• Bingo fundraiser slated for Oct. 18

    St. Stanislaus Kostka HSA will hold a Coach Bingo fundraiser on Oct. 18 at the gymnasium on MacArthur Avenue. Doors open at 6 p.m. Calling begins at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $30 per person and include 12 games of Bingo (three cards per game), coffee, tea and dessert. Additional game boards may be purchased. There…

  • Rutgers tickets aid breast cancer research

    Tickets are being sold for the Rutgers University homecoming football game on Oct. 26 against the University of Houston. Tickets cost $30, and $10 from each ticket will go to the Mama Mare Breast Cancer Foundation to raise money for breast cancer research. To purchase tickets, call 732-904-7885 or visit www.mamamare.org.

  • Monroe dedicates space for environmental farm

    By STELLA MORRISON Staff Writer MONROE — A 12.3-acre site, set aside by developer Verde Group in Cranbury, will be developed into a community environmental farm. The Monroe Township Environmental Commission is pursuing the farm as an appropriate use for the site, which is one-third of the land that was included in the approved mixed-use…

  • Jamesburg officials urge support of minimum-wage increase

    By STELLA MORRISON Staff Writer JAMESBURG — The Borough Council passed a resolution Oct. 9 to formally establish its support and to urge Jamesburg residents to vote “yes” for a proposed minimum wage increase. The question will be posed as an item on the general election ballot on Nov. 5. The resolution states that the…

  • Negro League pitcher tells of bygone era of baseball

    By THOMAS CASTLES Staff Writer Robert Scott, a former Negro League pitcher, speaks to a crowd at the East Brunswick Public Library on Oct. 10. THOMAS CASTLES/STAFF Things were much simpler in the early days of baseball, when pitchers could throw a complete game on a day’s rest and player contracts were relatively benign compared…

  • Man admits scamming Sandy victims

    A Metuchen man admitted Oct. 8 to preying on victims of superstorm Sandy, promising them low-cost housing or cars and instead stealing their money and defrauding them and others of approximately $55,000, according to Acting Attorney General John J. Hoffman. David Scott Ruddy, 33, pleaded guilty to third-degree theft by deception before Superior Court Judge…

  • Area haunts play host to reported ghosts

    By JESSICA D’AMICO Staff Writer A portrait of the late Stanhope Nixon is rumored to have possibly caused issues for one of its previous owners. JESSICA D’AMICO/STAFF A s autumn makes its annual journey toward Halloween, thrill seekers take their own sojourns to creepy venues designed to scare up the spirit of All Hallow’s Eve…

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    Members of the Spotswood High School community move to the music during an Oct. 10 Zumba fundraiser sponsored by Distributive Education Clubs of America (DECA) for the Covenant House Teens 4 Teens program. SCOTT FRIEDMAN

  • Straight and steady

    Q&A with Sharon Peters Q: We test drove an Acura RLX that supposedly steers the car back on course if it goes over the center lane. How does it know we’re off course? A: It detects or “reads” painted lines or reflectors. Lest you be lulled into false security: if you’re on a road with…

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