• Club schedules Oct. 19 ‘Christmas Child’ talk

    The Junior Woman’s Club of the Greater Brunswick Area will sponsor a discussion titled “Operation Christmas Child” at 8 p.m. Oct. 19 at the United Methodist Church Friendship Hall, Main Street, Milltown. A representative of Samaritan’s Purse will be the guest speaker. Individuals who are interested in helping children around the world are encouraged to…

  • Smith family, farm to be focus of lecture

    Manny Alvarez and Ann Alvarez will offer a presentation on three generations of the Smith family, 1879-1998, at an event set for Oct. 18 at the East Brunswick Historical Society, 78 Milltown Road. Topics will include the Smiths and their apple farm, how the family made agriculture self-sustaining, and how cold-storage methods were used. Smith…

  • Education panel slates Oct. 21 fashion show

    The East Brunswick Education Foundation annual Fall Fashion Show will be held at 6:30-9:30 p.m. Oct. 21 at the East Brunswick Chateau, Cranbury Road. District staff members will walk the runway in men’s and women’s fashions provided by Loehmann’s, East Brunswick. The event will include dinner, the fashion show, basket raffles and more. Tickets cost…

  • Haunted River Walk to benefit class of ’10

    The Joyce Kilmer School class of 2010, Milltown, will hold the seventh annual Haunted River Walk 7-9:30 p.m. Oct. 23, 24, 30 and 31 at the Mill Pond Park entrance, intersection of Washington Avenue and Main Street, Milltown, adjacent to the Rescue Squad. Patrons will walk the length of the park, approximately 3.4 mile, and…

  • Fire truckin’

    PHOTOS BY ERIC SUCAR staff Left: Dominick Bongiovi of the South River Fire Department sets up the American flag on a fire truck during the department’s emergency apparatus display on Main Street on Oct. 8. Above: Lights from the emergency vehicles illuminate the crowd.

  • Bands of MDs and PhDs set for Daniel Pearl event

    Free concert to honor slain Wall Street Journal reporter EAST BRUNSWICK — It’ll be a night of dueling doctors. AlterEgo, a band of MDs from Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, and The Professors, a band of PhDs from Rutgers University, will perform a free concert Oct. 22 as part of the Daniel Pearl World Music…

  • Fundraisers

    Oct. 16 • Comedy Night Out, sponsored by the Monroe Education Foundation, for adults, 7 p.m., in the Richard P. Marasco Center for the Performing Arts, Monroe Township High School, Perrineville Road. Show runs approximately two hours and features three comedians; scheduled lineup subject to change. To view comedians’ bios, log on to http://www.monroeedfoundation.org/uploads/ Comedy_Bios.pdf.…

  • Spotswood asks state to review funding plan

    Questions linger as school districts complete merger BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer SPOTSWOOD — While its new financial structure remains uncertain, the borough’s school district has largely adjusted to its consolidation with Helmetta. Spotswood Board of Education President Richard O’Brien said he does not feel the day-to-day functioning of the school system has been affected…

  • Weeklong juried art show returns to Monroe library

    BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer MONROE — Residents will be able to show off their artistic talents in a variety of mediums at the township’s annual juried art show, to be held Oct. 19-25 at the Monroe Township Library. The works of 60 to 70 artists will be selected for inclusion in the show, according…

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