• Crafter’s Show at Spotswood church

    The Elizabeth Circle of the Spotswood Reformed Church, 429 Main St., Spotswood, will sponsor a Crafter’s Show 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Dec. 7. There will be Christmas decorations, jewelry, candles, crocheted items and other items.

  • Holiday concert to feature classic songs

    Playhouse 22, East Brunswick’s community theater, will present “An Evening of Classic Standards and Oldies With Patsy Palma and Friends” at 8 p.m. Nov. 30 in the theater, located in the East Brunswick Community Arts Center, 721 Cranbury Road. The concert will feature a collection of holiday songs and standards from Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin…

  • Angel Tree tags available at library

    Independent Girl Scout Mia Gahrmann, in conjunction with the Spotswood Public Library and the Salvation Army, will conduct the annual Angel Tree for local needy children through Dec. 12 at the library, 548 Main St. Visitors to the library may select an angel from the tree and purchase a gift for a youngster in need.…

  • As drivers age, big decision looms down the road

    By STELLA MORRISON Staff Writer MONROE — For elderly drivers, the decision to stop driving is often made in consultation with family members and medical advisors. Representatives from the Automobile Association of America (AAA) Mid-Atlantic and the Oscar and Ella Wilf Campus for Senior Living, Somerset, discussed the challenges of initiating that conversation with an…

  • Orders being taken for pierogi, blintz sale

    St Stanislaus Kostka’s Rosary Altar Society will accept orders for pierogies and blintzes through Dec. 14. The choices for pierogies are cheese (cottage cheese), potato, potato and cheddar cheese, potato and onion, sauerkraut and sauerkraut mushroom. They are sold 12 per package for $4.85. The choices for blintzes are cheese, apricot, blueberry, cherry and strawberry.…

  • Emergency coordinator makes post-Sandy recommendations

    By JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent SOUTH RIVER — Maintaining the status quo in dealing with natural emergencies comes with significant risk to the borough, according to Office of Emergency Management Coordinator Arthur Londensky. Mayor John Krenzel introduced Londensky’s post-Sandy presentation at the Nov. 12 Borough Council meeting by explaining that the borough will have to make…

  • Food drive

    PHOTO COURTESY OF AMBOY BANK Percy Williams, from left, a volunteer at the Old Bridge Food Bank; Anthony Detoro, Amboy Bank vice president of branch administration; Gregory Scharpf, Amboy Bank senior vice president; and Jennifer Flaherty of the Old Bridge Food Bank load up two vans with food collected during Amboy Bank’s food drive. All…

  • BUSINESS BRIEFS

    The Seeing Eye of East Brunswick, Jewish Family & Vocational Service of Milltown and the Friends of the Monroe Township Senior Center all received $1,000 grants from Wells Fargo as part of the company’s mission to distribute $136,000 in grants to central and southern New Jersey nonprofit organizations and community groups. John W. Chin of…

  • Downtown shopping convenient all year

    Sandwiched between the corporate-driven madness of Black Friday and Cyber Monday lies Small Business Saturday, which falls on Nov. 30 this year. American Express launched the event in 2010 to prod people to spend some holiday cash in mom-and-pop shops, if only for a day. While the blitz may add a few bucks to the…

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