• Two seek seat on North Brunswick council left vacant by freeholder

    Two seek seat on North Brunswick council left vacant by freeholder

    NORTH BRUNSWICK – Two candidates are seeking a council seat left vacant by a North Brunswick councilwoman who joined the county freeholder board. Republican Richard Pender will vie against Democrat Dr. William Lopez for the one-year unexpired term that resulted from Shanti Narra leaving the North Brunswick Council for the Middlesex County Freeholder Board last…

  • School board gives approval to high school coding club

    School board gives approval to high school coding club

    ALLENTOWN – A coding club at Allentown High School has received approval for the 2017-18 school year from the Upper Freehold Regional School District Board of Education. Board members approved the creation of the coding club for the current school year during a meeting on Oct. 10. The club will not carry a cost to…

  • Diwali party set for Nov. 3 at Ember Restaurant in South Brunswick

    Diwali party set for Nov. 3 at Ember Restaurant in South Brunswick

    The Indo-American Cultural Foundation of Central Jersey (IACFNJ) will hold a Diwali party beginning at 7 p.m. on Nov. 3 at Ember Restaurant & Banquet Hall, 3793 Route 1, Monmouth Junction section of South Brunswick. There will be a live deejay, dancing, vegetarian and non-vegetarian appetizers, dinners, drinks, a children’s menu and dessert. The cost…

  • Allentown fire, first aid reps update council on current status

    Allentown fire, first aid reps update council on current status

    ALLENTOWN – The provision of emergency services in Allentown, including the possibility of billing patients for first aid services, was a topic of discussion at the Borough Council on Oct. 10 when representatives of the Hope Fire Company and the Allentown First Aid Squad came before the governing body. Steve Gomba, chief of the Hope…

  • Local students named to Dean’s List at University of the Sciences

    Local students have been named to the summer 2017 Dean’s List at University of the Sciences in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Selection for this award is based on completing and passing all assigned courses with no grade below a “C” and attaining an academic average of at least 3.4 for courses taken in the summer of 2017.…

  • Church holding babka sale through Nov. 5

    Church holding babka sale through Nov. 5

    Sts. Peter and Paul Russian Orthodox Church is holding its fall babka sale through Nov. 5. Flavors include cheese, prune, poppy, cinnamon crumb, raspberry, apricot, raisin and chocolate. The cost is $11.50. For raspberry cheese, apricot cheese, chocolate cheese or chocolate peanut butter, the cost is $12. Pickup is at the church, 76 Whitehead Ave.,…

  • South Brunswick skater wins bronze medal at national championship

    South Brunswick skater wins bronze medal at national championship

    PHOTO COURTESY OF LAURIENE TSCHANG Monica Tschang of South Brunswick, right, won a bronze medal at the 2017 National Solo Dance Final in Colorado Springs, Colorado, on Sept. 7, her third trip to Nationals.

  • Death Cafe aims to reduce the stigma around dying

    Death Cafe aims to reduce the stigma around dying

    Death Cafes, first held in Europe in 2011, aim to reduce the stigma around talking about death. The Unitarian Society (TUS) will hold its first Death Cafe from 7-9 p.m. Oct. 28 at TUS, 176 Tices Lane, East Brunswick. A Death Cafe is a group discussion, open to the public, of death with no agenda,…

  • Spotswood Trunk-or-Treat event set for Halloween night

    Spotswood Trunk-or-Treat event set for Halloween night

    The Spotwood Recreation Department and PTA will host a “Trunk-or-Treat” event from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Oct. 31 in the Spotswood High School parking lot and cafetorium, 105 Summerhill Road. Awards for the best trunks and costumes will be given out. Cars participating in Trunk-or-Treat should arrive for setup in the side parking lot between 6-6:30 p.m.…

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