Tag: Middlesex County Improvement Authority
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Schools collect more than 60 tons of food for county food bank
School districts in Woodbridge, East Brunswick and Old Bridge collected 12,850, 12,000 and 10,700 pounds of food, respectively, for the county food bank in the past year. The East Brunswick, Monroe and Perth Amboy districts had 100 percent of their schools participating in the food drive, which netted 135,000 pounds – or 64.5 tons –…
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Professional chefs will cook with food pantry staples
MCFOODS (Middlesex County Food Outreach Organization and Distribution Services) and East Brunswick-based Crisis Room Food Pantry at Aldersgate United Methodist Church will present a hunger awareness event called “Come Dine Below the Line” from 6-8 p.m. on June 10 at the church, 562 Ryders Lane, East Brunswick. Attendees will enjoy a free meal prepared by…
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Paint, cooking oil now recyclable in Monroe
Monroe is expanding its recycling program, adding paint and cooking oil to its list of collectibles. The township offers a paint dropoff site from 8-11:30 a.m. every third Saturday of the month at the municipal Recycling Center, 76 Gravel Hill-Spotswood Road. Officials also launched a cooking oil recycling pilot program April 1, issuing containers to…
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Pump station repairs honored as Leading Infrastructure Projects
Projects that will repair and improve Middlesex County Utilities Authority’s (MCUA) Edison and Sayreville pump stations, both of which suffered severe damage to their electrical systems during superstorm Sandy, were honored as Leading Infrastructure Projects by the New Jersey Alliance for Action. The MCUA and the New Jersey Environmental Infrastructure Trust acquired Federal Emergency Management…
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Crochet instructor helps Edison stroke survivor regain abilities
EDISON – Two years ago, life as Theresa Kilijansk knew it changed when a stroke robbed her dominant right hand of all function. The once mundane daily activities, like dressing, writing, eating and cooking, suddenly became a struggle, and in some cases, an insurmountable obstacle for Kilijansk, now 85 years old, according to a statement…
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Residents gobble up opportunity to donate to county food bank
With 2016 nearing a close, organizers from the Middlesex County Food Organization and Outreach Distribution Services (MCFOODS) are taking stock of the usual holiday season’s landslide of donations. To date, MCFOODS has been on the receiving end of 62.17 tons of food donations, more than a third of which has flooded into the organization’s East…
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North Brunswick councilwoman becomes first South Asian freeholder
BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK – A township councilwoman is moving up the ranks to a seat on the county board. Shanti Narra, a North Brunswick native who has served in local government for 10 years, will fill the unexpired term of Freeholder H. James Polos on the Middlesex County Board of Chosen Freeholders; Polos…
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Countywide recycling contest open to young artists
Middlesex County’s Recycling Division is asking young artists age 11 and younger to participate in the second annual “No Wasted Talent Art Contest.” A selection committee from the Middlesex County Improvement Authority will choose a single winner, whose artwork will reach more than 90,000 homes and businesses through an online recycling brochure tailored to each of…
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Milltown returns to county recycling program
MILLTOWN — As of Sept. 1, the Middlesex County Improvement Authority’s (MCIA) Recycling Division added Milltown to its schedule of curbside stops. Milltown became the 15th municipality to have an interlocal agreement with the MCIA for its curbside recycling program, according to information provided by the agency. That program, established in 1995, was credited with sparing local…
