• Sports Shorts

    The Central New Jersey Silver Bullets Soccer Club in East Brunswick is holding open tryouts for additional players to the U11 Blaze in December. For further information, email the coach at coachhelene@ cnjsb.org. Women’s Professional Soccer champion Sky Blue FC will host the 2009 WinterFest 1-3 p.m. Dec. 6 at Yurcak Field on the campus…

  • Monroe tree lighting scheduled for Dec. 5

    The annual Community Christmas-Tree Lighting, sponsored by the Monroe Township Recreation Center and the Monroe Township Mother’s Club, will begin at 6 p.m. Dec. 5 at Garvey’s Restaurant, 405 Spotswood-Gravel Hill Road. The event will feature entertainment by a DJ, refreshments, Girl Scouts singing Christmas carols and a visit from Santa Claus. Children are invited…

  • Margaret M. “Peggy” Pancharilk Oliver Kuchta

    Mrs. Kuchta, 66, of North Brunswick, died Nov. 18, 2009, at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. She resided in Laurence Harbor and Jamesburg, prior to relocating to North Brunswick in 2007. Mrs. Kuchta was a lab technician at Johnson & Johnson, Skillman, for 25 years, retiring in 2004. She was predeceased by her…

  • Ferraro donates $1,000 at first council meeting

    Vows to bring increased dialogue to E.B. government BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer It didn’t take long for new East Brunswick Township Councilwoman Camille Ferraro to take her first course of action as an elected official. Camille Ferraro takes the oath of office as an East Brunswick township councilwoman Nov. 23. Superior Court Judge and…

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    Senior Tricia Powell, one of the top defensive players on Monroe Township High School’s girls lacrosse team, signs a letter of intent to attend Erskine College, Due West, S.C. Powell was a vital part of the Falcons’ defensive unit in their inaugural varsity season, assisting her team all the way to the semifinals of the…

  • H1N1 clinic ran smoothly, thanks to school staff, police

    Iwould like to take this opportunity to express my appreciation for the wonderful job done by the Spotswood school district staff and the Spotswood Police Department in planning and administering the H1N1 vaccines. This clearly was a huge undertaking, from notifying and answering concerns of worried parents, to coordinating the delivery with the health department,…

  • Holiday-shopping event on tap at school

    The Warnsdorfer Elementary School Fifth-Grade Parent Committee will host Wrap- Up-Your-Shopping Night, a vendor sale set for 7-9 p.m. Dec. 3 at the school, 9 Hardenburg Lane, East Brunswick. The event will feature holiday gifts. A bake sale also will take place. Vendors and crafters are still needed. For more information or to reserve a…

  • Andrew C. Young

    Mr. Young, 64, of Old Bridge, died Nov. 20, 2009, in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. He was predeceased by his parents, Andrew Young Sr. and Stella Madej Young; a brother, Theodore Robert Young; and a sister, Georgia Young. Surviving are his wife, Izabella; two sons, Andrew and Jonathan; four sisters, Judith Young,…

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    SCOTT FRIEDMAN Friends Hannah Soler (l-r), Ilissa Kaufman and Ariella Pasman, all 11 years old, make a name bracelet with the help of teacher Atzmona Katzir during the Nov. 22 Maccabee Mayhem celebration at Temple B’nai Shalom in East Brunswick. The pre-Hanukkah event featured crafts, games, music, discussion, storytelling, dancing and latke making. SCOTT FRIEDMAN

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