• Find superior clinical care and service at CareOne at East Brunswick

    CareOne at East Brunswick is a lovely, 132-bed skilled nursing center that boasts a gracious environment designed to ensure comfort and dignity. Care- One at East Brunswick believes that wellness is the result of superior clinical care and unsurpassed attention to service.They are committed to personalized care delivery, supported through a variety of unique programs.They…

  • What’s next after retirement?

    Scores of people spend their working days dreaming of the moment they are eligible for retirement.They may have retirement counted down to the minutes and seconds, particularly if they’ve been in a job that hasn’t been the most enjoyable. But many people find that once they retire they do not know what to do to…

  • Bone up on knee and joint health

    By Jeff Schnaufer CTW Features More than a million people undergo a hip or knee replacement surgery every year. What are the best, most effective ways for the 50-plus set to keep their knees and hips in good shape? H ere’s a little-known fact: For some people, with every pound they gain, it can feel…

  • Elks Halloween gala scheduled for Oct. 26

    East Brunswick Elks Lodge No. 2370 will hold its annual Halloween Party 8 p.m.- midnight Oct. 26 at the lodge, 21B Oakmont Ave. The event will feature a hot dinner buffet and music by the Red Eye Riders. Cost is $25 per person. To reserve, call Allan Carmy at 732-422-7796.

  • Family mourns loss of young life to addiction

    VIEWS Jack Murtha We buried my 21-year-old cousin Courtney on the afternoon of Sept. 5, near her lifelong home in Bergen County. She died two days earlier, after a difficult period scarred by a cruel and far-too-common disease. Courtney spent the final years of her life as an intravenous heroin addict who shuffled in and…

  • BUSINESS BRIEFS

    Rosalind Casey of Carteret is among the first Provident Bank’s “Committed to Share” sweepstakes winners for Middlesex County. Participants can enter for a chance to win one of three top cash prizes, with a matching donation to a charity of their choice. The top prizes will be awarded on Dec. 14, including a grand prize…

  • East Brunswick to host marching-band event

    The East Brunswick High School (EBHS) Marching Band will present its annual Marching Band Festival 5-9:30 p.m. Oct. 26 at the high school, Cranbury Road. Fifteen bands representing schools in New Jersey and Maryland will perform. Admission fee is $10 for adults, $7 for senior citizens, $5 for students; children under age 6 will be…

  • Metuchen resident admits to scamming Sandy victims

    David Scott Ruddy 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…

  • Veterans separate fact from fiction

    By THOMAS CASTLES Staff Writer Military service is lauded by some and criticized by others, but few besides the men and women who have served know what the military really has to offer. “Everyone bases their conception of what the military is like based on what the media tells you and what you see on…

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