• Reader objects to calling Christie a bully

    Those of you who voted for Chris Christie for governor must have seen what he was like during his campaigning, as far as his personality goes. I voted for him because of what he did as a prosecuting attorney. He was and is a man who shoots straight from the hip. To the reader who…

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    MATT DENTON Softball season is in full swing in central New Jersey.

  • Vendors welcome at Strawberry Festival

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

  • Seniors plan trip to ‘Legends in Music’

    The Sayreville Seniors Thursday Club will sponsor a May 13 excursion to Doolan’s Shore Club, Spring Lake, to see “Legends in Music: Judy Garland, Patsy Cline and Neil Diamond.” The trip will include the show, a onehour open bar and a complete luncheon. The bus will leave at 10 a.m. from the back parking lot…

  • ‘Algonquin Kid’ recounts years at famed hotel

    By JESSICA D’AMICO Staff Writer Harpo Marx dines with Michael Colby’s grandparents, Ben and Mary Bodne, who owned the Algonquin Hotel. PHOTO COURTESY OF MICHAEL COLBY One might say Michael Elihu Colby is the real-life counterpart of Eloise, the fictional children’s book character who lived at New York’s Plaza Hotel. Though the Metuchen resident and…

  • Fire claims lives of senior couple at Laurence Harbor residence

    By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer OLD BRIDGE — The Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office is investigating a residential fire that claimed the lives of a married couple in the Laurence Harbor section of the township. The bodies of the 72-year-old man and 71-year-old woman, whose identities have been withheld, were discovered shortly after the fire was…

  • Talk to shed light on pipelines in U.S.

    Guest speaker Roberta Winters will offer a presentation titled “Pipe Dreams Or Nightmares: Pipelines in the United States” at the next meeting of the Monroe Township League of Women Voters planned for 1 p.m. April 27 at the Monroe Township Municipal Building, Perrineville Road. The program will feature a brief overview of the pipeline system…

  • Program to focus on Jewish family names

    The American Jewish Experience Lecture Series, presented by the Jewish Historical Society of Central Jersey, will return with a program titled “The Origins of Jewish Family Names” at 10 a.m. April 28 at Jewish Family and Vocational Services, 52 Concordia Shopping Center, Monroe. Guest speaker will be Dr. Nathan Reiss, president of the Jewish Historical…

  • Residents urged to add names to Sara’s Law next-of-kin registry

    By ADAM C. UZIALKO Staff Writer Sara Dubinin During the four years since the passage of Sara’s Law, more than 5,700 people have signed up for the state Motor Vehicle Commission (MVC) registry for next-of-kin emergency notification. Sara’s Law, named for Sara Dubinin, a 19-year-old Sayreville resident who was killed in a 2007 car accident,…

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