• Early-learning center slates free program

    Kiddie Academy of Spotswood, 410 Main St., will offer a free five-week preschool experience beginning Oct. 6. Sessions for children ages 12-20 months are set for 10:45-11:30 a.m. on Tuesdays; ages 3-4 will meet 9:45-11 a.m.. also on Tuesdays; classes for ages 4-5 are planned for 10:15-11:30 a.m. on Wednesdays. Children will take part in…

  • James D. Gourley

    Mr. Gourley, 88, of North Brunswick, died Sept. 8, 2009. He was a truck driver for 30 years at Midstate Oil Company, North Brunswick. He also worked several years for Middlesex County Road Department, and North Brunswick Township Water Department. He was an active member of the North Brunswick Fire Department Engine Company No. 1…

  • Driver, 88, becomes third victim of accident on Cranbury Road

    EAST BRUNSWICK — The driver of a vehicle that police said struck a garbage truck on Cranbury Road passed away four days later.Raymond L. Brightman, 88, of Monroe, died at 6:35 p.m. Sept. 21 at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, police said. Brightman was driving a silver 2008 Lincoln MKZ that crashed…

  • Computer classes scheduled at library

    The East Brunswick Public Library. Jean Walling Civic Center, will sponsor a series of new computer-class offerings. Classes are two hours long and limited to 12 students per class. October sessions are “PC Literacy I,” 9:30 a.m. Oct. 3; “Internet I,” 7 p.m. Oct. 6; “PC Literacy II,” 7 p.m. Oct. 7; “Introduction to Microsoft…

  • Olga Beres

    Mrs. Beres, 90, of South River, died Sept. 20, 2009, in Pennsburg Manor, Montgomery County, Pa. Her husband, Ferenc Beres, died in 2007. She was a seamstress for more than 50 years with M&M Clothing, South River. Surviving are two sons, Orin Beres of South River and Ferenc Beres of Las Vegas, Nev., and a…

  • Parents charged with leaving kids in car while in restaurant

    EAST BRUNSWICK — A New York couple was arrested on charges of child abandonment after police were called to a Route 18 shopping center about children trapped in a car. A woman called the police shortly before 5 p.m. Sunday to report that two small children were locked in a motor vehicle at the Mid-…

  • Coney Island photographs featured in new exhibit

    Neil O. Lawner will speak Sunday at the Academy of Music on Main Street. SPOTSWOOD — A new exhibit at the Academy of Music on Main Street features an artist’s colorful, whimsical photographs of Coney Island. The works are that of Neil O. Lawner, a former East Brunswick orthodontist who is now a college professor.…

  • Level Club to sponsor Oct. 3 Giant Yard Sale

    The Level Club of South River will hold its semiannual Giant Yard Sale 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Oct. 3 on the grounds at the Masonic Temple, 120 Old Bridge Turnpike, Sayreville. Rain date is Oct. 4. For more information, call Robert Szegeti at 732-390-5732.

  • Rose June Meares

    Mrs. Meares, 84, of Milltown, formerly of the Iselin section of Woodbridge, died Sept. 20, 2009, in Saint Peter’s University Hospital, New Brunswick. She was predeceased by 12 siblings. Surviving are her husband, Walter; four sons, Walter Jr. of California, Richard of Ocean City, Kenneth of Milltown and Michael of Boston; and six grandchildren. A…

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