and NJ Transit to reconsider the proposed bus route eliminations, which…

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