• Local residents urged to take Diabetes Risk Test on Alert Day

    New Jerseyans are urged to take the Diabetes Risk Test on March 25, which is the annual American Diabetes Association Alert Day. The one-day “wake-up call” evaluates a person’s risk for developing type 2 diabetes. For more information on locations, visit www.diabetes.org/nj or call 1-800-342- 2383. Participants will be asked to answer simple questions about…

  • Purim in the Palace

    Left: Rabbi Levi Azimov shows the Megillah to his daughter Rishie during the Purim in the Palace celebration, held by the Chabad Jewish Center at Pierre’s Ballroom in South Brunswick on March 16. Above: Keith Leaf, far right, entertains youngsters with his spinning plate during the celebration. PHOTOS BY SCOTT FRIEDMAN

  • Affordable Care Act information offered

    Brian Bernal will discuss the Affordable Care Act (ACA) from 3-8 p.m. every Wednesday through March 31 in the lobby of the South Brunswick Library, 110 Kingston Lane, Monmouth Junction. The registration deadline for the ACA is March 31. No appointment is required. The consultation is free of charge.

  • Residents can attend composting lessons

    The Middlesex County EARTH Center in Davidson’s Mill Pond Park, 42 Riva Ave., South Brunswick, will hold a free backyard composting seminar at 10 a.m. April 5 and a free vermicomposting seminar at 6:30 p.m. April 7. The backyard workshop will introduce the basics of composting kitchen scraps and yard waste. Vermicomposting involves worms breaking…

  • Plastic materials needed for fundraiser

    The South Brunswick Senior Center, 540 Ridge Road, Monmouth Junction, will collect dairy containers, chip wrappers, Kraft cheese products and electronics for a recycling fundraiser. Terra Cycle “upcycles” the goods into eco-friendly products, paying for each article collected. Acceptable items include yogurt, sour cream, cottage cheese, cream cheese containers; any brand of chip wrappers; Polly-…

  • Finnegan Deli sets Spring Party

    Finnegan Deli & Convenience, 1509 Finnegans Lane, in the Finnegan Plaza parking lot, North Brunswick, will hold a Spring Party for its customers from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. March 22. There will be free refreshments, henna and tattoos, a moon bounce for children, a DJ and giveaways.

  • Art therapy provided for kids with autistim

    The Parent/Child Workshops in the Arts for Children with Autism or Autistic Behaviors will be held on Saturdays, April 12 to June 14, 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at VSA New Jersey, 703 Jersey Ave., New Brunswick. Each ten-week workshop meets for one hour per week. There is a $30 registration fee for families who…

  • Compatibility, tongue-biting are keys to 72-year marriage

    Louis Luczu and his wife Julia exchanged their wedding vows on March 7, 1942. The couple celebrated their 72nd anniversary with a party at Roosevelt Care Center at Old Bridge on March 8. PHOTO COURTESY OF ROOSEVELT CARE CENTER A local couple is sharing the secrets to a successful relationship after more than seven decades…

  • State denies Hatikvah charter school expansion

    Hatikvah International Academy Charter School, East Brunswick, will remain in operation for at least the next five years, but a state decision has derailed its plan to become a K-8 school. New Jersey Department of Education (DOE) Chief Innovation Officer Evo Popoff denied the school’s proposal to increase class sizes and create a middle school…

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