• Bank on it

    The Milltown office of Kearny Federal Savings Bank was one of many local businesses participating in the Milltown Day celebration Oct. 5. Branch personnel welcomed visitors with an interactive game, prizes, free trinkets and financial product information. Customer service representative Magda Boraie is pictured, left to right, with Assistant Vice President and Branch Manager Magda…

  • Residents invited to Jamesburg Fall Fest

    The borough of Jamesburg will sponsor its annual Fall Festival noon to 5 p.m. Oct. 19 along West Railroad Avenue in the center of town. Rain date is Oct. 20. New to the festival will be members of Cub Scout Pack No. 105, racing down Church Street in their home-built wooden Cubmobiles, which are similar…

  • Eid gala to support hunger relief efforts

    Muslims Against Hunger will hold a gala in celebration of Eid 6:30-9:30 p.m. Oct. 19 at the Crowne Plaza, Route 32, Monroe. Muslims Against Hunger brings people of different faiths together around the shared value of community service and helps feed the hungry of New Jersey. Tickets are $75 per person or $35 for children…

  • Hazard mitigation grants allotted for resiliency projects

    The Christie Administration announced that $50 million in federal Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) funds will be allocated to counties to enable local and regional storm resiliency projects that will better protect the state in the event of a storm or other disaster. Middlesex County will receive $3.8 million in HMGP funds, pending a 10…

  • Comfort dog to visit Old Bridge church

    The community is invited to meet Addie, a trained comfort dog of the Lutheran Church Charities K-9 Comfort Dog Ministry, 6:30 p.m. Oct. 25 at the Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd, 3139 Route 516, Old Bridge. Addie has been serving in Connecticut since January, when she came out to assist at Sandy Hook Elementary…

  • Ice cream shop hosts Halloween party

    Cookies & Cream Ice Cream Parlor, 365 Spotswood-Englishtown Road, in the Suburban Plaza, Monroe, will hold a Halloween party 7-9 p.m. Oct. 18. The cost is $3.50 per child dressed in costume. The movie, “It’s The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown” will be shown, and there will be goody bags. Cookies & Cream is open year-round.…

  • Fish-Fry Dinners continue at legion

    The Sons of American Legion Post No. 25 will host its next Fish-Fry Dinner 5-8 p.m. Oct. 25 at the post home, 4 JFK Blvd., Milltown. Donation is $9 for adults and $5 for children under age 12, and includes fish, fries or macaroni and cheese, salad, coleslaw and dessert. Add 50 cents for each…

  • South River to host townwide garage sales

    The Friends of the South River Public Library will hold a community-wide garage sale 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Oct. 19. More than 40 houses will be holding sales. Details and registration information for sellers can be obtained in the lobby of the library, 55 Appleby Ave., or at tinyurl.com/srgaragesale. Street maps with participating addresses…

  • Vocational, technical schools see increase in enrollment

    A surge in enrollment marked the start of the school year in the Middlesex County Vocational and Technical Schools (MCVTS). “There has been an increase in our enrollment and an increase in the demand for our career-major programs,” MCVTS Superintendent of Schools Brian J. Loughlin said. Assistant Superintendent of Schools Dianne Veilleux said enrollment for…

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