• Vendors welcome at PTO-sponsored yard sale

    The Monroe Township High School (MTHS) PTO will sponsor its Old-and- New-Treasures Yard Sale 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Oct. 5 (rain date Oct. 12) in the parking lot at the high school, Schoolhouse Road. Spaces cost $10 in advance, $15 on the day of the event; the fee will help support the PTO Scholarship Fund. Individuals…

  • Vintner invites public on wine-making journey

    By JESSICA D’AMICO Staff Writer Guests take turns making mozzarella during an event at Grapes N’ Barrels on Sept. 5. STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR Certain places in the world have come to be synonymous with fine wines. Tuscany, Bordeaux, Napa and Sonoma are regions that command respect among the most discerning of wine connoisseurs. Longtime…

  • Political, legal changes are needed

    How many of you are unemployed, living paycheck to paycheck, not taking vacations, not eating out, and generally worried about your retirement and also how your children will manage since you cannot help them financially? I would think most of us are fools because we allow public servants, politicians, etc., to receive huge pensions while…

  • Similar names cause confusion for voters

    A few weeks ago, the 14 candidates for three seats on the Monroe Township Board of Education were announced. The following day, I started to receive many phone calls and emails from residents of Monroe thanking me for running for a board seat again. Last year I did not run for re-election because of personal…

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  • Cambodian refugee shares story of atrocities, survival

    By THOMAS CASTLES Staff Writer Chanty Jong, a survivor of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia, shares her experiences at the East Brunswick Public Library Sept. 3. A n estimated 2 million people were killed when revolutionary Cambodian dictator Pol Pot rose to power in 1975 and ordered the immediate communist overhaul of the Southeast Asian…

  • Ed. foundation offers Apples for Education

    The East Brunswick Education Foundation (EBEF) and the EBEF Student Association will sell Apples for Education for a small donation at the district’s Back to School Nights. All proceeds will be used to enhance and enrich teaching and learning in East Brunswick public schools. To find dates for Back to School Nights, log on to…

  • Chittick Elementary clothing drive Sept. 21

    The PTA of the Chittick Elementary School, 5 Flagler St., East Brunswick, will hold a curbside clothing drive from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sept. 21. Donations will benefit Clothing for a Cause. Blankets, curtains, belts, coats, all types of clothes, shoes/boots and stuffed animals will be accepted; no other toys will be accepted. Receipts…

  • Application deadline Sept. 16 for senior tax freeze program

    The deadline for 2012 property tax reimbursement applications under New Jersey’s Senior Freeze program is Sept. 16. To be eligible for the Senior Freeze program, applicants must have been 65 years or older by Dec. 31, 2011, or have been receiving Social Security disability benefits as of Dec. 31, 2011, and Dec. 31, 2012. For…

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