• Matrix look to defend title at AAABA tournament in Johnstown

    By WARREN RAPPLEYEA Correspondent Former North Brunswick Township High School hurler Alex Taylor and South Brunswick High School ace Sean Keenan are in Johnstown, Pa., this week with the New Brunswick Matrix, as coach Glen Fredricks’ team looks to defend its title at the 69th All-American Amateur Baseball Association’s (AAABA) Tournament. The Matrix is composed…

  • SPORT SHORTS

    The 2013 Rutgers Football Kickoff Celebration will be held 5:30-8 p.m. Aug. 10 at High Point Solutions Stadium in Piscataway. Admission is free and will be held rain or shine. Fans can meet all the Rutgers University players and coaches and get free autographs. Free 2013 Rutgers football posters will be distributed. Children’s bouncy rides…

  • Author recounts Notre Dame’s 1988 championship grid season

    By TIM MORRIS Staff Writer Jerry Barca is the author of the new book “Unbreakable,” about the undefeated 1988 national championship season at the University of Notre Dame, which will be released on Aug. 13. Along with the Fighting Irish’s quarterback that season, Tony Rice, Barca will be at the Barnes & Noble bookstore in…

  • Alzheimer’s workshop set for Aug. 14

    The Martin and Edith Stein Assisted Living Residence, 350 Demott Lane, Somerset, will host an Alzheimer’s Association educational workshop from noon to 1:30 p.m. Aug. 14. The workshop is called “Communication: The Key to Understanding Behaviors.” To reserve a spot, call 732-568-1155.

  • Library seeks submissions of altered books

    The North Brunswick Library, 880 Hermann Road, is calling all creative artists age 18 and older to submit an altered book for a contest. An altered book is any book — old or new — that has been recycled by creative means into a work of art. It can be rebound, painted, cut, folded, added…

  • High school to host Saturday car wash

    The North Brunswick Township High School class of 2014 will hold a car wash from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Aug. 11 at the township municipal building, 710 Hermann Road. A donation of $5 for cars and $8 for SUVs is appreciated.

  • Talk to shed light on war-torn Germany

    The Brandeis National Committee (BNC), Middlesex County chapter, will offer a program titled “A Personal Tale of Germany 1932-1946” 1 p.m. Aug. 19 at the East Brunswick Public Library, Jean Walling Civic Center. Guest speaker Fred Heyman, who lived in Germany through the ’30s and ’40s, will share his personal recollections of the tumultuous and…

  • NJ Repertory Co. adds more shows to ‘Saving Kitty’

    New Jersey Repertory Co. has added more shows to the premiere of “Saving Kitty,” a provocative new dramatic comedy written by Marisa Smith. Shows will be performed through Aug. 25. What happens when a daughter brings home a young man to meet her ultra-liberal Upper East Side parents for the first time, and he turns…

  • Establish a positive homework environment for your student

    Though it might not be something students look forward to, homework is an essential element of the learning process. Homework allows kids to apply the lessons they learned in the classroom while giving educators a chance to determine if students are grasping the concepts discussed in class or if certain lessons need to be revisited.…

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