• Summer contest showcases writing talents of local teens

    By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK — Barnes & Noble offered local teens a chance to show off their writing skills through a new contest this summer. “We felt it was a way that we could get started, and we got a good response,” said Miriam Libove, community business development manager at Barnes &…

  • Luau-style fundraiser to aid cancer center

    The Coastal Jersey Parrot Head Club will host a luau-style fundraiser noon to 6 p.m. Sept. 6 at Jamesburg Elks Lodge No. 2180, 74 W. Railroad Ave. Proceeds will benefit the Cancer Concern Center, Point Pleasant. Entertainment will be provided by the Mark Burg Duo and Jimmy and the Parrots. The event also will feature…

  • Kathleen Duffy Grommell

    Mrs. Grommell, 83, formerly of Sayreville and Brooklyn, N.Y., died on July 29, 2014, in Wayne, Pa. Born in County Monaghan, Clontibret, Ireland, she was the daughter of the late John and Ann (Connelly) Duffy. Mrs. Grommell was employed as an insurance administrator for MetLife in Manhattan, N.Y., for 15 years. She retired in 1986.…

  • Celebrate suffrage on Women’s Equality Day

    Aug. 26 was Women’s Equality Day. Let’s celebrate the fact that women can vote. The late Bella Abzug introduced this resolution in 1971 to commemorate the passing of the 19th Amendment granting the right to vote, regardless of sex. Also, make sure your voter registration is up to date. Georgia BlairShrewsbury

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    MARIA PRATO Middlesex County Parks and Recreation employee Christopher Timm feeds a banana to a deer at the zoo in Johnson Park, Piscataway. The fruit was provided by Middlesex County Food Organization and Outreach Distribution Services due to a surplus of bananas.

  • ALS challenge a personal one for Sayreville’s O’Brien family

    By ADAM C. UZIALKO Staff Writer Sayreville Mayor Kennedy O’Brien gets doused by grandchildren John and Katie Mohring during the “Ice Bucket Challenge” at Rita’s in Parlin on Aug. 23. FRANK WOJCIECHOWSKI The ALS “Ice Bucket Challenge,” an awareness campaign for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, helped to raise $79.7 million nationwide for the ALS Association as…

  • Dance school open to all children

    By JACK MURTHA Staff Writer Kaye-Lynn Dance Studio offers classes for dancers of all ages at studios in Milltown and Edison. Nicole Borlan of East Brunswick scoured the area for more than a year for a dance studio that would enroll her daughter, Serena. Serena, now 11, has autism. Dance school after dance school turned…

  • County food bank goes bananas

    It was a fruitful week for Middlesex County’s food pantry as organizers scrambled to find recipients for an unexpected 10,000-pound surplus of imported bananas. A wall of boxes flanked the yard at the Middlesex County Food Organization and Outreach Distribution Services’ (MCFOODS) New Brunswick warehouse on Aug. 20, where weekly food allotments are staged. Even…

  • St. Bartholomew School thrives as center of the community

    By JEREMY GROSSMAN Staff Writer Principal Anne Wierzbicki, the Rev. Thomas Walsh and school mascot Sage celebrate the 50th anniversary of St. Bartholomew School in East Brunswick. JEREMY GROSSMAN/STAFF When St. Bartholomew School in East Brunswick celebrates the beginning of a new school year on Sept. 2, it will also be celebrating another joyous occasion:…

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