• iPlay America to host Mikey Nichols Night

    iPlay America, 110 Schanck Road, off Route 9 south, Freehold, will hold Mikey Nichols Night on March 31. One hundred percent of the proceeds from ride band sales and an accompanying auction by the Monroe Baseball Association will be donated to the Monroe Falcons ice hockey player who was seriously injured during a game in…

  • Rabbi to shave head for cancer research

    Rabbi Eric Eisenkramer of Temple B’nai Shalom, Fern and Old Stage Roads, East Brunswick will be joining the nationwide event, “36 Rabbis Shave for the Brave,” to raise money for pediatric cancer research at 11 a.m. March 30. The community is invited to watch Eisenkramer shave his head in support of the St. Baldrick’s Foundation,…

  • AARP supports pending Caregiver’s Assistance Act

    Caregiving is stressful and expensive — in more ways than one. The average American caregiver is a 49-yearold woman who works while taking care of her elderly mother struggling with Alzheimer’s or some other illness, maybe several. For the caregiver, it may be a labor of love, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t costly in…

  • Bill allows adoptees access to birth certificates

    A s an adoptee and adoptive parent, I applaud the New Jersey Senate and Assembly for passing the New Jersey Birthright Bill. This important legislation will restore a basic human and civil right to relinquished persons who lost their genetic identity upon adoption. Like every minority group, adoptees are often faced with stigma and can…

  • Teen found connection with seniors

    I recently volunteered at Sunrise Assisted Living of East Brunswick. I would like to share the wonderful experience I had with these senior citizens who remain a vibrant part of our Middlesex County community. The seniors’ spirited nature was the first thing I noticed about them when my mom brought me there for the first…

  • Photo

    STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR A visit by a therapy dog to the Parsons Elementary School in North Brunswick on March 7 gave one first-grader a chance to do some hands-on learning.

  • Hat trick

    PHOTOS BY JOVELLE TAMAYO Above: Tristan Epstein reads “The Cat in the Hat” with the main character himself during a visit to JFK Elementary School in Jamesburg on March 6 in honor of Read Across America, which celebrates the birthday of Dr. Seuss each year. Below: Nicholas Scott gives The Cat in the Hat a…

  • Spotswood, former CFO continue legal actions

    By THOMAS CASTLES Staff Writer SPOTSWOOD — A criminal charge against Barbara Petren, suspended chief financial officer and tax collector for the borough, has been dismissed, but the matters surrounding her suspension remain unresolved. Judge James M. Newman in Manalapan Municipal Court on Feb. 24 dismissed a charge from January 2013 that alleged Petren made…

  • Street sign honors fallen soldier

    By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer Christine Koch, left, her son William Koch III, and William’s wife Laarnie reflect during the March 9 dedication of the roadway leading through Dutch Road Estates in East Brunswick in honor of fallen Army soldier Cpl. Steven R. Koch — their son and brother, respectively. PHOTOS BY SCOTT FRIEDMAN Steven…

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