• N.J. equine board offers scholarship

    The New Jersey Equine Advisory Board is offering a $1,000 scholarship to help 4-H and FFA members pursue their equine activities. Members of organizations represented on the New Jersey Equine Advisory Board are also eligible. Applicants must be New Jersey residents between the ages of 15 and 19. The Sara Dubinin Scholarship, in memory of…

  • Hats off

    PHOTO COURTESY OF THOMAS PETERSON MC4, otherwise known as the Middlesex County College (MCC) Crafters’ Club, knitted 219 caps for the victims of the earthquake in Nepal in April. The club, consisting of MCC students, faculty and staff, gather weekly during their lunch hour to create items to donate to various causes. Seated are student…

  • Fire company sets murder-mystery dinner

    The Mechanicsville Fire Company, South Amboy, will host Kathy Reed Productions’ “Murder at the Horror Awards” 7 p.m. Oct. 17 at the Sacred Heart Church Annex, Washington Avenue, South Amboy. Cost is $40 per person and includes the murder-mystery show, food, wine and beer. For tickets or more information, call Ron at 732-710-9506 or Mike…

  • Party to kick off SAFD’s 125th birthday

    The South Amboy Fire Department (SAFD) will launch its 125th anniversary celebration with a party featuring the Drunk Monkeys 9 p.m. Oct. 2 at South Stevens Pub, 200 S. Stevens Ave., South Amboy. Highlights will include music, food, drinks, a raffle to win tickets for a New Jersey Devils hockey game and 50/50s.

  • Township seeks to fund resurfacing of Ticetown Road

    By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer OLD BRIDGE— The approximate onemile stretch of Ticetown Road from Wisdom Way to Higgins Road may receive resurfacing, which was last done 20 years ago. The Township Council voted in favor of authorizing the submission of an application for funding under the 2016 New Jersey Department of Transportation Municipal Aid…

  • Feds green light wind lease off New Jersey coast

    By ADAM C. UZIALKO Staff Writer The winds of change are blowing seven miles off the coast of New Jersey, according to an announcement by the federal government. The U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) announced last week that 343,833 acres offshore New Jersey would be included in a lease sale scheduled for Nov. 9.…

  • South Amboy Elks to roast Exalted Ruler

    South Amboy Elks Lodge No. 784 will hold a roast of Exalted Ruler Mike Green 6-11 p.m. on Oct. 9 at the lodge, 601 Washington Road, South Amboy. Dinner will include spaghetti and meatballs, salad, bread, dessert and coffee. The suggested donation is $15 in advance or $20 at the door. Parties of eight may…

  • Improv benefit to aid breast-cancer research

    Death By Improv, a central-Jersey based improv-comedy troupe, will present its fourth annual benefit comedy show 8 p.m. Oct. 9 at the Main Street Theatre, 3018 Bordentown Ave., Parlin section of Sayreville. All proceeds will benefit the Breast Cancer Research Foundation. Tickets cost $5 each at the door. For more information, email [email protected].

  • Seniors to gather Oct. 2 in Sayreville

    The Our Lady of Victories (OLV) Senior Group will host its next gathering 1 p.m. Oct. 2 in the church’s Monsignor Dalton Hall, Main Street, Sayreville. All seniors are welcome to attend. After a business meeting, a guest speaker will offer a presentation. Refreshments will be served. Annual dues ($10) and money ($12) for the…

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