• Senior center to offer transportation info

    The Spotswood Office on Aging, 1 Arlington Ave., will host a two-day transportation training course, sponsored by the Middlesex County Transportation Independence Program (MCTIP), 10 a.m.-noon Oct. 30 and Nov. 6. The seminar is designed to teach the basics of using the MCAT and NJ Transit services, including reading schedules and route maps, locating stops…

  • Pancake Breakfast coming to Lions post

    Sons of the American Legion, American Legion Post No. 25, will host an All- You-Can-Eat Pancake and Much More Breakfast 8 a.m.-noon Nov. 15 at the post home, 4 JFK Blvd., Milltown. Donation is $6 for adults, $3 for children under age 10; youngsters under age 5 will be admitted free of charge. Free parking…

  • Ticket sale to benefit scholarships, charities

    The East Brunswick Woman’s Club is selling tickets for the 8 p.m. Nov. 20 performance of “Guys and Dolls” at Playhouse 22 in the new East Brunswick Community Arts Center, Cranbury Road. Proceeds from the sale will support scholarships and local charities. Tickets cost $20 and must be purchased before Nov. 1. For more information…

  • Holiday-food, basket program under way

    The township of East Brunswick is conducting its annual Holiday Food and Gift-Basket program. Individuals, groups or organizations are sought to adopt needy families in East Brunswick and provide them with food and/or gift baskets for the Thanksgiving, Christmas and Hanukkah holidays. All adoptions will be kept strictly confidential. G ift certificates or gift cards…

  • South River Borough Council race

    At stake: Two three-year Borough Council terms What do you feel is the top issue that the borough faces? Dr. Tom DeBari (D) DeBari, 57, has a wife, Linda, and two daughters, ages 16 and 23. A chiropractic physician, DeBari has a Bachelor of Arts degree from Rutgers University and a Doctor of Chiropractic degree…

  • Monroe Township Council race

    Voters will select members of the Township Council representing each of the three wards on Nov. 3. Incumbent Councilwoman Joanne Connolly, who served since 1992 as the Ward 3 representative, did not file for re-election. What proposals would you like to support if elected/ re-elected? WARD 1 Hoover: Monroe Township has at least 17 paid…

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    SCOTT FRIEDMAN Gabriela Alvarez, 10, of East Brunswick, dressed as a hippie for the seventh annual Daisy Walk in the Park and Halloween Carnival on Sunday at Bicentennial Park, on Hardenburg Lane in East Brunswick.

  • On the move

    Left: Runners take off from the starting line for the 32nd annual East Brunswick Road Races Oct. 18 near Crystal Springs on Dunhams Corner Road. The event, held in cooperation with the East Brunswick Recreation Department and the Raritan Valley Road Runners, raises money for the Daisy Foundation and the East Brunswick Rescue Squad. Above:…

  • Milltown Borough Council race

    At stake: Two three-year terms on the Borough Council What proposals would you support if elected/re-elected? Randy Farkas* (I) Farkas, 49, has two daughters, Jaimie, 15, and Samantha, 13. Farkas has lived in Milltown for 19 years. A construction supervisor, he completed coursework at Eastern New Mexico University and The College of New Jersey. He…

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