• Free Medicare Day scheduled for Nov. 9

    The Spotswood Office on Aging, the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services, the State Health Insurance Assistance Program (SHIP), the Middlesex County Department on Aging and the Social Security Administration will conduct a free Medicare Day beginning at 10 a.m. Nov. 9 at the Spotswood Office on Aging, Arlington Avenue. The day will…

  • Helmetta’s man in first college football game

    Herbert, son-in-law of town founder, recounted unique details of 1869 game BY JOSEPH SAPIA Correspondent After John Warne Herbert Jr. married into the Helme snuff mill family, he became a prominent Helmetta citizen. John Warne Herbert Jr. But 16 years before marrying Olivia Antoinette “Etta” Helme, daughter of town founder George W. Helme and Margaret…

  • Tickets on sale for trip to see ‘Wintuk’

    Our Lady of Victories (OLV) Parish will sponsor a Dec. 10 bus trip to see “Cirque du Soleil: Wintuk” at Madison Square Garden, New York City. The bus will depart at 9 a.m. from the lower parking lot at the parish, Main Street, Sayreville. Return will be at approximately 5:30 p.m. Cost is $80 and…

  • Library will celebrate new additions, café

    BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK — Township officials on Sunday will celebrate recent improvements that are hoped to make the acclaimed public library even better. The grand opening will take place from 2-4 p.m. and will introduce the public to the library’s new “push-out” addition, which includes a reading area for adults, a…

  • Donations sought for holiday food drive

    The Goddard School of South Old Bridge, 1480 Englishtown Road (Route 527), Old Bridge, is conducting a Thanksgiving Food Drive through November 20 in support of the Old Bridge Township Food Bank. Donations are being accepted 7 a.m.- 6 p.m., Mondays-Fridays. For more information, call 732-416- 9600.

  • Scout builds home for osprey near river

    BY MARY ANNE ROSS Correspondent Satya Adusumilli, 17, and his crew put up the Eagle Scout’s 20-foot-high osprey next on the bank of the South River in East Brunswick. EAST BRUNSWICK — Keystone Park may soon be the new home to a pair of osprey, thanks to the efforts of Eagle Scout Satya Adusumilli. The…

  • Joseph J. Boka Sr.

    Mr. Boka, 79, of North Brunswick, died Oct. 30, 2009, at Saint Peter’s University Hospital, New Brunswick. He was a warehouseman at Bristol-Myers Squibb, Cranbury, for 23 years, retiring in 1996. He was predeceased by two daughters, Ann Marie and Marian Boka; and two brothers, John and Laszlo Boka. He is survived by his wife…

  • Zumba classes coming to legion post

    Zumba fitness classes will be offered 6- 7 p.m. Mondays at American Legion Post No. 253, DeVoe Avenue, Spotswood. Cost is $10 per class, $60 for the sixweek session, due at the first class. For more information and start date, call 917-626-3486.

  • ‘Fanciful’ exhibit to open in Monroe

    Martin Goldberg presents images of backyard flowers BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer Aretired East Brunswick businessman for whom photography has been a vocation for nearly 60 years is about to have his first exhibit. Martin Goldberg, 70, will display his works at the Monroe Township Library starting Nov. 10. Goldberg, who had a career in…

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