• Open house scheduled Jan. 26, 31 at St. Bart’s

    St. Bartholomew School, 470 Ryders Lane, East Brunswick, will hold open houses 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Jan. 26 and 9:30-10:30 a.m. and 12:15-1:15 p.m. Jan. 31. The school offers a three- and four-yearold preschool program, full-day kindergarten, classes for grades 1-8 and before-school and after-school care. There are classes in art, Spanish, music and physical education;…

  • Library to celebrate India Republic Day

    An NJ350: Innovation, Diversity and Liberty event will be held from 2 to 4 p.m. Jan. 26 at the East Brunswick Public Library, Jean Walling Civic Center. The event, designed to celebrate the 64th Republic Day of India, honor Indian-Americans and experience Indian culture, is sponsored by Agraj Seva Kendra, the 4-H Indian Langoor Club…

  • U.S. Postal Service seeking new location in Milltown

    By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer MILLTOWN — Local officials are working with the U.S. Postal Service in an effort to find a smaller location for the borough’s post office. Postal officials informed the Borough Council last year that the present post office building on Washington Avenue is too large. The current building is 8,000 square…

  • Elks to hold poster and essay contest

    The East Brunswick Elks are holding a poster and essay contest to promote drug awareness among students in the area. The theme is “Down with Drugs, Up with Awareness.” Students in third through fifth grade can create a poster on 8 1/2-by-11 paper; students in grades six through eight can write an essay no longer…

  • All together now

    SCOTT FRIEDMAN Dancers have fun with The Village People’s “YMCA” as they move to the rhythm of Full Count during the big band dance at the Regency at Monroe on Jan. 18.

  • Former Monroe engineer indicted for assault by auto

    By STELLA MORRISON Staff Writer MONROE — Former Monroe Township engineer Ernest Feist has been indicted by a grand jury on two counts of aggravated assault and three counts of assault by auto in connection with a June 4, 2013, multiplevehicle crash that injured three people. According to the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office, Feist, 55,…

  • Paper boy

    PHOTO COURTESY OF THE EAST BRUNSWICK LIBRARY The East Brunswick Public Library is exhibiting a paper-cutting display titled “Imagine That” throughout the month. Hou-Tien Cheng can take an ordinary piece of paper and, with a few folds and snips, transform it into designs.

  • ‘Y’ stay in shape

    PHOTO COURTESY OF RARITAN VALLEY YMCA Gerrell Crawley takes a shot at the basket during a game of knockout with counselor Lorina Murphy of the Raritan Valley YMCA. Kids age 14 and under can register for winter youth sports camps at the YMCA, located at 144 Tices Lane, East Brunswick, in order to stay physically…

  • Author to give tips on writer’s block

    JAMESBURG — Local author Alison Hyland will present “Writer’s Block: It’s Not a Fatal Disease” at the Jan. 25 meeting of Sisters in Crime/Central Jersey at the Jamesburg Senior Center, 139 Stevens Ave. The free program will begin at 11:45 a.m. Through humor and advice, Hyland will encourage listeners to use imagination, current events and…

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