• Vendors welcome at craft, flea market

    The Independent Order of Odd Fellows of New Jersey Craft and Flea Market is set for 9 a.m.-2 p.m. July 13 at Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 133, Cranbury Road, East Brunswick. Vendors are sought. Rental fee is $15 per space; add $5 for a table, if needed. The VFW will sell food and…

  • Education director appointed

    EAST BRUNSWICK — Julie Schwarzwald will join the East Brunswick Jewish Center as the education and youth director July 1. As a veteran teacher at the Golda Och Academy in West Orange and the Youth Group advisor of Congregation Or Shalom/Summit Jewish Center, Schwarzwald has years of education experience. She will use her teaching expertise…

  • Monroe student creates winner in poster contest for fire safety

    MONROE — Neel Chandwani, a student at Barclay Brook School in Monroe, won his division of the New Jersey Fire Safety Poster Contest for the 2013-14 school year. The poster contest is cooperatively organized by the Department of Community Affairs’ (DCA) Division of Fire Safety and the New Jersey Fire Prevention and Protection Association. Neel’s…

  • Homelessness survey points to solutions

    By THOMAS CASTLES Staff Writer Understanding the profile of the homeless population — the number of men, women and children who lack a place to call home — is the first step in guiding services and programs that will begin to eradicate homelessness, according to an advocate. “I think a big part of what this…

  • Rock concert to aid Monroe youngster

    The New Jersey alternative rock band Garden State Line will perform a benefit concert at 8 p.m. June 27 at the Strand Center for the Arts, Lakewood. A generous portion of the proceeds from the show will support Taylor “Iron Man” Barta, a 6-yearold Monroe boy who has been diagnosed with stage 4 alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma,…

  • Talk to shed light on marketing indie books

    Indie publisher Ed Charlton will offer a presentation titled “Getting Your Indie Book Into Bookstores” beginning at 11:45 a.m. during the June 28 meeting of Sisters in Crime/Central Jersey at the Jamesburg Senior Center, 139 Stevens Ave. Admission is free of charge. The day will begin with a 10 a.m. Readers Group discussion of the…

  • Monroe library sponsors early ‘POV’ screenings

    The Monroe Township Public Library, 4 Municipal Plaza, will screen films from the 27th season of “POV,” the independent documentary series, weeks before their national broadcast premieres on PBS. Audience discussion will follow the films. The library series is done in collaboration with POV (www.pbs.org/pov). Admission is free of charge. Registration is not required. The…

  • New principal appointed at Memorial Middle School

    SPOTSWOOD — Christine Smith has been named the next principal of Memorial Middle School. Smith graduated from Rutgers University with an undergraduate degree in psychology and a master’s degree in elementary education. She then earned her administrator certification, along with principal and supervisor certifications, from the New Jersey Expedited Certification for Educational Leaders program, administered…

  • Early-bird registration open for golf outing

    The Reformed Church Home nonprofit assisted-living and skilled-nursing facility in Old Bridge will hold its 23rd annual Golf Classic on Aug. 25 at Forsgate Country Club, Monroe. Early-bird registration is $215 and includes golf, lunch, awards and prizes. To reserve, call 732-607-9230 or download a registration form at www.reformedchurchhome.com.

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