• Cannabis program ‘going to pot’

    With 1,400 patients signed up for the medical cannabis program in New Jersey since August 2012, many have yet to see access. Greenleaf Compassion Center, which was opened briefly and closed this summer, served only 140 patients the entire year. With one of the program qualifications being less than six months to live, there undoubtedly…

  • Let’s serve veterans as well as they have served us

    YOUR TURN DANIEL M. DELLINGER GUEST COLUMN During the recent government shutdown, many numbers were thrown around. But there is one that stands out, and it has nothing to do with the debate over the federal budget. More than one a day — that is how many members of our active-duty military, National Guard and…

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    FRANK GALIPO Volunteers plant the Field of Flags at Westminster Presbyterian Church, Middletown, as a tribute to U.S. troops lost in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan on Oct. 19.

  • Womens group to hold glass making event

    The Jewish Women of East Brunswick (JWEB), a division of Torah Links of Middlesex County, will hold a Pre-Chanukah Glass Gift Making Event 7:30 p.m. Nov. 12 at Eagle’s Landing Day Camp, 74 Davidson Mill Road, North Brunswick. For more information, call 732-613- 1613 or email [email protected]. RSVP deadline is Nov. 8.

  • Program to discuss veterans benefits

    The Martin and Edith Stein Assisted Living Residence will host a workshop on veterans benefits 10:30 a.m. to noon on Nov. 12 at Jewish Family and Vocational Services, 52 Concordia Shopping Center, Monroe. Frank Quadrino of the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs and Doug W. Breen of Middlesex County Veterans Service will be guest speakers.…

  • Annual Elks Hoop Shoot set for Nov. 15

    The East Brunswick Elks Lodge 2370 will hold the Elks Hoop Shoot for boys and girls ages 8-13 from 7-9 p.m. Nov. 15 at Hammarskjold Middle School, 200 Rues Lane, East Brunswick. Contestants must be 8 years old by April 1, 2014, to participate.Top finishers in each age category may move on to the district,…

  • Pup-corn

    TERRY BOUDREAU Left to right: Annalyse, Shemar and Jasmin Mills walk their Wet Nose Rescue dog Pub, a Labrador-shepherd mix, through the corn maze at Etsch Farms in Monroe during the Nov. 2 Dogs in the Corn event.

  • BUSINESS BRIEFS

    Amboy Bank employees are clad in superhero garb for the kickoff of the bank’s Spooktacular Food Drive. Taking place at all 23 of the bank’s locations, the drive will run throughout November, collecting food for key partners that include Elijah’s Promise, the Old Bridge Food Bank and the Samaritan Center. John Underfer, executive vice president…

  • Joyce Kilmer School establishes National Junior Honor Society

    By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer MILLTOWN — Some 28 eighthgrade students at Joyce Kilmer School were inducted into the school’s first-ever National Junior Honor Society during an Oct. 29 ceremony. During the students’ introductions, each selected a favorite “teacher” — a parent, a teacher at Joyce Kilmer, or an another role model such as a…

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