• Tenor to perform at Veterans Day event

    The Pinky the Clown Foundation will present the Warren Daum Memorial Veterans Day Celebration featuring tenor Daniel Rodriguez in concert beginning at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 8 in the Performing Arts Center at Monroe Township High School, 200 Schoolhouse Road. The box office will open at 6 p.m. Tickets may be obtained in advance by mailing…

  • Governor’s visit to South River marks two years since Sandy

    By JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent SOUTH RIVER — Gov. Chris Christie paid a visit to the borough last week to commemorate the anniversary of superstorm Sandy. “South River was honored to have the governor once again come, especially on such an important day as the anniversary of Sandy,” Mayor John Krenzel said. South River took a…

  • Model behavior

    PHOTOS BY SCOTT FRIEDMAN Left: Laura Kusmick, an educator at Memorial Elementary School in East Brunswick, makes her way down the runway during the East Brunswick Education Foundation’s 2014 Fashion Show at the East Brunswick Chateau on Oct. 29. Right: Michele Pickett, an educator at Frost Elementary School in East Brunswick, participates in the fashion…

  • Program emphasizes love of reading in youngsters

    Members of Bright Horizons of East Brunswick made reading a top priority during “Read for the Record” on Oct. 21. EAST BRUNSWICK — Bright Horizons at East Brunswick hosted a fall story time and pajama day on Oct. 21 as part of Jumpstart’s “Read for the Record,” a national campaign that mobilizes families and children…

  • Residents want gestation crates banned

    Most female pigs in the United States spend their entire adult lives trapped in a metal gestation crate that is too small for them to even turn around or lie down in comfortably. The intensive confinement of these gestation crates is horrific and only serves to allow pork producers to cram together as many pregnant…

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    PHOTO COURTESY OF JAYA PRAKASH Fall foliage highlights Farrington Lake in North Brunswick.

  • Auxiliary to sponsor painting fundraiser

    The Ladies Auxiliary of Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 133 will host its “Wine and Design of Milltown: Painting a Colorful Cornucopia” fundraising event 7- 10 p.m. Nov. 8 at the post home, 485 Cranbury Road, behind University Radiology, East Brunswick. Tickets for the evening of painting cost $40 in advance, $45 at the…

  • Centurions offering trip to Atlantic City

    The Centurions, an East Brunswickbased Italian-American Club, will sponsor a Nov. 8 bus trip to the Tropicana Casino, Atlantic City. The bus will leave at 10:45 a.m. from the parking lot at Central School, Cranbury Road, East Brunswick. Return will be at approximately 9-9:30 p.m. Cost is $35, with a $15 gambling voucher from the…

  • Former football player shares leadership experience with students

    By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer Former Minnesota Vikings football player Keith Nord speaks about his leadership experiences to a group of students at Joyce Kilmer Middle School in Milltown on Oct. 22. PHOTO COURTESY OF ERIC SIEGEL MILLTOWN — Eighteen eighthgraders at Joyce Kilmer Middle School stepped out of their boundaries during a leadership workshop…

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