• Fundraisers

    Nov. 5 • Dining-To-Donate, sponsored by the East Brunswick High School gymnastics team, 4-11 p.m., at Applebee’s, Ryders Crossing Shopping Center, Milltown Road and Ryders Lane, East Brunswick. Diners should present a Dining-To-Donate flier at the restaurant. Applebee’s will donate 10 percent of supporters’ bills (eat-in or takeout) to the gymnastics team. Must present flier…

  • Tickets available for bus trip to A.C.

    Polish National Alliance Lodge No. 1728 will sponsor a Nov. 8 bus trip to Trump Marina Casino, Atlantic City. The bus will depart at 10 a.m. from the Sayreville Borough Hall parking lot, 167 Main St. Cost is $22. Refreshments will be served on the bus. For more information or to reserve, call Eddie at…

  • Monroe’s Octoberfest celebration

    Left: Youngsters work on their dance moves at Monroe’s Octoberfest celebration Sunday at the township’s Community Center on Monmouth Road. Right: Kristin Mastromarino, 10, of Monroe, has fun on one of the inflatable attractions. PHOTOS BY SCOTT FRIEDMAN

  • Main Street Kidworks to stage ‘Rap-Punzel’

    The Main Street Theatre Company will present its Kidworks musical production of “Rap-Punzel” at noon and 3 p.m. Nov. 8, 14 and 15 at the theater, 3018 Bordentown Ave., Parlin section of Sayreville. General admission is $6 at the door. For more information, log on to www.smstc.org.

  • DWI checkpoints will be set up year-round

    While in the past, Middlesex County officials have set up sobriety checkpoints on select weekends and holidays, a state grant will now allow the late-night roadblocks to be implemented year-round. Middlesex County Prosecutor Bruce J. Kaplan announced last week that the DWI checkpoints would begin last weekend in an effort to ensure the safety of…

  • Holiday Bazaar scheduled at church

    Community Covenant Church, 22 Laurence Parkway, Laurence Harbor section of Old Bridge, will hold a Holiday Bazaar 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Nov. 14. The public is invited to attend.

  • Dogs will have their day at Monroe farm

    ‘Dogtoberfest’ to raise money for breast cancer research BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer MONROE — Oktoberfest celebrations like the one held Sunday in the township tend to be more for humans, but now there is also one for their canine friends. On Nov. 8, Etsch Farms will be the site of “Dogtoberfest,” an event organized…

  • Veterans Day event planned in Jamesburg

    Veterans Day ceremonies will be held at 11 a.m. Nov. 11 at Veterans Park, Jamesburg. The event is sponsored by American Legion Star Post No. 127, Jamesburg, and Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 262, Monroe. The Jamesburg Schools Band will participate, weather permitting. For more information, call Allan E. Brown at 732-991-2195.

  • Herbert, a Renaissance man

    John Warne Herbert Jr. of the prominent family from Wickatunk in Monmouth County married Olivia Antoinette “Etta” Helme of Helmetta on Nov. 10, 1885. Herbert, whose father was associate judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Monmouth County, twice a Republican National Convention delegate, and a member of Monmouth County’s Tax Board, lived an…

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