• AMC’s new series ‘Humans’ examines what separates man from machine

    By Lori Acken, www.channelguidemag.com “The best reason to make machines more like people is to make people less like machines,” declares a scientist in AMC’s intriguing new drama Humans, which began June 28. Sounds kinda great, doesn’t it — genial, talking and walking Siris to do the housework and other drudgery that keeps us from…

  • Sayreville GOP committee elects leaders, seeks support

    SAYREVILLE — The annual meeting of the Sayreville Republican Municipal Committee was held June 10. Councilman Art Rittenhouse was reelected as committee chair. Rittenhouse, the sole Republican on the Borough Council, pledged to continue to encourage residents to attend council meetings and/or watch them on TV. He said he supports the technology being employed to…

  • Hoffman alumni invited to reunion

    Harold G. Hoffman High School, South Amboy, will hold a multi-class reunion 1-5 p.m. Sept. 20 at Mara’s, Catherine Street and Route 35, South Amboy. The class of 1965 will mark its 50th anniversary during the event. Cost is $50 per ticket. Checks should be sent to Susan Mattsson, 241 Cindy St., Old Bridge, NJ…

  • Players, sponsors invited to BIC golf

    The annual Sayreville Brain Injured Children (BIC) Golf Outing will be held Aug. 10 at Glenwood Country Club, Route 9 and Fairway Lane, Old Bridge. The driving range will open at 8 a.m. Registration and breakfast are planned for 8:30 a.m. Shotgun start is set for 9:30 a.m. There will be hamburgers and hot dogs,…

  • Sayreville debates purchase of lot to preserve open space

    By ADAM C. UZIALKO Staff Writer SAYREVILLE — The Borough Council is divided on party lines regarding acquiring a property along Cheesequake Road as open space. Neighboring residents have built fences and structures upon 43 percent of the property, which is a vacant lot owned by resident Irene Kolodziej, without the proper construction permits. Those…

  • Battles over women’s health continue

    I write this letter because June is the 50th anniversary of the Supreme Court decision in Griswold v. Connecticut. In this historic decision, the court ruled that a state’s ban on the use of contraceptives violated the right to marital privacy. As I have been married for 50 years, I understand how this decision proved…

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    MARK ROSMAN/STAFF Sign of the season at the Quaker Inn, Ocean Grove, on a beautiful and busy June 28.

  • Verdi and Puccini will be topics of talk

    The Brandeis National Committee will offer a program titled “Verdi and Puccini: Masters of Music and Passion” 1 p.m. July 17 at the East Brunswick Public Library, Jean Walling Civic Center. Guest presenter will be Robert W. Butts, conductor and lecturer. The event is funded by the Horizons Speakers Bureau of the New Jersey Council…

  • Outdoor ‘Midsummer’ set at Rutgers Gardens

    Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” will be presented 6-8:30 p.m. July 6-10 at Rutgers Gardens, 112 Ryders Lane, New Brunswick. Featuring a “promenade style” outdoor performance, the show will take audience members on a journey through the fairies’ home in the scenery of the Gardens. Guests are encouraged to wear comfortable clothing and closed-toed shoes…

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