• Polluters agree to clean up Superfund site

    By THOMAS CASTLES Staff Writer Signs outside the Evor Phillips Leasing Co. Superfund site alert passersby to the extensive remediation project. THOMAS CASTLES/STAFF Ten companies have agreed to remediate contaminated groundwater at the Evor Phillips Leasing Co. Superfund site in Old Bridge, according to the federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The agreement will allow the…

  • BUSINESS BRIEFS

    Old Bridge Flight School will host an Airport Open House 10 a.m.-4 p.m. June 7 at Old Bridge Airport, 182 Pension Road, Gate No. 4 of Englishtown Raceway Park. Highlights will include free airplane rides for children ages 8-17 with a parent present to give permission; flight simulators; and a helicopter, ultra-light, tail-dragger, biplane and…

  • La Tavola owners bring family recipes to the table

    By JACK MURTHA Staff Writer Husband and wife Steve and Jill Sullivan stand behind the bar of La Tavola Cucina, the Italian restaurant they opened in 2010 on Old Bridge Turnpike in South River. JACK MURTHA/STAFF Since its opening in 2010, La Tavola Cucina has served meals that bring people together. The Italian restaurant and…

  • Event will foster awareness of rare marrow condition

    By JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent SOUTH RIVER — Dorothy Zajac is bringing awareness to a group of illnesses in an effort to raise funds for research. Zajac has been working for a year to organize “Hope, Steps & a Cure,” a 5K run/walk scheduled for June 8 at South River High School to benefit the Aplastic…

  • Tickets on sale for Whiskers Tricky Tray

    Whiskers Rescue Inc., Sayreville, will sponsor its first fundraising Tricky Tray June 20 at Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 4699, Jernee Mill Road, Sayreville. Tickets cost $10 in advance, $12 (cash) at the door, subject to availability. Seats are limited. Price includes entry, one sheet of level-1 tickets, door prize, coffee, tea, soda, water…

  • Cadette garage sale will benefit shelter

    Girl Scout Cadette Troop No. 81596, North Brunswick, will sponsor its Huge Garage Sale 8 a.m.-3 p.m. June 7 at 1639 Axel Ave., North Brunswick. All proceeds will support the Ozanam Family Shelter, Edison. The seventh-grade troop members, who have been collecting items for the sale for several months, planned the event to aid children…

  • Applications available for sheriff’s academy

    The Middlesex County Sheriff’s Office will hold an eight-week Sheriff’s Civilian Academy beginning in September at the Middlesex County Police Training Center at North Patrol Road in Edison. The program is designed to educate Middlesex County residents on the various functions and duties of the sheriff’s office. The first session will take place 7-9 p.m.…

  • Colonial history unearthed on banks of the old Raritan

    By THOMAS CASTLES Staff Writer Above: Replica tables at the Indian Queen Tavern are set with dishes typical of those that graced Colonial tables. Below: A mannequin is dressed in the traditional uniform of a British soldier in the Royal Army’s 35th Regiment. THOMAS CASTLES/STAFF On the northern banks of the Raritan River — just…

  • Stick with it

    PHOTOS BY STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR Former New Jersey Devil Jim Dowd watches the shot of kindergartner Caden Ruczkski during a visit to Lawrence Brook Elementary School in East Brunswick May 27 that he made as part of the PNC Achievement in Academics Stick With It Reading Program. The school won the program by having…

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