• State adds Hindu holidays to list of excused school leaves

    Two Hindu days have been added to the list of religious holidays that allow for an excused school absence of students observing the holiday. Goverdhan Puja and Pongal are now included on the list, according to a Dec. 3 revision by the New Jersey State Board of Education. “Any student absent from school because of…

  • Rescue squad uses Narcan to save unresponsive woman

    EAST BRUNSWICK — The East Brunswick Rescue Squad recorded its first Narcan save last weekend. Members of the squad responded along with police from East Brunswick and South River to a 911 call of an unresponsive woman in the parking lot of a business on Old Bridge Turnpike, according to the rescue squad. Officers reportedly…

  • Christmas trees abound

    By GREG KENNELTY Staff Writer Stan Zarzecki loads a Christmas tree onto a customer’s pickup truck at Matawan World of Gardening, Route 516, Old Bridge. STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR Christmas trees emit a spectrum of cheerful holiday light from several tents as inflatable Santas and snowmen greet passersby from the gravel parking lot of the…

  • Stanley Robert Holz

    Stanley Robert Holz, 65, of East Brunswick, died on Dec. 2 at the Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. Mr. Holz was an investment officer for the Israel Discount Bank in New York City from 2004 to the present. Previously, he held the same position with the Trust Co. of New Jersey in Jersey…

  • Horse-drawn carriage rides set in Jamesburg

    Horse-drawn carriage rides through the streets of Jamesburg will be offered 7-9 p.m. Dec. 11 and 18 beginning at the Presbyterian Church of Jamesburg, 175 Gatzmer Ave. Tickets are $5 for each adult and child age 6 and up. Refreshments for ticket holders include tomato bisque soup and mulled cider from Fiddlehead’s, roasted chestnuts from…

  • Registration open for winter programs

    East Brunswick Recreation is accepting registration for a variety of winter programs designed for township residents of all ages. Sessions will begin in January. Offerings include “Mommy and Me,” “Food Fun,” arts and crafts, “Soccer Squirts,” gymnastics, keyboards, robotics, chess, adult fitness, “Stained Glass,” women’s volleyball, men’s basketball, and more. For more information or to…

  • Recent films use South River as backdrop

    By JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent SOUTH RIVER — The borough has been getting some serious screen time. Director Ben Orisich recently filmed a commercial in South River, and a boroughborn and raised actress and producer has chosen her hometown as a key location for not one, but two films. Olivia Baptista produced and acted in a…

  • Inventors flourish in the Garden State

    By KAYLA J. MARSH Staff Writer A s New Jersey celebrates its 350th birthday, author Linda J. Barth paid homage to the inventions that have come out of the Garden State, detailing the history of many in her new book. “I got tired of people making fun of my state,” she said of the inspiration…

  • Parent group sees pasta-bilities in spaghetti dinner to ‘Back Jack’

    By JEREMY GROSSMAN Staff Writer Members of the community have rallied together to support Jack Mix, 9, who was diagnosed with rhabdomyosarcoma, a rare form of tissue cancer. COURTESY OF TINA MIX EAST BRUNSWICK — One should never underestimate the power of a caring community. That’s what residents, parents and business owners throughout East Brunswick…

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