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Reader: OBMUA chairman lacks professionalism
All those in attendance at the Old Bridge Municipal Utilities Authority reorganization meeting on Feb. 6 got to witness firsthand the disgraceful, ineptness of their newly elected chair, John E. Murphy III. It is not only bad enough that Murphy is a prior employee of the authority, and he has a son and a brother…
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Messiah Lutheran Church to hold annual Easter egg hunt
Messiah Lutheran Church will hold its annual Easter egg hunt at 10 a.m. on April 20 on the church grounds, 3091 Bordentown Ave., Parlin. Refreshments will follow in the Fellowship Room afterward. For more information, call 732-727-0174.
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Free diabetes self-management workshop series offered in Milltown
Quality Insights is collaborating with Middlesex County Office of Health Services to provide a free diabetes workshop as part of the national Everyone with Diabetes Counts (EDC) program. Any person with Medicare living with diabetes can join a free and interactive workshop series from 1-3:30 p.m. Fridays, March 15 to April 19, at the Milltown…
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Riders, sponsors sought for YMCA Spin-a-Thon
The Raritan Valley YMCA, 144 Tices Lane, East Brunswick, will hold its annual fundraising Spin-a-thon March 9. Sessions are at 9 a.m., 10 a.m. and 11 a.m. Register by March 1 by calling 732-257-4114 or visiting raritanvalleyymca.org.
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Reformed Church Home caregiver recognized for excellence in nursing
OLD BRIDGE – Sally Kabineh, a licensed practical nurse at Reformed Church Home (RCH), has received the Excellence in Direct Care Award for 2018 from LeadingAge NJ, the statewide association for not-for-profit senior living communities. The award recognizes frontline professionals for competency in nursing abilities, dedication to resident quality of life, compassion, and dignity for the…
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Superintendent says student forged vaping policy letter
EAST BRUNSWICK–Superintendent Victor Valeski claimed an East Brunswick High School student forged a letter about the district’s vaping policy. Valeski said the letter was discovered on Feb. 18, at which time the East Brunswick Police Department was contacted. “It was written in a way that anybody internally would have looked at it or anybody who…
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Jamesburg Council introduces ordinance for sanitary improvements
JAMESBURG–The Borough Council adopted an ordinance providing $33,073 in funding for sanitary sewer system improvements through the Middlesex County 2018 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program. “We improve the sewer system throughout the borough. We receive monies from the federal government from CDBG grants through Middlesex County [and] we receive these funds annually,” Borough Administrator…
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Jamesburg increases fines for trucks traveling along Gatzmer Avenue
JAMESBURG–In order to restrict large vehicles from traveling on the municipality’s busiest streets, the Borough Council introduced an ordinance that would increase the current penalty. The borough code restricts vehicles with a height of 12 feet or more from traveling on Gatzmer Avenue between West Railroad Avenue and Bordentown-South Amboy Turnpike, according to the council…
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Additional business uses eyed in downtown Freehold
FREEHOLD – Municipal officials in Freehold Borough are preparing to amend the borough’s redevelopment plan in a portion of the downtown district to permit motor vehicle repair garages, auto body repairs and painting, and tire sales. On Feb. 19, the Borough Council introduced an ordinance amending the Freehold Center Core Redevelopment Plan. Officials said the…
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