• Diversity walk aims to combat discrimination

    Lace up your walking shoes and join hundreds of individuals, corporate and community leaders, educators, clergy and families on June 14 in the American Conference on Diversity’s Annual Diversity Stride Walk-a-Thon. The fun-filled day will begin at 10:30 a.m. — with the step-off at 11:30 a.m. — at Buccleuch Park, in one of the nation’s…

  • Politicians place fairness and accuracy aside

    I n the April 30 article, “East Brunswick Forgoes Revaluation For 30 Years,” East Brunswick Finance Director Lou Neely boasted, “We have been very aggressive in keeping our assessmentto sales ratio very tight, and the assessor does a good job at that.” That claim doesn’t match what the state’s Department of the Treasury says at…

  • Voters should not vote the party line

    I n the Democratic primary for retiring Congressman Rush Holt’s seat, progressive Democrats risk having their voices drowned out by party insiders who wield tremendous power over an anachronistic peculiarity known as “the line.” This peculiar feature of New Jersey elections allows Republican and Democratic county organizations to place primary candidates on the same ballot…

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    STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR Personnel from the New Jersey Army National Guard, 1st Battalion, 114th Infantry, retire the colors at the conclusion of the New Jersey Vietnam Veterans Remembrance Day ceremony on May 7 in Holmdel.

  • TEDx shows locals that it pays to ‘play’

    By KEITH HEUMILLER Staff Writer TEDxNavesink attendees enjoy playground games in front of the Two River Theater in Red Bank during a break from the conference. The day’s theme was “play.” KEITH HEUMILLER/STAFF The concept of “ideas worth spreading” has clearly taken hold in central New Jersey following the wildly successful second incarnation of the…

  • Summer Kickoff Night set for May 30 at Elks

    A Summer Kickoff Night at the Elks is planned for May 30 at the East Brunswick Elks Lodge, 21-B Oakmont Drive. Dinner will be served at 7 p.m. Admission is $15 per person. Proceeds will benefit the Lodge Army of Hope/National Services Committees. Reservations are required by May 20. Contact Pete Sparaco at 908-510-0813.

  • Car wash to support EBHS volleyball team

    The East Brunswick High School (EBHS) boys volleyball team will hold a car wash 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. May 18 at the high school, Cranbury Road. All proceeds will be donated to the EBHS Boys Volleyball Booster Club to support the players and the team during the spring 2014 season.

  • Scouts set to host recruitment event

    Cub Scout Pack No. 105, serving Jamesburg and Monroe, will sponsor its annual pack-recruitment meeting 7 p.m. May 21 at Barclay Brook School, 358 Buckelew Ave., Monroe. Parents and youngsters are invited to attend. For more information, log on to www.monroepack105.com.

  • Recreation offers trip to ‘West Side Story’

    The Spotswood Recreation Department will sponsor a bus trip to the State Theatre, New Brunswick, to see the musical “West Side Story” 2 p.m. May 31. Mid-orchestra seats are on sale for $55; the bus ride to the theater is included. Tickets may be ordered online at spotswoodrecreation.sportssignup.com or by calling Rich at 732-251-0626.

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