• Wallet cards help promote understanding

    Wallet cards help promote understanding

    By VASHTI HARRIS Staff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK Offering an informational resource to help its officers better handle encounters with residents who have autism or intellectual disabilities, the East Brunswick Police Department (EBPD) continues to promote autism wallet cards. Officially called the Wallet Card Project, the program was created by Disability Independence Group Inc., a nonprofit legal…

  • South River Project Graduation seeks vendors for garage sale

    South River Project Graduation seeks vendors for garage sale

    South River High School Project Graduation is seeking vendors for its garage sale that will take place at 8 a.m. on May 20 at South River High School, 11 Montgomery St. Vendor space costs $15 per space. New items will be accepted for the seniors’ table. The garage sale will benefit Project Graduation for the Class of…

  • Water companies flushing hydrants in Edison

    Water companies flushing hydrants in Edison

    EDISON — Two private water companies that provide Edison’s 35,800 households with drinking water are conducting routine hydrant flushing over the next few weeks. Crews from Middlesex Water Company and New Jersey American Water Company are already working in the Edison neighborhoods they each serve. Hydrant flushing is done between 7:30 a.m. and 3 p.m. and…

  • Monmouth County freeholders unveil new county seal

    Monmouth County freeholders unveil new county seal

    The Monmouth County Board of Freeholders has unveiled a new seal for the county. “The updated design is in keeping with the intention of a previous freeholder board who, on March 9, 1798, ordered a seal with a ‘Plough and the letters Monmouth,’ ” Freeholder Director Lillian G. Burry said. “There can be little doubt…

  • Residents have major concerns about proposed Wawa gas station

    Residents have major concerns about proposed Wawa gas station

    We read the article “Revised plan for Wawa gas station will continue in June” (Sentinel, April 27). The article did not fairly represent what occurred at the public hearing in North Brunswick on April 18. It was postponed by the Zoning Board after numerous residents voiced their concerns about traffic and ground and water pollution.…

  • Conference to help those with learning disabilities prepare for the future

    Conference to help those with learning disabilities prepare for the future

    The Learning Disabilities Association of New Jersey (LDANJ) will hold the Life Beyond High School Transition Conference & Expo from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on May 13 at the NJHA Conference & Event Center, 760 Alexander Road, Princeton. The conference will offer a variety of workshops for parents, students and professionals related to preparing…

  • On Campus

    On Campus

    Matthew Goldstein of East Brunswick has been inducted into the Phi Zeta Kappa honor society at Fairleigh Dickinson University. Eligibility for membership in the university’s junior honor society is established by completing at least the first 60 credits toward an undergraduate degree. Of these, 44 must have been earned at Fairleigh Dickinson and a cumulative…

  • Free tickets available to Shout Down Drugs concert

    Free tickets available to Shout Down Drugs concert

    Free tickets are available for the Partnership for a Drug-Free New Jersey’s 13th annual New Jersey Shout Down Drugs Prevention Concert. Presented by the New Jersey Broadcasters Association, 14 musical acts comprising 31 New Jersey high school students will perform at 7:30 p.m. on May 19 at the Rutgers University Nicholas Music Center in New…

  • Wills, Estate Planning and Probate Seminar May 15

    Wills, Estate Planning and Probate Seminar May 15

    A Wills, Estate Planning and Probate seminar will be held at 7 p.m. on May 15 at the Woodbridge Main Library, 1 George Frederick Plaza, Woodbridge. Guest speaker will be Kenneth Vercammen, managing attorney at Kenneth Vercammen and Associates in Edison. The seminar is free and attendees will receive complimentary brochures. For more information call…

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