• Police: Scammers routinely pose as water utility workers

    SOUTH RIVER — Borough police are warning residents to be on alert for thieves who pose as utility employees. During the past week, incidents were reported in South River and other area communities where individuals attempted to gain entry to residences by posing as water department employees, according to police. The suspects have given various…

  • Christie is not the man for the presidency

    As a 70-year-old, conservative, self-employed Vietnam veteran, I feel I must share my anger with regard to Chris Christie. He is a fake, wannabe politician. He is always looking at the next step up rather than finishing what he started, or starting what he promised the voters he would start. If the national Republican Party…

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    STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR A lone walker passes by the Casino in Asbury Park during a recent snowstorm.

  • East Brunswick Boy Scouts to host open house

    Boy Scout Troop No. 223, East Brunswick, will hold an open house 7:30-9 p.m. March 24 at Bowne-Munro Elementary School, 120 Main St., East Brunswick. The event is open to boys in fifth grade-age 17 and their parents. Scouting activities include camping, working with digital technologies, kayaking, robotics, cooking, music, sports, emergency preparedness and more.…

  • Ladies Auxiliary to sponsor Atlantic City trip

    East Brunswick Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 133 Ladies Auxiliary will offer a March 22 trip to Resorts Casino, Atlantic City. The bus will depart at 9 a.m. from the post home, 485 Cranbury Road, East Brunswick, behind University Radiology. Participants should be at the post home prior to 8:45 a.m. Cost of the…

  • Councilwoman says ‘I do’ in council chambers

    By JEREMY GROSSMAN Staff Writer Mayor David Stahl, left, officiates at the wedding of Councilwoman Camille Ferraro and Jeffrey Clark prior to the March 9 council meeting. JEREMY GROSSMAN/STAFF EAST BRUNSWICK — In what may be the most romantic love story ever told in a municipal building, Councilwoman Camille Ferraro married her partner, Jeffrey Clark,…

  • Comedy to open at East Brunswick arts center

    Playhouse 22, East Brunswick’s community theater troupe, will present “The Ladies of the Camellias,” a comedy by Lillian Groag, 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, and 3 p.m. Sundays, March 13-22, at the East Brunswick Community Arts Center, 721 Cranbury Road. The play, part of the theater’s On the Edge series featuring lesser-known works, is a…

  • Helmetta shelter proposal stalls at special meeting

    By ADAM C. UZIALKO Staff Writer HELMETTA — A plan to reopen the Helmetta Regional Animal Shelter includes raising fees for contracted towns to ensure the shelter operation is fiscally sound, and expanding services to address the health and welfare of animals that would be housed there. Members of the Borough Council animal shelter committee…

  • Ladies Auxiliary to serve corned beef, cabbage

    The Ladies Auxiliary of East Brunswick Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 133 will sponsor a Corned Beef and Cabbage Dinner 12:30-6 p.m. March 15 at the post home, 485 Cranbury Road, behind University Radiology. The meal will feature corned beef, cabbage, carrots and more. Cost is $10 per person. For more information or tickets,…

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