• Spotswood Library sponsoring Book Sale

    The Spotswood Public Library, 548 Main St., will conduct its annual Spring Book Sale during regular library hours through March 28. Hardcover books, paperbacks, children’s books, VHS videos and audiocassettes will be available. Paperbacks will sell for 50 cents each or three for $1, hardcovers for $1 and up, VHS videos for $1. An All-You-Can-Carry-for-$10…

  • Fools for Christ sets dinner, auction

    The Fools for Christ of The Presbyterian Church of Jamesburg will present its annual Pa-Sketti Dinner and Wonderful Wacky Auction beginning at 5 p.m. March 28 in the church fellowship hall, Gatzmer Avenue at Church Street. Dinner will be served at 5 p.m. The auction will begin at 6:15 p.m. Members of the clown troupe…

  • Signups under way for Milltown rec trips

    The Milltown Department of Recreation will sponsor a variety of upcoming trips open to residents and nonresidents. A Brooklyn Pizza Tour is set for April 19. The bus will depart at 10 a.m. from Milltown Borough Hall. Cost is $65 per person. Interested individuals are invited to a Mother’s Day cruise on May 10. Cost,…

  • Purim party

    PHOTOS BY ERIC SUCAR staff Above: Attendees get some tasty treats during the “Purim on the Lower East Side” event March 10 at the Forsgate Country Club. Below: Rabbi Eliezer Zaklikovsky of the Chabad Jewish Center of Monroe adds some noise to the celebration.

  • Spotswood OKs license for junkyard operation

    SPOTSWOOD — The Borough Council has voted to renew the operating license for the junkyard owned by the Giancola brothers for another year. The borough has a history of disputes with the business, Big AAuto Wreckers, and still has a lawsuit pending that claims the business contaminated borough property. Also, several years ago the borough…

  • Bloom provides guide for young runners

    BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer Marc Bloom has written nine books. Some were very personal, like “God on the Starting Line,” about his time coaching the St. Rose High School, Belmar, boys cross country team. Others were biographical (“The Miler,” about Steve Scott, the former American record holder in the mile run) or informative (“Run…

  • Wine making is hot despite the ‘Chile’ atmosphere

    The Grape Escape will showcase Chilean grapes during open house March 19 GBY BETH EISEN Staff Writer Grapes from the Colchagua Valley in Chile will be bottled in the U.S. for the first time this spring ERIC SUCAR staff Customers work on a large number of wine bottles at The Grape Escape winery in Dayton…

  • Vas indicted on theft, misconduct charges

    BY JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent The indictment last week of state Assemblyman Joseph Vas (D-Middlesex) has county and state leaders, including those from his own party, calling for his resignation. Joseph Vas Vas, 54, a former Perth Amboy mayor, was indicted by a state grand jury on March 11 on charges he conspired with Perth Amboy…

  • E.B. awaiting bids for modified trash pickup

    BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK — The Township Council has voted to reject the previous bids for trash pickup, but is still planning to limit garbage collection. Officials are awaiting new bids for a modified version of the once-per-week pickup that was estimated to save the township nearly $1.9 million over five years.…

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