• 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…

  • Film to show efforts to clean up Raritan

    The Sierra Club will mark Earth Day 2015 with a free screening of the documentary “Rescuing the River: The Raritan” at 7 p.m. April 25 at the Unitarian Society, 176 Tices Lane, East Brunswick. Jeff Tittel, executive director of the Sierra Club, will help lead a discussion and question-and-answer session. Refreshments will be served. There…

  • Artist will share pastel, charcoal skills

    The Suburban Artist Guild (SAG) will hold its next monthly meeting at 2 p.m. May 8 at the East Brunswick Public Library, Jean Walling Civic Center. Award-winning artist Danny Ng will conduct a mini-workshop on drawing animals using pastels. Participants may bring pictures to work from, charcoal, or pastels and paper. For more information, call…

  • Donors sought for April 24 blood drive

    The East Brunswick Rescue Squad will partner with the New Jersey Division of the New York Blood Center for a blood drive set for 3:30-8 p.m. April 24 at the squad home, 346 Cranbury Road. The donated blood will go to local and regional hospitals. If 30 pints are collected, one donor will win the…

  • Fair will feature Spanish dance, food

    The Alborada Spanish Dance Theatre will present its third annual Feria De Sevilla (“April Fair of Seville”) 2-5 p.m. May 3 at Parker Press Park, 428 Rahway Ave., Woodbridge. Rain date is May 9. The dance and live music festival will celebrate Spain’s cultural heritage. Highlights will include live flamenco music and traditional flamenco dances…

  • Tiny homes seen as way to address homelessness

    By ADAM C. UZIALKO Staff Writer South Brunswick resident Sherry Rubel has a vision to help empower homeless citizens in a tight-knit community of tiny homes. After photographing people living in Lakewood’s since-disbanded Tent City — a community of the homeless living in tents and shacks in a wooded area — Rubel has focused her…

  • Family, officials grateful for response to blaze

    By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer SOUTH AMBOY — There is one phrase that has been resonating throughout the community despite the fire that destroyed the city’s only supermarket: “Thank you.” Edmund Paczkowski, longtime owner of the C-Town supermarket building on Bordentown Avenue, said he would be remiss if he did not thank all the emergency…

  • Owner weighs C-Town rebuild

    By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer From top: Staff in white caps and aprons stand ready to serve customers at the original Frank’s Meat Market, founded by Frank Paczkowski Sr. in South Amboy in 1928. Paczkowski moved the market to a building on Bordentown Avenue in the 1930s, expanding it several times before it became the…

  • Food banks expand arsenal in war on hunger

    By TAYLOR M. LIER Staff Writer Those involved with food banks across central New Jersey are working to alleviate hunger, a persistent problem plaguing families and individuals across the state. The number of those experiencing hunger continues to rise in New Jersey, according to a study by Feeding America, a nonprofit that seeks to educate…

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