• Home Arts winners announced

    EAST BRUNSWICK — The following individuals won the “Best of Show” awards at the Home Arts Division of the Middlesex County Fair, held last week at the faigrounds on Cranbury Road. In vegetables: Patricia Hauser (adult) of Old Bridge won for a flat head cabbage; Harrison Haoue (teen) of Helmetta for a small fruited gourd;…

  • Tequila Rose to perform in E.B.

    The East Brunswick Division of Recreation and Community Services will present the Tequila Rose band in a new- and classic-rock concert set for 7 p.m. Aug. 13 on the lawn at the Community Arts Center, Dunhams Corner and Cranbury roads, East Brunswick. Guests should bring lawn chairs. Admission is free of charge. For more information,…

  • Office director looks out for seniors, disabled

    Balasz credited for growth of Spotswood Office on Aging BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer Janine Balazs SPOTSWOOD — After 15 years on the job, Janine Balazs has found it hasn’t gotten any easier. Not that she’s complaining. Balazs, director of the borough’s Office on Aging and Senior Center, thrives on helping others, be it an…

  • Wolverines seeking golfers and sponsors

    The Monroe Wolverines will sponsor its third annual Golf Outing beginning at 1 p.m. Sept. 11 at the Concordia Golf Club, Monroe. Check-in will be at noon. Hot dogs, chips and soda will be served. A buffet dinner, including prime rib and lobster, will follow at the Cambridge Inn, Summerhill Road, Spotswood. Prizes will be…

  • Outdoor show to benefit Iowa flood relief mission

    Amber Blues to perform at Ice Cream Depot Aug. 14 BY JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent Amber Blues MILLTOWN — Amber Blues is about more than music. It’s a band focused on having an impact on their neighbors. In this case, the neighbors who the band will be having an impact on are in Iowa. On Aug.…

  • Lack of volunteers brings end to free dinner service

    Church will refocus efforts by helping at food bank BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer SOUTH RIVER — Holy Trinity Episcopal Church is extending its hand to the borough’s food bank in hopes of increasing the services offered to those in need. The move comes on the heels of a disappointment for the church. A lack…

  • Neighborhood social to benefit SMA research

    South Brunswick child battles neuromuscular disease BY JENNIFER BOOTON Staff Writer Raymond Fantel of South Brunswick was diagnosed at 4 months old with spinal muscular atrophy. His family hopes to raise support to find a cure through events such as an Aug. 23 Neighborhood Social in Monroe. MONROE — The family of 10-monthold Raymond Fantel…

  • Spotswood therapy practice donates vest to police force

    First Rehab therapist Karinne Camens hands over a bulletproof vest to Spotswood Police Sgt. Chris Bierman during the borough’s National Night Out event Aug. 4. SPOTSWOOD — A local business has stepped up its efforts to serve the community. First Rehab, which provides outpatient physical and occupational hand and speech therapy, extended its healing services…

  • Motorcycle driver, 57, dies following Riva Ave. accident

    EAST BRUNSWICK — A North Brunswick man died Monday after he was involved in a two-vehicle accident while operating a motorcycle. Kevin Gourley, 57, was pronounced dead at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick following the 1:17 p.m. accident on Riva Avenue, between Ann Terrace and Louise Drive. According to East Brunswick police,…

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