• Monmouth County Historical Association lecture May 4

    Monmouth County Historical Association lecture May 4

    The Monmouth County Historical Association will hold a lecture at 7:30 p.m. on May 4 at the Thompson Park Visitors Center, 805 Newman Springs Road, Lincroft. The lecture is going to be presented by Gail L. Hunton. Hunton is chief of the acquisition and design department for the Monmouth County Park System and will present…

  • Edison auto accident claims life

    Edison auto accident claims life

    EDISON — An investigation is ongoing into what caused a fatal one-car accident that claimed the life of a 22-year-old Woodbridge man along Executive Avenue, near Meadow Road last week, police said. Addam Knowlson was pronounced dead in the incident that occurred around 8:20 p.m. on April 18. A passing motorist dialed 911 after they…

  • East Brunswick professor receives excellence award

    East Brunswick professor receives excellence award

    EAST BRUNSWICK – A professor at Middlesex County College (MCC) has received the school’s 2017 Faculty Scholar Award. Shirley Wachtel, a 30-year resident of East Brunswick, is a professor of English. Her pedagogical research on reading and basic skills resulted in the 2012 publication of “Spotlight on Reading.” She has also published extensively for adults…

  • West Long Branch Fire Company holds paint party

    West Long Branch Fire Company holds paint party

    The West Long Branch Fire Company No. 1 Ladies Auxiliary will hold a paint party fundraiser on May 12 from 7 p.m. until 9 p.m. at the West Long Branch Firehouse, 379 Monmouth Road, West Long Branch. Contact Carolann at 908-433-7471 or Ilene at 732-728-9430 to reserve their seat before May 5. Space for the…

  • Monroe plans second annual multicultural festival

    Monroe plans second annual multicultural festival

    Monroe will celebrate its second annual Multicultural Festival from 12-5 p.m. April 30 at Monroe Township High School, Schoolhouse Road. The festival will showcase the diverse cultures represented in Monroe while giving everyone the opportunity to learn more about the different food, music, dance, and art that gives the township its uniqueness. The event is free…

  • Proceeds of Color Fun Run to help the destitute

    Proceeds of Color Fun Run to help the destitute

    Lighthouse Christian Fellowship will hold a charity Color Fun Run/Walk on June 17 at the Community Arts Center/Heavenly Farms Bike Path, 721 Cranbury Road, East Brunswick. The race begins at 11 a.m. Check in closes by 10:30 a.m. Participants will be doused with safe colored powder as they navigate the course. Early bird registration by…

  • Old Bridge college student presents research at national conference

    Old Bridge college student presents research at national conference

    OLD BRIDGE – An Old Bridge resident has had her original research accepted by the National Conference for Undergraduate Research (NCUR). Nicole Zic is studying Spanish secondary education in her senior year at Kean University in Union. Her research focused on the magical realism elements in Carlos Fuentes’s novel “Aura.” She traced connections between historical…

  • Edison couple celebrates 71 years of wedded bliss

    Edison couple celebrates 71 years of wedded bliss

    BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer EDISON — It was union that almost didn’t happen 71 years ago because of red hair. Doris Ellis, formerly Huston, said in her eyes George “Red” Ellis, who she grew up with in New Brunswick, was out of the question to date because red hair did not appeal to her.…

  • Open space purchase secures 26 acres in Monroe

    Open space purchase secures 26 acres in Monroe

    MONROE – Middlesex County has increased its open space inventory to more than 8,000 acres. The most recent purchase is 26.1 acres along Gravel Hill-Spotswood Road in Monroe. A joint purchase, the Board of Middlesex County Chosen Freeholders allocated $400,000 from the county’s Open Space and Recreation and Farmland and Historic Trust Fund and Monroe…

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