• Deadline approaching for Affordable Care Act

    The enrollment period for the Affordable Care Act (ACA) ends on March 31. Also known as Obamacare, the ACA was signed into law in March 2010 and ratified by the Supreme Court in June 2012. Benefits that must be included in one’s health plan through the ACA are doctor’s visits; emergency services; hospitalization; maternity and…

  • Church to take orders for Easter babkas

    Saints Peter and Paul Russian Orthodox Catholic Church, Whitehead Avenue, South River, is taking orders for Easter babkas. Cheese, chocolate, cinnamon-crumb, prune, poppy, raspberry, apricot and raisin babkas cost $10.25 each. Raspberry/ cheese, apricot/cheese and chocolate/ cheese varieties are available at a cost of $10.75 each. To order, call Debbie at 732-238- 0735 or email…

  • Event features winners of ‘Cupcake Wars’

    The Brunswick Women’s Connection will hold a House of Cupcakes dinner party from 7-8:30 p.m. April 9 at The Chateau, 678 Cranbury Road, East Brunswick. Ruthie Bzdewka, founder of the House of Cupcakes in Princeton, will demonstrate frosting techniques. Ruthie and Ron Bzdewka were winners of the Food Network’s “Cupcake Wars” in 2011. In addition,…

  • Tax numbers in South River hinge on FEMA aid, surplus

    By JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent SOUTH RIVER — Borough residents may be facing a tax increase, but if so and how much are issues still under speculation. Borough Administrator Frederick Carr presented the $16.6 million budget, which was approved later by the Borough Council, during the council’s March 10 meeting. The budget is not final until…

  • County budget holds spending levels flat

    The Middlesex County Board of Chosen Freeholders adopted a $421.5 million gross operating budget during its March 6 meeting. The budget reflects a 0.5 percent increase over the prior year’s budget, according to Middlesex County Freeholder Charles Kenny, chairman of the county’s Finance Committee. The 2014 budget carries a decrease in debt of $74 million,…

  • Monroe to restore 1830s red barn at Dey Farm

    By STELLA MORRISON Staff Writer The red barn on the Dey Farm Historic Site will be restored and turned into an agricultural museum dedicated to Monroe Township’s farming history. STELLA MORRISON/STAFF MONROE — The circa-1830s red barn on the township’s Dey Farm Historic Site will be restored and become a museum showcasing the township’s rich…

  • Spotswood enacts vision of a walkable Main Street

    By THOMAS CASTLES Staff Writer The borough is adopting new zoning standards to make the Main Street Rehabilitation District a reality. TOM CASTLES/STAFF SPOTSWOOD — A grand vision for the revitalization of Main Street is one step closer to reality. The Borough Council voted to approve an ordinance March 3 that will ensure that all…

  • New superintendent named to lead East Brunswick schools

    By THOMAS CASTLES Staff Writer The East Brunswick Board of Education has appointed a new superintendent to head the K-12 school district. Victor P. Valeski replaces Patrick Piegari, who has been interim superintendent since July 1. Piegari had been filling in since the retirement of longtime district superintendent Jo Ann Magistro. “I understand that I’m…

  • Giving thanks to the Polish-American club

    The members of the Spotswood Cultural and Heritage Commission would like to express our gratitude to the members of the Spotswood Polish- American Citizens Club, who have so graciously hosted our monthly meetings for the past few years at their meeting hall on Adirondack Avenue. This storied group has its rightful place in Spotswood history,…

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