• Red Sea

    SCOTT FRIEDMAN Roberta and Phil Colchie of East Brunswick pick out their holiday poinsettias at Gasko’s Family Farm and Greenhouses in Monroe on Dec. 8.

  • Knights will hold New Year’s Eve gala

    The Knights of Columbus Council No. 4815 New Year’s Eve Dinner-Dance is set for 7:30 p.m. Dec. 31 to 12:30 a.m. Jan. 1, 2014, at the council home, 61 Pine St., Old Bridge. A DJ will provide dance music from the ’50s and ’60s. The menu will feature hotand cold hors d’oeuvres, salad, a hot…

  • New polling location may be Corpus Christi gym

    By JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent SOUTH RIVER — Officials say voters using the borough high school faced some challenges with their polling venue, and that such issues warrant changing the location. The issue was discussed at the council’s Dec. 16 business meeting. Councilman Peter Guindi said the council received “quite a few complaints” about the decision…

  • Superintendent offers thanks to supporters

    The Monroe Township school district is very grateful for the generous effort of those who initiated and participated in the Field of Dreams endeavor. The project was intended to raise funds to enhance the baseball field on the Oak Tree School property. At this time, we are suspending the Field of Dreams project. We will…

  • Remembering teens who lost their lives

    On Dec. 1, the boroughs of Spotswood and Milltown suffered the tragic loss of two wonderful young adults — Jeffrey Szatkowski and Nicole Surace, a pair of promising teenagers who passed far too early. Both were as beautiful on the inside as the out, always contributing in as many ways as possible. The sorrow of…

  • New business takes flight in Old Bridge

    By THOMAS CASTLES Staff Writer Wahab Malik of Old Bridge sits in the cockpit of a Cessna plane while flight instructor Joe Holt looks on at the Old Bridge Flight School in Englishtown. FRANK WOJCIECHOWSKI OLD BRIDGE — Alyson Holt was elated when she graduated college almost 20 years ago and decided to reward herself…

  • Ready or not, aging happens

    Clare Marie Celano GIRL TALK Well, it’s all over but the shouting now, folks, depending on how one perceives being eligible to receive a check from the government to either stay home and make potholders, or book a Caribbean cruise. In my case, potholders are the more likely scenario. I received an email the other…

  • Friends to sponsor book sale at library

    The Friends of the East Brunswick Public Library will host its next in-house book sale Jan. 7-12 at the library, Jean Walling Civic Center. Shoppers will choose from books on cooking, health and fitness, self-help and more. All items will be bargain priced. For more information, call 732-390- 6767 or log on to www.ebpl.org and…

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