• OCC to host Career Night Aug. 18

    For those interested in changing careers or moving up the ladder professionally, the Department of Continuing and Professional Education at Ocean County College (OCC) will host a Career Night from 6-8 p.m. Aug. 18 at OCC’s Arts and Community Center, main campus, Toms River. Career Night offers an opportunity to learn about technical training and…

  • Business Briefs

    Mary Elizabeth Garden, of Brick, a representative for VITAS Innovative Hospice Care of New Jersey Shore, has been chosen as a national finalist of VITAS’ Leadership Council. Garden, who joined VITAS in 2006, educates physicians and health-care facility professionals about the benefits of hospice care for patients with life-limiting diagnoses. Prior to joining VITAS, she…

  • N.B. school district ranks as ‘high performing’

    BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK — The township school district has been designated as a “high performing district” based on an evaluation per the Quality Single Accountability Continuum (QSAC) performance review. Every three years, districts are evaluated for instruction and programming, fiscal management, operations, personnel and governance. North Brunswick achieved a 100 percent…

  • Pears, cherries and black-eyed Susans now adorn school

    Shri Kamat provides landscaping at Brooks Crossing Elem. for Eagle Scout project BY RUTH ZALESKI Correspondent South Brunswick Eagle Scout Shri Kamat landscaped Brooks Crossing Elementary School as part of his Eagle Scout project. SOUTH BRUNSWICK — At the Township Council meeting July 14, Mayor Frank Gambatese and members of the council extended heartfelt thanks…

  • No. Brunswick firemen are golden

    Volunteer Fire Co. No. 3 celebrates 50th anniversary BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer North Brunswick Volunteer Fire Co. No. 3 is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. Pictured is a squad from the late 1980s. NORTH BRUNSWICK — Fifty seems to be a magic number for North Brunswick Volunteer Fire Company No. 3. Discussions to…

  • County fair promises entertainment galore

    Events run from Aug. 3-9 at fairgrounds in East Brunswick BY JENNIFER BOOTON Staff Writer The rides, food, music and all the usual attractions, along with thousands of people, will return to the Middlesex County Fairgrounds in East Brunswick when the annual fair kicks off next week. This year’s run, Aug. 3-9, brings even more…

  • S.B. to feature bigger, better National Night Out

    BY JENNIFER BOOTON Staff Writer McGruff the Crime Dog will be one of the participants at South Brunswick’s National Night Out event Aug. 4. SOUTH BRUNSWICK — The township’s award-winning National Night Out is returning to Rowland Park the first week of August, and event coordinators have promised that it will be even bigger and…

  • They all scream for ice cream

    ‘Farm to Table’ program features exotic flavors; stresses using local produce BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer Vanilla, chocolate and strawberry. Those are typical flavors of ice cream sought out during the summertime. FRANK GALIPO Volunteer Pat Evans, of Spotswood, displays a monarch butterfly in the newly erected butterfly house at the EARTH Center, part of…

  • Performing is in their blood

    Teens to present ‘Blood Brothers’ performance in So. Brunswick BY JENNIFER BOOTON Staff Writer The scene is set: A somber tone fills the stage as a young angst-filled woman faces the unthinkable decision of giving away one of her twin newborns because of financial hardships. The scene is one of many that will be performed…

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