• Student’s design featured in play

    Kimani Isaac Kimani Isaac of North Brunswick has won Princeton University’s McCarter Theatre Costume Design Competition. A sophomore at the Middlesex County Vocational and Technical School district’s School of the Arts in East Brunswick, Kimani had to draw a design for a character and a specific scene in the play. She chose “Fences” by August…

  • Author to offer advice on writing mysteries

    Sisters in Crime/Central Jersey (SinC/CJ) will present a program titled “Lunch and More With Alice Orr” 12:30-4 p.m. Feb. 22 at Ciro’s Ristorante Italiano, 301 Buckelew Ave., Monroe. Orr, a mystery author, book editor and agent, will offer a seminar, “Writing the Thriller/Mystery to Die For.” She will explain why the thriller is one of…

  • Friends book sale to benefit Jamesburg library

    The Friends of the Jamesburg Public Library is sponsoring its fourth annual Bag of Books Sale through Feb. 28 at the library, 229 Gatzmer Ave. The library is open 5-8 p.m. Mondays and Thursdays, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Wednesdays and Fridays, and 10 a.m.- 3 pm. Saturdays; the facility is closed Tuesdays and Sundays. Shoppers may…

  • Fire Department waits for word on grant funds

    By THOMAS CASTLES Staff Writer The Helmetta Fire department has applied for a state grant that would subsidize a portion of the $5,700 repair bill for the department’s tanker. PHOTO COURTESY OF GREGORY BENNETT HELMETTA — Improvements and upgrades to a tanker truck and other firefighting equipment may be on the way for the Fire…

  • Camp Forsgate to launch this summer

    MONROE TOWNSHIP — Forsgate Country Club is introducing a full-day summer camp for the 2014 season. Camp Forsgate is a full-day summer camp for children ages 4-10. The program offers an array of activities for campers, including arts and crafts, science projects, swimming, team-building activities, cooking demonstrations and group games. Campers will also receive golf…

  • Thomasville Home Furnishings announces store closings, sale

    Thomasville Home Furnishings, one of New Jersey’s most distinguished furniture store operations, will close two of their six store locations in Eatontown and East Hanover. A store-closing sale will begin on Feb. 15. Owners Ed Massood and Michael Massood announced they have made the strategic business decision to close both stores and begin a search…

  • Soup tasting on tap at Jamesburg firehouse

    The Jamesburg Fire Department Ladies Auxiliary will host its Taste of the Town Soup Tasting from noon to 3 p.m. Feb. 22 at the Jamesburg firehouse, 82 W. Railroad Ave. Members of the public are invited to sample a variety of soups supplied by local restaurants and to vote for the favorite soups. Cost is…

  • Tickets on sale for tricky-tray gift auction

    Spotswood High School Project Graduation will hold a Tricky Tray gift auction for those age 18 and older on Feb. 28 at Spotswood High School, 105 Summerhill Road. The rain/snow date is March 1. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. Calling will begin at 7:30 p.m. Admission is $10 and includes coffee, tea dessert and Tier…

  • Advocate takes issue with school board minutes

    By THOMAS CASTLES Staff Writer SPOTSWOOD — A letter from an open-government advocate has prompted the Spotswood Board of Education attorney to review the board’s compliance with New Jersey law. “With little districts, sometimes there are big problems,” said John Paff, chairman of the New Jersey Libertarian Party’s Open Government Advocacy Project. Paff has been…

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