• Need a mentor? Go to camp!

    January is National Mentor month, a time to celebrate and encourage the positive relation ships that are critical to the development of children and youth — the positive relationships that are developed and encouraged each year at camp. The idea of a mentor is an ancient one. In Greek mythology, when Odysseus, King of Ithaca,…

  • Area schools and camps have so much to offer

    Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University Academy College Coaches (ACC), located in Morganville, provides professional college coaching to high school students and their parents.ACC focuses on finding the colleges that meet the student’s academic, career and social requirements.ACC will alleviate the stress, procrastination and concerns over finding the school that will be…

  • Tickets available for Sayreville choir tricky tray

    The Sayreville War Memorial High School Choir will hold its 17th annual Tricky Tray beginning at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 20 in the cafeteria at the high school, Washington Road, Parlin section of Sayreville. Doors will open at 6 p.m. Snow date is Feb. 27. The event will feature hundreds of baskets and prizes, including a…

  • Lots of ‘woofs’ and ‘purrs’ expected at comedy night

    By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK — The North Brunswick Humane Association (NBHA), in conjunction with Karma Cat + Zen Dog Rescue Society, is gearing up for its annual Comedy for a Cause. The event will be held March 1 at the Stress Factory Comedy Club, 90 Church St., New Brunswick. Buddy Fitzpatrick will…

  • Registration ongoing for flag football league

    The NFL and the YMCA of Metuchen, Edison and South Amboy are teaming up for the annual association-wide Flag Football League. The league is open to boys and girls ages 8-12. The season will run from March 8 to May 31, with games played on Sundays between fields in Metuchen, Edison and South Amboy. Times…

  • Broadway concert scheduled at temple

    The East Brunswick Jewish Center (EBJC), 511 Ryders Lane, will present its “Broadway Concert Live” at 8 p.m. Feb. 28. “Les Misérables” Broadway cast stars Barbra Russell and Ron Sharpe and ensemble members will perform hit songs from past and present Broadway shows. Cost for the show and dessert is $36 per person; a family-discount…

  • Meditation experience planned for March 1

    A Meditation and Shamanic Journey Experience will be held 1-2:15 p.m. March 1 at the Columbian Club No. 426, 308 Fourth St., South Amboy. This will be a practice of quieting the mind with guided meditation and the exploration of shamanic journeying. The shamanic journey is a way of finding answers, information, healing, wisdom and…

  • Sayreville teen suffers life-threatening injuries during weather-related crash

    A 19-year-old Sayreville man was in critical condition with life-threatening injuries after a near head-on collision occurred during the height of a storm over the weekend in South Brunswick, according to police. John Thasites was driving a 1993 Mercedes Benz 300 east on Ridge Road about a quarter-mile east of Route 130 after returning home…

  • New Jersey should opt out of PARCC test

    I attended the Jan. 29 public hearing at Jackson Liberty High School in Jackson that was held by the Study Commission on the Use of Student Assessments in New Jersey — not as a parent, school administrator or teacher, but just as an observer and a concerned citizen regarding the future education of our children…

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