• Students receive awards from VSA New Jersey

    VSA New Jersey (VSA/NJ), a nonprofit statewide organization that provides arts programming for people with disabilities, honored the recipients of the 2014 Arts Achievement Awards on April 26 with a ceremony at Linwood Middle School in North Brunswick. The annual awards recognize students who have disabilities and who demonstrate outstanding involvement in the arts, and…

  • Elevated housing could replace Lincoln School

    By JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent SOUTH RIVER — The borough-owned Lincoln School property may be turned into a housing opportunity for a developer. The building, which has unsuccessfully been put up for auction in the past, was an item for discussion at the Borough Council’s April 28 business meeting. Lincoln School had been considered a couple…

  • Landmark reform gives local adoptees their ‘stories’

    By KEITH HEUMILLER Staff Writer Local adoption reform advocates say they are overjoyed with the state’s landmark decision to overturn nearly 75 years of state policy and allow adoptees unfettered access to their birth records. Announced on April 28, the compromise between Gov. Chris Christie and state legislators caps decades of attempts by local groups…

  • Whitman to attend GOP Women’s Club event

    The Middlesex County Republican Women’s Club will meet for a wine and cheese reception with former Gov. Christine Todd Whitman at 7 p.m. May 13 at the East Brunswick Library, 2 Civic Center Drive. Men and women are invited. The meeting is free. Refreshments will be served. For more information, contact Sue Tisiker at 908-227-9240…

  • Birthday candles could set record during Relay for Life

    Relay for Life is hoping to make history this year. Relay for Life of South River/Sayreville will hold its fourth annual event from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. May 17 at Denny Stadium at South River High School, 11 Montgomery St., South River. Relay for Life is a community fundraising walk and a day to…

  • St. Bart’s Knights sponsor blood drive

    St. Bartholomew Knights of Columbus Council No. 11873 will hold a blood drive from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. May 18 at St. Bartholomew Parish Hall, 460 Ryders Lane, East Brunswick. For an appointment, call 1-800-933- 2566 or visit tinyurl.com/stbartsbd.

  • Towns seek to use housing funds for Sandy recovery

    By KEITH HEUMILLER Staff Writer A growing bipartisan group of local and state officials is seeking access to more than $150 million in affordable housing trust funds, which they say could aid reconstruction in Sandy-impacted towns. State Assemblyman Declan O’Scanlon Jr. (R-Monmouth) plans to introduce legislation in the coming weeks that would allow a partial…

  • Consignment sale open May 15-17

    Jersey Kids Consignment will hold their annual sale from May 15-17 at North Brunswick Fire Co. No. 3, 1470, Cozzens Lane, North Brunswick. There will be newborn, juniors/tweens and maternity clothes and items and baby furniture on sale. The pre-sale event for volunteers and new parents will be 8-9:30 p.m. May 15. A limited number…

  • School board inducts three to Wall of Honor

    By THOMAS CASTLES Staff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK — Three new inductees who have a combined 94 years of service to the East Brunswick School District have been added to the Board of Education’s Wall of Honor. Retired secretary Helen McGuinness, former teacher and coach William Pellagrino and the late Shelli Fishman, a former teacher, were…

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