• Volunteer, and ‘you will love the giving you do’

    Guest Column • Kevin Carlin Alms is just another word for charity. Post 9/11, the acts of charity and volunteerism around this country were legendary and otherwise without parallel. Some social and charitable agencies were overwhelmed and needed to turn away volunteers. Recognizing that spirit, President Barack Obama said at a memorial at the Pentagon…

  • Price war could change the look of your library

    Coda • GREG BEAN When I was a kid, there weren’t many bookstores in our town. There were a couple of places where you could pick up paperbacks, but because they doubled as pool halls, cigar shops and betting parlors, we weren’t allowed to go in them. There was a store downtown that carried a…

  • Business Briefs

    Elks Foundation to award 500 scholarships In an effort to alleviate the financial burden of escalating college costs, the Elks Foundation has launched a Most Valuable Student Scholarship contest. This year, the Elks will award $2.296 million to 500 students. Awards to the 18 top winners will range from $8,000 to $60,000 over four years.…

  • 100th anniversary gives retailer P.C. Richard reason to celebrate

    BY MARK ROSMAN Staff Writer In a year of economic turmoil that has taken a toll on many businesses throughout the United States, one company found reason to celebrate. P.C. Richard and Son, an appliance and electronics retailer with 2,800 employees and stores in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, is marking its 100th anniversary…

  • Open house at MCC slated for Nov. 1

    Middlesex County College (MCC), 2600 Woodbridge Ave., Edison, will hold an open house for prospective students and families 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Nov. 1. Professors, advisers and administrators will conduct workshops and information sessions, and student ambassadors will conduct campus tours. There will also be representatives from all academic areas, as well as Project Connections, the…

  • Nominees sought for SWMHS Hall of Fame

    The Sayreville War Memorial High School (SWMHS) Hall of Fame Committee is seeking nominations from the public for the school’s 2010 annual awards program. Nominees must be graduates of SWMHS who have made outstanding contributions to their profession, community or organization. Call Elaine Kubacz at 732-727-0192 for nomination forms, or submit nomination letters to SWMHS…

  • Elks Foundation to award 500 scholarships

    Student Scholarship contest. In an effort to alleviate the financial burden This year, the Elks will award $2.296 of escalating college costs, the Elks million to 500 students. Awards to the 18 Foundation has launched a Most Valuable top winners will range from $8,000 to $60,000 over four years. The remaining 482 runners-up will receive…

  • ‘Let’s Talk Adoption’ conference Nov. 7

    The 28th annual “Let’s Talk Adoption” conference will take place 9:15 a.m.-4:45 p.m. Nov. 7 at Busch Campus Center, Rutgers University, Piscataway. The conference is sponsored by Concerned Persons for Adoption, N.J. Interagency Adoption Council and Rutgers’ School of Social Work, Institute of Families. It is in tended for pre- and post-adoptive parents, social workers,…

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