• Bishop to be recognized for commitment to education

    Bishop Paul G. Bootkoski METUCHEN — Bishop Paul G. Bootkoski of the Diocese of Metuchen will receive the St. John Neumann Award at this year’s Catholic School Education Dinner. The award, which is named for the “Father of the Parochial School System,” is given to an individual who has demonstrated extraordinary leadership, commitment and dedication…

  • Plays-in-the-Park auditions scheduled

    Middlesex County’s Plays-in-the-Park will hold auditions for its 2015 summer season. Open calls will be held at 7 p.m. April 17 and on noon from April 18-19. Those interested should come prepared with approximately 16 bars of an up-tempo show tune. An accompanist will be provided. They should also bring their own sheet music in…

  • Veteran of the Year nominations due soon

    Veteran of the Year nominations are now being accepted in North Brunswick. Send a résumé or paragraph on the veteran being nominated to Lou Ann Benson, 710 Hermann Road, North Brunswick, NJ 08902 or email lbenson@northbrunswicknj. gov. Submissions must be submitted by April 25.

  • Storyteller to portray engineer during tea

    Renowned storyteller Carol Levin will portray Emily Roebling, who acted as the first woman field engineer and saw to the completion of the Brooklyn Bridge, 1-4 p.m. April 25 at the Van Liew-Suydam House, 280 S. Middlebush Road, Somerset. Tea will be accompanied by spinach quiche, ham with grain mustard mayonnaise, cheddar cheese with chutney,…

  • New master gardeners ready to play the field

    With spring just around the corner, a new crop of master gardeners is prepared for the growing season. The latest gardeners to graduate from the Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Middlesex County are Clara Rivera-Pacheco of Dayton; Katherine Anouna and Ajit Joshi of East Brunswick; Bridget Mate of Fords; Pat Gelon, Isabelle Kass, Neela Khanolkar, Elsie…

  • Country will not elect a bully as president

    Will Gov. Chris Christie run for president? That is the big question. Oh, how I hope that he does run for president. I would like him to be exposed in the primary debates by his fellow Republicans concerning how badly he has governed the state of New Jersey. He has done nothing for New Jersey.…

  • Promise of medical advances can be lost with climate change

    YOUR TURN MICHELE S. BYERS GUEST COLUMN Addressing a crowd of more than 350 people gathered in Trenton, Nobel laureate Dr. Eric Chivian asked a question: How many people have had Lyme disease or know someone who had it? Almost every hand shot up. This should not surprise most folks who live in New Jersey.…

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    STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR Raindrops gather on a car window at the Freehold Raceway Mall, Freehold Township.

  • Seniors to celebrate April birthdays

    All South Brunswick seniors age 55 and older are invited to a monthly birthday luncheon at 11 a.m. April 28 at the Office on Aging, Route 522, Monmouth Junction. A special menu will be served, followed by birthday cake, games and trivia. Any resident whose birthday is in April should call the office by April…

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