• Area residents invited to Dec. 7 Nature Walk

    The Lawrence Brook Watershed Partnership (LBWP) will sponsor its Fall Nature Walk beginning at 1 p.m. Dec. 7 in the Rutgers Gardens area of Rutgers University, New Brunswick. The walk, which also will include an introduction to visual stream assessment, is designed to observe late fall coloring and the large diversity of trees, shrubs, plantings…

  • Grants help local districts fund post-Sandy transportation costs

    The school districts in Sayreville and South River will receive federal funds to provide school transportation to students displaced by superstorm Sandy. Sayreville was awarded $26,499 and South River was granted $2,018, according to a Nov. 26 announcement by the New Jersey Department of Education (DOE). Most of the funding will cover past and anticipated…

  • Handwriting analyst to speak at meeting

    Handwriting analyst Terry Antoniewicz will present a program titled “The Mysteries of Graphology Revealed” beginning at 11:30 a.m. during the Dec. 7 meeting of Sisters in Crime/Central Jersey (SinC/CJ) at the Jamesburg Senior Center, 139 Stevens Ave. Antoniewicz will discuss how a person’s handwriting can reveal “criminal tendencies,” how to spot a forgery and other…

  • Elks selling tickets for Breakfast With Santa

    The East Brunswick Elks will sponsor a Breakfast With Santa 9:30-11 a.m. Dec. 15 at the lodge, 21 Oakmont Ave. Santa will arrive at approximately 10:45 a.m. Cost is $9 per person; children ages 10 and under will be admitted free of charge. Donations of canned goods including nonperishable items such as macaroni and cheese,…

  • Visit with Santa to aid Toys for Tots

    Parents and children are invited to visit with Santa Claus and view the holiday lights and decorations at a private home at 55 Valley Vale Drive, Old Bridge, 6-9 p.m. Dec. 13 and 14. The house won the Clark Griswold Award five years ago in the Old Bridge Holiday Decorating Contest. Interested parents should bring…

  • Police charge burglary suspects after plainclothes operation

    EAST BRUNSWICK — A plainclothes operation conducted by township police has led to charges against three suspects accused of burglary. Recent burglaries in the township prompted Public Safety Director William Krause Jr. to initiate a burglary detail involving plainclothes officers operating unmarked vehicles in an effort to combat any criminal activity, according to a press…

  • Teens killed in single-vehicle accident in East Brunswick

    By THOMAS CASTLES Staff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK — Two teenagers were killed shortly after their vehicle ran off the roadway on Dutch Road and struck a telephone pole Nov. 30. Jeffrey Szatkowski, 17, of Spotswood, was driving southbound on Dutch Road with Nicole Surace, 18, of Milltown, in the passenger seat when his 2004 Ford…

  • Forever families recognized on National Adoption Day

    Zach Goodlow’s lasting bond with his parents was made official Nov. 22 during National Adoption Day. According to the National Adoption Day website, there are more than 100,000 children in foster care waiting for families. Reports show that more than 60 percent stay in foster care for two to five years, and another 20 percent…

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