• STOCKTON: Officials delay AT&T decision

    Next meeting, April 12 at 7:30 p.m. at Borough Hall By Linda Seida, Staff Writer    STOCKTON — AT&T will have to wait a while longer for a decision from borough officials.    The communications giant approached the Borough Council in early February, asking for the town’s permission to run fiber-optic cable through Stockton.    While no council…

  • MANVILLE: Magician’s show for seniors not just another illusion

    MANVILLE: Magician’s show for seniors not just another illusion

    Mary and Joe Polak keep a close eye on magician David Moneypenny during his March 4 presentation at the senior center. Photo by Mary Ellen Zangara

  • Rising expectations

    Rising expectations

    Photo courtesy of Sherri LynnBorough Councilwoman Sherri Lynn, shown after the 2009 Avon Walk for Breast Cancer in Houston, hopes to raise $10,000 for breast cancer research with this year’s event. Photo courtesy of Sherri Lynn

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Police blotter

       A Wildflower Lane resident reported Jan. 20 that someone stole a package from her doorstep that probably had been delivered around Jan. 18.    According to police, the resident reported she had ordered a left side mirror from Green Brook Hummer and had been told by the company and UPS it was delivered Jan. 18 at…

  • Cellist, piano quartet to perform at church

    Artist-in-residence Sofia Nowik, cellist, and her piano quartet will offer a chambermusic concert at 4 p.m. March 21 at St. Mary’s Church, 256 Augusta St., South Amboy. The young artists are all students at the Juilliard School, New York City. The performance is the next in the 2010 Music at St. Mary’s concert series. A…

  • MCC adjunct faculty recruitment April 8

    Middlesex County College, Woodbridge Avenue, Edison, will hold an Adjunct Faculty Recruitment Fair 4-7 p.m. April 8 in the College Center Cafeteria C. Prospective adjunct instructors will be able to speak with department chairpersons about openings at the college. Most positions require a master’s degree, and some disciplines call for other certifications as well. To…

  • Flower-arranging workshop set for 3/20

    Deena Main, a Jamesburg resident and horticulturist, will present a hands-on flower-arranging workshop at the Rutgers 34th Annual Home Gardeners School (HGS) from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. March 20. Workshop participants will learn basic techniques and create their own arrangements to take home. Along with Main, more than 25 of the state’s top home…

  • African Violet Show set for March 26, 27

    The Central Jersey African Violet Society will hold its 31st annual African Violet Show and Sale 3-7 p.m. March 26 and 10 a.m.-4 p.m. March 27 at First Baptist Church, 232 Main St. (Route 79), Matawan. The event will feature judged plants, interpretive designs, planted containers and educational exhibits. Unusual African violets and other gesneriads…

  • Wiley to speak on news media, bias

    Journalist Charles Wiley will speak on the media, news bias, objective reporting and advocate journalists at the next meeting of the Old Bridge Toastmasters Club set for 7 p.m. March 25 at the Old Bridge Public Library Main Branch, Route 516 and Cottrell Road. Wiley has appeared as a commentator and personality on numerous local…

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