• Main Street to stage Lee’s ‘Mockingbird’

    The Main Street Theatre Company will present its production of “To Kill a Mockingbird” at 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, April 17-May 2, and 2 p.m. April 26 and May 3, at the theater, 3018 Bordentown Ave., Parlin section of Sayreville. The production will celebrate the upcoming 50th anniversary of the publication of the classic…

  • Prom dresses sought for discount sales

    The East Brunswick Lions Club has partnered with Catherine’s Closet to seek donations of prom dresses and provide the opportunity to purchase slightly used, brand-name dresses at discount prices. For more information on the upcoming sales set for April 18 and May 2, log on to www.catherinescloset.org. Proceeds from the sales will fund scholarship programs.…

  • Auditions slated for ‘High School Musical’

    The Hernandez Theatre Workshop Inc. and Triple H Productions Inc., in collaboration with the city of South Amboy Recreation Department, will hold open auditions for their upcoming production of “Disney’s High School Musical 2 — On Stage!” April 21 for the youth company (grades 3-8) and April 22 for the repertory company (grades 9-12 and…

  • Company has charity sponsorship program

    Sign-A-Rama of Old Bridge, 1 Pleasant Valley Road, a marketing and design firm that specializes in producing signs including banners, channel letters and light boxes, vehicle graphics, digital signage, awnings and monuments, is holding its first charity sponsorship program. The charity chosen for the sponsorship will receive any signage or design services it may need…

  • E.B. middle school teacher charged in sexual assault

    EAST BRUNSWICK — A middle school teacher was arrested last week on charges that he allegedly sexually assaulted a student. Yinfu Sun, 56, a teacher at the township’s Hammarskjold Middle School, was arrested the evening of March 31 at his home in Highland Park, according to the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office. He was charged with…

  • O.B. police seek robbery suspect of Route 9 bank

    Police released this surveillance photo of a suspect robbing Amboy National Bank. OLD BRIDGE — Police are looking for the suspect in a recent bank robbery that occurred at a Route 9 bank. The robber stole an undisclosed amount of money from Amboy National Bank on the southbound side of the highway at 10:40 a.m.…

  • Sky Blue FC falls to L.A. in opener

    BY JAMIE ROMM Staff Writer PHOTOS BY TERRY GEERDTS, A PRETTY PIXEL Members of Sky Blue, including East Brunswick native Heather O’Reilly (center), take the ball upfield. BRIDGEWATER — Women’s professional soccer was introduced to New Jersey on Sunday when more than 6,000 fans watched the home team, Sky Blue FC, take on the best…

  • Air time

    PHOTOS BY ERIC SUCAR staff Above: Old Bridge High School senior Jessica Ragusa airbrushes over a stencil as part of a demonstration given by Richard Markham of the Baran Institue of Technology. Markham spent the day meeting with the school’s automotive students March 31. Below: Richard Markham of the Baran Institue of Technology speaks to…

  • Advocates seek safe homes for racehorses

    BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer Barbara Luna of Long Branch has a mission: Placing racehorses in safe adoptive homes or retirement organizations. ERIC SUCAR staff Laurie Condurso Lane of Monroe, president of ReRun Inc., gets some affection from Saintly Sir (l) and Devil’s Crab at the Reindancer Riding Center in New Egypt, where the nonprofit…

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