• Freeholder outlines gains and goals in a year of progress and promise

    Middlesex County Freeholder Director Ronald G. Rios said county government has experienced great progress in 2015 in many different areas. “This has been a year of great progress and continued promise,” Rios said during the 2015 State of the County Address last month. “Middlesex County has introduced even greater efficiencies in the workplace, completed numerous…

  • Think you know the Thanksgiving story? We’re on the set as NGC tells the real tale in ‘Saints & Strangers’

    By Lori Acken, www.channelguidemag.com Vincent Kartheiser is doing his best to be patient. Sporting coarse Pilgrim garb, a full beard and shoulder length tresses (no Mad Men, this!) as Plymouth Colony leader William Bradford on NGC’s Saints & Strangers, Kartheiser finds the speech he is about to deliver — one arguably launching American free market…

  • Methodist Women to hold Christmas Tea

    The United Methodist Women will sponsor its Christmas Tea 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Dec. 12 at United Methodist Church, 47 W. Main St., Milltown. The event will feature music by Shea Velloso, organist and choir director. Cost is $15. To reserve, call Joyce Crabiel at 732-828-6987 or the church at 732- 828-0610. Reservation deadline is Dec.…

  • Joan Dancy and PALS to host Sinderella’s Ball

    By CHRISTINE BARCIA Staff Writer The daily lives of area residents with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) are improved through the work of a local organization that was founded in 2005. The Joan Dancy and PALS (People with ALS) Foundation provides assistance, services and programs that support ALS patients and their families, according to the organization’s…

  • Teachers vs. Wizards coming to Spotswood

    The Spotswood Teachers vs. Harlem Wizards Basketball Game fundraiser is scheduled for Nov. 30 in the gym at Spotswood High School, 105 Summerhill Road. Doors will open at 6 p.m. The game will begin at 7 p.m. Teachers and administrators from the Spotswood school district will play the Wizards in a game of “alley oops”…

  • Tea will feature holiday stories, music

    The St. Bartholomew Columbiettes will sponsor its annual Christmas Tea Dec. 6 in St. Bartholomew’s Knights of Columbus Hall, 460 Ryders Lane, East Brunswick. Doors will open at 1:30 p.m. The event will feature short, inspirational Christmas stories and music. Quiche and salad will be served. Admission is $15 per person in advance, $20 at…

  • Night of Tasting to celebrate cookbook

    The East Brunswick Friends of the Library will host its Night of Tasting event to celebrate the Friends’ recent cookbook, “A Literary Feast: A Collection of Recipes,” 6 p.m. Dec. 3 at the library, Jean Walling Civic Center. East Brunswick residents contributed dozens of recipes for the book. Some of the contributors will prepare a…

  • Pallone proposes improved disaster communications

    By KENNY WALTER Staff Writer Proposed federal legislation may help residents across the state who lost cell phone service and experienced power blackouts as a result of superstorm Sandy during the next emergency situation. Rep. Frank Pallone Jr. (D-6) has introduced the Securing Access to Networks in Disasters Act (H.R. 3998) that would improve communications…

  • Music contest features anti-drug sentiment

    New Jersey high school students who love music and who understand the dangers of substance abuse are invited to take part in the 2016 New Jersey Shout Down Drugs! music competition. Create a positive message about staying away from drugs and alcohol. First place will receive a $5,000 music contract; second place a $3,000 contract;…

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