• Vendors welcome at Everything for Kids

    The Aldersgate United Methodist Church Everything for Kids Indoor Yard Sale is planned for 8 a.m.-2 p.m. Oct. 19 in the church gym, 568 Ryders Lane, East Brunswick. Vendors are sought. Suggested sale items include maternity clothes, strollers, high chairs and infant gear such as cribs, play yards, booster seats, carriers and rockers. Additional suggested…

  • Italian-American Club seeking new members

    The East Brunswick Italian-American Club will hold its next meeting at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 16 at East Brunswick Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 133, 485 Cranbury Road, behind University Radiology. Prospective members and guests are welcome.

  • MAVIS schedules Spaghetti Dinner

    The Music Association for the Visually Impaired Students of New Jersey (MAVIS) will hold its annual Spaghetti Dinner 3-6 p.m. Oct. 20 at Knights of Columbus Hall, 775 Washington Road, Parlin section of Sayreville. The dinner will raise funds for MAVIS, a nonprofit organization that subsidizes musical instruments and music lessons for New Jersey residents…

  • Speed racers

    Above: Jerry Eccleston of Hazlet sets up his model cars during an exhibit celebrating the lost speedways of New Jersey at the Thomas Warne Museum in Old Bridge on Oct. 5. Below: Patrons learn about the history of racing in New Jersey. PHOTOS BY SCOTT FRIEDMAN

  • Resident praises hometown of Sayreville

    When someone asks me about the town I grew up in, I have to wait a little bit to respond. I think long and hard because I want that person to realize the utmost love and respect I have for Sayreville, home of the Bombers. I know of friends and family who hate the towns…

  • Your town, your newspaper, your life

    YOUR TURN JIM ZACHARY GUEST COLUMN A s newspaper executives struggle over whether the news should be digital first, tablet first, SMS first or print first, readers know exactly what they want their local newspaper to be — community first. Reading a newspaper is not like reading a novel, a magazine, a history book, poetry,…

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    Pumpkins await carving at Happy Day Farm in Manalapan. JENNIFER AMATO/STAFF

  • Middlesex County mourns loss of longtime freeholder

    By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer Stephen J. “Pete” Dalina Stephen J. “Pete” Dalina, Middlesex County’s longest-serving freeholder, is being remembered this week as a loving friend and family man who spent decades serving the people of his hometown of Woodbridge and the county as a whole. Dalina, 83, passed away Oct. 5. “He was the…

  • Public invited to Irish genealogy talk

    The Sayreville Historical Society will present a free public program on Irish genealogy at 7 p.m. Oct. 10 at the Sayreville Senior Center, 423 Main St. Guest speaker Maureen Wlodarczyk will offer a presentation titled “A Genealogical Journey of Discovery: The Search for Irish Ancestral Roots.” Wlodarczyk is an author, columnist, genealogist, speaker and blogger…

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