• ‘Click It or Ticket’ campaign begins in Middlesex County

    Local law enforcement officers will be aggressively pursuing drivers not wearing seatbelts during the statewide “Click It or Ticket” campaign. Through June 1, police will step up enforcement to ensure that drivers and passengers recognize the lifesaving value of seatbelts. During the mobilization period, local police agencies will conduct a zerotolerance safety belt enforcement campaign,…

  • Israeli drama is next at library film festival

    The Monroe Township Library Spring International Film Festival will continue May 15 with 2 and 6:30 p.m. showings of the Israeli drama “Fill the Void” at the library, 4 Municipal Plaza. The film, which will be shown with English subtitles, tells the story of a young Hasidic Jewish woman pressured into an arranged marriage. Tickets…

  • Holt will host college affordability workshop

    U.S. Rep. Rush Holt (D-12) will host a college affordability workshop from 7 to 9 p.m. May 19 at the East Brunswick Public Library, 2 Civic Center Drive. All interested high school and middle school students and their families can learn about federal and state financial aid programs. Presentations will be made by Jean Rash,…

  • Electricians, plumbers graduate

    Thirty-three students were awarded certificates of completion at the annual apprentice graduation of the Adult Evening Schools of the Middlesex County Vocational and Technical Schools (MCVTS), held at East Brunswick Vo-Tech on May 1. Apprenticeship programs for electricians and plumbers involve a four- to five-year program of up to 900 hours of classroom study and…

  • Study: Monroe students learn more with iBooks

    By KENNY WALTER Staff Writer MONROE — After a year of empirical data, a study has shown that biology students at Monroe Township High School learned more from the usage of iBooks than traditional textbooks. Marcy Baughman, director of the Pearson Academic and Efficacy Research, which provided the iBook technology used at the high school,…

  • Beth Ohr cancels May flea market

    The Flea Market and Rummage Sale set for May 18 at Congregation Beth Ohr, Old Bridge, has been canceled due to a conflict with township zoning regulations.

  • Sponsors welcome at golf tourney

    The YMCA of Metuchen, Edison, Woodbridge and South Amboy will host its annual Richard Hale Memorial YMCA Charity Golf Classic June 10 at the Metuchen Golf and Country Club, 244 Plainfield Road, Edison. Proceeds from the event will benefit the YMCA Send a Kid to Camp Scholarship Program. Cost is $225 per golfer and includes…

  • 100-mile walk will mark Israel’s independence

    EAST BRUNSWICK — Men and women from the community and around the world will walk 100 miles each in support of the Jewish Women’s Renaissance Project and its partner organization, Torah Links of Middlesex County, to commemorate Israel Independence Day. Walk2Israel is a pedometer challenge designed for Jewish charities and is global, linked in real…

  • Environmental panel to offer nature walk

    The Lawrence Brook Watershed Partnership will sponsor a nature walk along Ireland Brook, East Brunswick, beginning at 1 p.m. May 17. Cameron Black, watershed ambassador, Department of Environmental Protection, will lead the group through traverse rocky areas, wetlands, woodlands and small tributaries while observing spring vegetation and possibly various animal inhabitants of the area. There…

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