• Library Friends to host May 8 Handbag Bingo

    The Friends of the East Brunswick Public Library will sponsor its Designer Handbag Bingo May 8 at East Brunswick High School, 380 Cranbury Road. Doors will open at 6:30 p.m. The first game will be called at 7:30 p.m. Admission is $30 by May 1, or $35 at the door, and includes three bingo boards…

  • Trio of comics slated for St. Bart’s fundraiser

    Knights of Columbus Council No. 11873, East Brunswick, will host a comedy night to benefit the St. Bartholomew School Endowment Fund on April 25 at St. Bartholomew Church, 470 Ryders Lane, East Brunswick. Teddy Daniels, Matt Jenkins and Adam Lucidi from The Comedy Shoppe will perform at 8 p.m. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Tickets…

  • Vendors welcome at Strawberry Festival

    St. George’s Anglican Church, 56 Main St., Helmetta, will hold its fourth annual Strawberry Festival on June 6. Vendors are sought. The event will feature food, vendors, music, children’s activities, church tours and strawberries. For vendor registration, log on to www.stgeorgeshelmetta.org or email [email protected].

  • Temple comedy night has Tex-Mex theme

    Temple B’nai Shalom will hold a Comedy Cantina May 2 at the temple, 15 Fern Road, East Brunswick. Doors open at 7 p.m. The show begins at 8 p.m. Tickets are $36 and include Tex-Mex munchies, margarita mix, soft drinks, coffee and dessert. Attendees may bring their own alcohol. For tickets, call 732-251-4300, ext. 232.

  • Library Friends slates mystery/dessert event

    The Friends of the Jamesburg Public Library will sponsor Books, Crooks and Murder, a mystery/dessert afternoon, 2-4 p.m. April 26 at Playhouse 22, Cranbury Road, East Brunswick. Tickets cost $25 and must be purchased in advance at the library, 229 Gatzmer Ave. For more information, call 732-521-0440.

  • Owner weighs C-Town rebuild after destructive fire

    By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer Frank Paczkowski Sr. acquired a building on Bordentown Avenue in South Amboy in the 1930s, expanding it several times before it eventually became C-Town in 2013. PHOTO COURTESY OF EDMUND PACZKOWSKI Still reeling from the fire that destroyed the C-Town supermarket in South Amboy, the building’s longtime owner said there…

  • Sounds of cello rock to fill arts center May 8

    Cello Fury will perform at the next East Brunswick Public Schools Arts in Education Series concert planned for 7 p.m. May 8 at the East Brunswick Performing Arts Center, 200 Rues Lane. A rock group featuring cellists Simon Cummings, Ben Muñoz and Nicole Myers and drummer David Throckmorton, Cello Fury offers original music that combines…

  • Rib Fest to raise funds for veterans, charity

    The Level Club of South River and Philo Lodge No. 243 will hold its semiannual Rib Fest 1-5 p.m. May 16 on the picnic grounds at the Masonic Temple, 120 Old Bridge Turnpike, South River. Proceeds will benefit the New Jersey Veterans Home at Menlo Park and the Masonic Service Association (MSA) and Hospital Visitation…

  • Business owner honored for giving students a start

    An Edison resident who provides a helping hand to students at his alma mater has been named Business Partner of the Year by the Middlesex County Vocational and Technical Schools Board of Education. Over the years, Bill Leary, 44, has taken on a number of the vo-tech district’s students and graduates in his Metuchenbased business,…

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