• Children’s acting classes to begin May 2

    Playhouse Acting Academy, in residence at Playhouse 22 in the East Brunswick Community Arts Center, 721 Cranbury Road, is holding registration for its spring season of Saturday acting classes for youngsters and teens. Sessions will run May 2- June 13. Classes will not meet on May 23 during Memorial Day weekend. “Playkids,” for ages 5-8,…

  • Spaces available at Community Yard Sale

    The Friends of the East Brunswick Public Library is seeking vendors for its annual Community Yard Sale scheduled for 9 a.m.- 1 p.m. May 16 at East Brunswick High School, Cranbury Road. Fee for a double parking space is $20. Additional parking spaces are available for $10 each on a first-come basis. Refreshments will be…

  • Concert, dinner to aid young boy’s treatment

    A Buffet Dinner and Tommy and Friends Band Concert for Zachary Nemeth, a Helmetta 8-year-old who was born with multiple disabilities, is scheduled for 1 p.m. May 17 at the East Brunswick Elks Lodge, 21 Oakmont Ave. Dinner will be served at 2 p.m. Tommy and Friends will perform outside on the patio by the…

  • Superintendent to speak at Republican event

    The East Brunswick Republican Club will hold its next meeting at 7 p.m. May 14 at Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 133, 485 Cranbury Road. Guest speaker will be East Brunswick Superintendent of Schools Victor Valeski. New club members are sought. All are welcome to attend.

  • Starace-Ritter

    MILESTONES Lynn Patricia Starace and Benjamin Peter Ritter Lynn Patricia Starace, daughter of James and Maureen Starace of Matawan, became engaged to marry Benjamin Peter Ritter, son of Peter and Valerie Ritter of East Brunswick. The bride, a graduate of St. John Vianney High School, Holmdel, has a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Rider University,…

  • ‘Henna House’ author will appear at library

    Author Nomi Eve will discuss her second novel, “Henna House,” at a Meet the Author session planned for 1 p.m. May 12 at the Monroe Township Public Library, 4 Municipal Plaza. The novel tells the story of a young woman coming of age in an early 20th-century community of Yemenite Jews. Books will be available…

  • Incarnation-St. James to celebrate 60 years

    Incarnation-St. James School will celebrate 60 years of Catholic education with a Mass at 12:30 p.m. May 31 at Incarnation Church, 1555 Pennington Road, Ewing. Mass will be followed by a reception in the school auditorium. All alumni, their families, school faculty, past and present staff, and friends of the school who have supported its…

  • Students have a special guest for Earth Week

    By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Commissioner Bob Martin speaks with Milltown Superintendent of Schools Stephanie Brown and Lois Kraus, a science teacher, as he visited Joyce Kilmer Middle School on April 21 during Earth Week. KATHY CHANG/STAFF MILLTOWN — Middle school students got an in-depth look inside one of…

  • Gov. Chris Christie is not presidential material

    As Gov. Chris Christie hobnobs all over the country with his affluent friends, the residents of his own state are telling the rest of the country: Buyer beware. Gov. Christie’s approval in New Jersey is at the lowest point ever, steadily dropping in an uninterrupted freefall. The majority of New Jersey residents disapprove of his…

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