• Applications available for EBHS preschool

    East Brunswick High School (EBHS) is accepting applications for its 2009-10 Preschool Education Program to be held at the high school, Cranbury Road. Applications are available in the main office of the high school, at the receptionist’s desk at the administration building, 760 Route 18, or by logging on to www.ebnet.org. The program is open…

  • Salon sets cut-a-thon for autism research

    The John Martin Hair Co., 336 Route 18, East Brunswick, will hold a cut-a-thon from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. May 3 with all proceeds benefittingAutismSpeaks. The nonprofit organization is dedicated to funding global biomedical research into the causes, prevention, treatments and cure for autism; raising public awareness about autism and its effects on individuals,…

  • Elijah’s Promise sets fundraising gala

    Elijah’s Promise, New Brunswick, will hold a benefit 8-11 p.m. May 2 at the Reformed Church, 19 S. Second Ave., Highland Park. The event will feature dancing to the music of DJ J. Zajac. Promise Catering will provide hors d’oeuvres, crepes, desserts and more. Proceeds will support Elijah’s Promise’s soup kitchen, social-services programs and culinary…

  • Farrington Lake cleanup set for May 2

    Local groups and residents are invited to take part in the seventh annual cleanup around Farrington Lake set for May 2. Registration will take place at 8:30 a.m. in Bicentennial Park, Riva Avenue and Hardenburg Lane, East Brunswick. Rain date is May 9. The event is sponsored by the Federation of Sportsmen; the Lawrence Brook…

  • Top prize is $15,000 in Milltown school raffle

    Our Lady of Lourdes School, Milltown, invites the public to participate in the school’s annual Powerball Raffle. Only 1,000 tickets will be sold. Each ticket costs $50. A total of 20 prizes, including the grand prize of $15,000 (or 60 percent of the prize portion of ticket sales), will be awarded. The remaining prizes will…

  • Old Bridge clarinetist inspires through music

    BY TOYNETT HALL Staff Writer Jessica Sibelman OLD BRIDGE — Her first encounter with the clarinet sparked a love affair that helped 23-year-old Jessica Sibelman start her own orchestra concert series. Sibelman is a graduate of Old Bridge High School who studied clarinet and composition at the New England Conservatory of Music. She presently studies…

  • Exploring culture

    JEFF GRANIT staff Emma Schieda and Andrew Turco have their “passports” stamped at the China exhibit in the gymnasium at Barclay Brook School in Monroe April 24. Students learned about cultures from around the world while stopping at stations featuring a map, flag, artwork, games, literature, clothing and music from a given country.

  • Helmetta voters reject tab

    HELMETTA — Nearly three out of every four residents who cast ballots in the April 21 school election voted against the school budget. The $4.39 million budget for 2009-10 was defeated in a vote of 75 to 29. The proposed budget carried a school tax increase of $52 for the owner of property assessed at…

  • Jamesburg school tab approved by eight votes

    BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer JAMESBURG — Voters narrowly approved this year’s school budget, 150 to 142. The vote means the Borough Council will not have to review the Board of Education’s budget, as was the case last year when the budget was defeated by 29 votes. The council did not order any cuts to…

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