• POW-MIA services coming to Sayreville

    The Ladies Auxiliary of Sayreville Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 4699, auxiliary President Lorraine Rock and the post commander and honor guard will hold a POW-MIA ceremony at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 22 at the post home, Jernee Mill Road. Refreshments will be served after the service. The public is welcome to attend. For more…

  • Comedy Night, Buffet to benefit O.B. school

    Madison Park School, Old Bridge, will hold a Comedy Night and Buffet Dinner fundraiser Oct. 3 at Primetime Comedy Club, Route 9, Sayreville. Dinner will be served at 5:30 p.m. The show will begin at 7:30 p.m. Tickets, available in advance only, cost $40 per person, $75 per couple. To reserve or for more information,…

  • Chase for the Cure will aid cancer panel

    Registration is open for the seventh annual High Speed Chase for the Cure 5K Run/3K Walk set to begin at 9:30 a.m. Sept. 27 at the Louis Brown Athletic Center on the Rutgers University Livingston campus, Piscataway. Check-in is planned for 8-9:15 a.m. Proceeds will benefit The Cancer Institute of New Jersey, New Brunswick. The…

  • Police aim to prevent sale of booze to those under 21

    Undercover officers set up at liquor stores in E. Brunswick BY BRIAN DONAHUE Staff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK — Police are stationing plainclothes officers in local liquor stores in an effort to combat underage drinking. The “Cops in Shops” program, funded by a $6,000 state grant, pays for off-duty police officers to act as customers or…

  • Kids for kids

    Top: Joshua Foster, 4, competes in the inaugural Kids for Kids Triathlon, held Saturday to benefit St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis, Tenn. The ATA Black Belt Academy organized the event in conjunction with Old Bridge Township. Bottom: Jonah Foster, 7, competes in the triathlon. PHOTOS BY MATT DENTON

  • County sets influenza, pneumonia clinics

    The Middlesex County Public Health and Education Committee recently scheduled the county’s 2009-10 Seasonal Influenza and Pneumococcal Immunization Clinics. The vaccination clinics continue through Oct. 23 in communities served by the Middlesex County Public Health Department. Clinics are open to county residents ages 18 and above. Charge is $10 per vaccination. The fee is accepted…

  • Goin’ Nuts

    A troubled prostitute, portrayed by Nancy Vultaggio of South River, looks for advice from her defense attorney, played by Charles Deitz of Red Bank, who is defending her from a manslaughter charge in the Main Street Theatre Co.’s Actor Series production of “Nuts.” Shows run Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m. through Sept. 26, and…

  • Fall Festival rolls out in Jamesburg Sunday

    Volunteers plan a day of fun activities along W. Railroad Ave. BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer JAMESBURG — The borough’s Fall Festival will be held from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday, marking a return to an annual tradition of holding a street festival in town. Elliott Stroul, president of the Jamesburg Revitalization Coalition, noted…

  • Police charge man with dumping woman’s body

    Cause of her death unknown, pending toxicology test results BY BRIAN DONAHUE Staff Writer OLD BRIDGE — A Scotch Plains man was arrested Friday in connection with the Sept. 9 discovery of a 42-year-old woman’s remains in a wooded area off Springhill Road. Christopher Michalak, 54, is accused of dumping and hiding the body of…

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