• Retired educators award scholarship

    Melanie Berman has received a $1,000 scholarship from the Middlesex County Retired Educators’ Association. A graduate of Tenafly High School, Melanie received the honor on June 12 at the East Brunswick Chateau. Her grandfather, Donald Bloom of East Brunswick, is the association member who sponsored her. Melanie plans to attend Princeton University as an opera…

  • VETStock to include concert, car show

    The Brennan Stands Alone Foundation will hold VETStock NJ noon to 9 p.m. Aug. 2, rain or shine, at the Manalapan Recreation Center, 120 Route 522, Manalapan. The day will include a car show, motorcycle show, free outdoor concert, family entertainment, craft vendors and a food court. All proceeds will benefit the rehabilitation of wounded…

  • Registration open for trip to Winterthur

    The Friends of the Jamesburg Public Library, 229 Gatzmer Ave., will sponsor a Sept. 20 bus trip to the Winterthur Museum, Wilmington, Del., to visit the Downton Abbey exhibit and gardens. Tickets cost $49 and must be paid for at time of registration in the library. Registration deadline is Aug. 30.

  • Red Cross spokesman to focus on safety

    Paul Gass of the American Red Cross will speak about how to prepare one’s home or vehicle for an emergency 10 a.m.-noon Aug. 12 at Jewish Family Services, 52 Concordia Shopping Center, Monroe. For more information, call 609-480-4374.

  • Youth invited to free lunch, movie screening

    First Reformed Church of South River, 42 Thomas St., off Main Street, will offer its free Movie and Lunch Wednesdays 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. through Sept. 3. Individuals age 18 and under, especially those who find themselves without the nutritional help they usually receive through their schools, are welcome. For more information, call 951-532-5105.

  • Vendors welcome at auxiliary flea market

    The Ladies Auxiliary of Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 4699, Jernee Mill Road, Sayreville, will hold a flea market 8 a.m.-3 p.m. Aug. 16. The rain date is Aug. 17. Vendors are sought. Space rental is $15. To reserve or for more information, call Lorraine Rock at 609-448-2587.

  • Baptist church to hold vacation Bible school

    Tabernacle Baptist Church, 130 Main St., South River, will hold “Weird Animals: Where Jesus’ Love is One-of-a-Kind” vacation Bible school 9 a.m.-12:15 p.m. Aug. 4-8 at the church. Register online at tbcsr.com under the “Ministries” tab. Call 732-794-3973 for more information.

  • Costco opens as first part of transit village

    By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer A new Costco membership warehouse has opened on Route 1 north in North Brunswick. KATHY CHANG/STAFF The wait is over for Zhixin Zong and Eyi Cao. The Franklin residents said they have been eagerly awaiting the opening of Costco, the first store built as part of the Main- StreetNB transit…

  • Grandfather dedicated to helping ailing baby

    By AMY ROSEN Staff Writer Jackson Conner Silva, who has spinal muscular atrophy, will benefit from the proceeds of the Steeplechase Distance Walk/Run on Sept. 28 in Hillsborough. The Silva family was thrilled for the arrival of a baby boy a few months ago. His parents, Tim and Tara of Garwood, named him Jackson Conner.…

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