• Rutgers offers discount to Homecoming game

    Discounted tickets are available for the Rutgers Homecoming football game against the University of Houston on Oct. 26 at Rutgers Stadium, Piscataway. The $35 tickets will allow attendees to join the Scarlet Knights in the last season of action before the move to the Big Ten Conference in 2014. Before the game, music, food and…

  • Violinist to perform in Music at St. Mary’s

    Violinist Lucia Nowik will offer a concert beginning at 4 p.m. Oct. 6 at St. Mary’s Church, 256 Augusta St., South Amboy. The event is part of the Music at St. Mary’s series. Nowik will present a solo concert featuring violin music of the past three centuries, featuring composers including Bach, Brahms and others. A…

  • Milkman provides ‘udder’ ways to get fresh dairy items

    By THOMAS CASTLES Staff Writer Milling leaves his house at 1:30 a.m. four times a week to deliver fresh milk, meats, cheeses, eggs, butter and sometimes seafood. OLD BRIDGE — The milkman ostensibly went the way of the dodo bird decades ago. But nostalgia is big business for babyboomers and their parents — and business…

  • Parish, company heads to be honored

    In recognition of their contributions to disaster-recovery and relief efforts in the Middlesex County area following superstorm Sandy, representatives of a Roman Catholic parish community and a securities services company will be honored at the Diocese of Metuchen’s 29th annual Flame of Charity Dinner Oct. 24 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel, New Brunswick. Brian J.…

  • American Legion plans Spaghetti Fest

    American Legion Post No. 214 will sponsor its annual Spaghetti Festival 12:30- 4:30 p.m. Oct. 13 at the post home, 264 Whitehead Ave., South River. The menu will include spaghetti, homemade meatballs, sausage, salad, bread, coffee, tea, soda and cake. Donation is $12 for adults, $6 for children under age 10. For tickets or more…

  • Affordable housing quotas up for debate

    By KEITH HEUMILLER Staff Writer “This is housing that 25 percent of the state’s population is eligible for …” — Kevin Walsh Fair Share Housing Center While last week’s long-awaited state Supreme Court decision was expected to eliminate much of the uncertainty surrounding New Jersey’s affordable housing program, stakeholders still disagree on how it will…

  • Register now for Matt Collura 5K, barbecue

    The third annual Matt Collura 5K Run/Walk and barbecue will be held Oct. 13 at Thompson Park, Perrineville Road, Jamesburg, to support the Mid-Atlantic Traumatic Brain Injury Fund. Check-in opens at 8:30 a.m., and the race begins at 10:30 a.m. The cost is $30 per person, or $15 for children 7 and under. Participants must…

  • Monroe board sets goals for a challenging budget

    By STELLA MORRISON Staff Writer MONROE — Facility repairs, tax relief and special education support are among the top priorities of the Monroe Township Board of Education for its 2014-15 school budget. At its Sept. 25 meeting, Business Administrator Michael Gorski and Superintendent of Schools Kenneth Hamilton outlined priorities as part of a budget philosophy…

  • Spicuzzo and cronies got a slap on the wrist for crimes

    Greg Bean CODA Longtime Middlesex County Sheriff and former chairman of the county’s Democratic Party Joe Spicuzzo was sentenced to nine years in prison Sept. 20 for running a jobs-for-cash scheme out of his office. He’d faced a number of charges on what authorities called “a pattern of official misconduct and bribery,” but he cut…

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