• South Brunswick reports positive response to drug addiction program

    South Brunswick reports positive response to drug addiction program

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK – In just more than one month since the South Brunswick Police Department initiated a new program to combat opiate usage, positive results are being reported. “Opiate addiction is a problem affecting the entire country, not just one community. We wanted to give people suffering addiction and their family members quicker access to the…

  • Program to focus on hereditary risk of breast cancer

    Program to focus on hereditary risk of breast cancer

    “Could You Be at Risk for Hereditary Cancer?,” a free program focusing on inherited genetic mutations that raise the risk of certain cancers in men and women, will be held at 10:30 a.m. May 7 at Anshe Emeth Memorial Temple, 222 Livingston Ave., New Brunswick. Speakers will be Hetal Vig, genetic counselor at the Rutgers…

  • Library to hold blood drive May 4

    Library to hold blood drive May 4

    The Sayreville Public Library will hold a blood drive from 3-7 p.m. on May 4 at the library, 1050 Washington Road, Parlin section of Sayreville. While walk-ins are welcome, appointments are encouraged by visiting donor.cbsblood.org/donor/schedules/drive_schedule/45014.

  • Tricky Tray will be held at Cheesequake firehouse

    Tricky Tray will be held at Cheesequake firehouse

    The Ladies Auxiliary of the Cheesequake Volunteer Fire Company will hold its annual Tricky Tray at 6:30 p.m. on May 9 at the firehouse on Route 34, Old Bridge. The event includes dinner and it is BYOB. Tickets cost $20 and will be sold in advance only. For tickets, call Gina at 732-947-2492.

  • Community invited to installation ceremony for minister

    Community invited to installation ceremony for minister

    EAST BRUNSWICK – The Unitarian Society (TUS) invites the greater community to attend the installation ceremony of its seventh settled minister. The Rev. Karen G. Johnston will officially be welcomed at 4 p.m. on April 30 at the church, 176 Tices Lane, East Brunswick. In addition to TUS congregants, statewide Unitarian religious leaders, as well…

  • Doctor from Monmouth Junction pleads guilty in test-referral scheme

    Doctor from Monmouth Junction pleads guilty in test-referral scheme

    NEWARK – An internal medicine doctor from South Brunswick has admitted to taking bribes in connection with a long-running and elaborate test referral scheme. Ahmed El Soury, 44, of the Monmouth Junction section of South Brunswick, pleaded guilty to an indictment charging him with conspiracy to violate the Anti-Kickback Statute, the Federal Travel Act and…

  • Foundation supports Manalapan-Englishtown schools

    Foundation supports Manalapan-Englishtown schools

    By Mark Rosman Staff Writer The Foundation for the Manalapan-Englishtown Regional Schools has made six new donations totaling $13,859 to the Manalapan-Englishtown Regional School District. At its meeting on April 18 at the district’s offices in Englishtown, the Board of Education accepted the grants and thanked the foundation for its ongoing support of the schools.…

  • Music and history will be featured at library headquarters

    Music and history will be featured at library headquarters

    A celebration of American music and heroes of New Jersey will take place at the Monmouth County Library Headquarters, 125 Symmes Drive, Manalapan, on May 7. The May 7 presentation at the library will coincide with the Weekend in Old Monmouth tour of historic sites in Monmouth County. “The first weekends in spring are always…

  • Police investigating anti-Semitic comments on playground

    Police investigating anti-Semitic comments on playground

    By Mark Rosman Staff Writer MANALAPAN – The Manalapan Police Department is investigating a bias incident that occurred on the grounds of a local elementary school. According to police, at 6:41 p.m. April 13, Patrolman Anthony Cascella responded to the Clark Mills School, Gordons Corner Road, to investigate a report of bias related criminal mischief.…

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