Tag: Spotswood
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Thrift shop offers selection of fancy dresses, shoes, handbags
Just in time for prom and wedding season, the Attic Shop at St. Peter’s Thrift Shop will be open from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays at 505 Main St. at the corner of Devoe Avenue in Spotswood. The Attic Shop offers an array of fancy dresses and designer shoes and handbags. Special sale dates…
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Supermarket honors associates with special breakfast cereal package
By VASHTI HARRIS Staff Writer SPOTSWOOD–Surrounded by a wall of cereal boxes, cake and Scrunchy the Bear, ShopRite officials gathered together to unveil a special-edition Cheerios box that features the local winners of its annual Partners In Caring Cheerios Contest, sponsored in partnership with General Mills. During the in-store ceremony on March 22, the contest winner,…
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Spotswood police swear in newest patrolman
By VASHTI HARRIS Staff Writer SPOTSWOOD — Given a uniform, a badge number and his own toy patrol car, 2-year-old Trent Powers of Helmetta was made an honorary officer by Chief of Police Michael Zarro and his fellow officers from the Spotswood Police Department during the Borough Council’s semi-monthly meeting. Accompanied by his parents Kimberly and Trevor…
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Spotswood enters baseball season with high hopes
By Jimmy Allinder This could be the spring Spotswood High School fields its next exceptional baseball team. The Chargers have a rich history of winning multiple Greater Middlesex Conference (GMC) Blue Division titles, but their best season was 2007, when they captured the division and GMC Tournament crowns and topped off the season with the…
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Prom dress ‘shopping parties’ will provide dresses for students
The 14th District Princess Prom Project launched by the office of Assemblyman Wayne DeAngelo in 2011 will provide prom dresses and accessories to junior and senior high school girls who may not be able to afford them. Students from Monroe, Jamesburg and Spotswood may attend prom dress “shopping parties” from 3-6 p.m. on April 5, April…
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Spotswood’s Raba enjoying her time on softball diamond
By Jimmy Allinder There is not a softball player around more dedicated to the game than Julie Raba, but that doesn’t mean she’s all work and no play. Raba, originally from Milltown and now residing in Helmetta, is a fourth-year starting shortstop for Spotswood High School and recalls a light-hearted moment two years ago during…
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Monroe welcomes new faces to its administration
BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer MONROE — The Township Council and the township’s administration have turned a new leaf with two new appointments. In a unanimous showing, Miriam Cohen, who has lived in the township since 2008, was appointed to fill longtime Councilwoman Leslie Koppel’s seat, which was vacated when Koppel joined the Middlesex County Board of…
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Winners announced in Jamesburg soup tasting event
The winners of the Jamesburg Fire Department Ladies Auxiliary soup tasting fundraiser have been announced. First place was awarded to MJ’s in Spotswood for the chicken and andouille sausage gumbo. Second place went to Per Tutti’s Italian Grill in Jamesburg for the chickpea and chicken orecchiette soup. Third place was given to Villa Borghese in…
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South River girls surpass expectations on the hardwood
By Jimmy Allinder Before this season began, no one expected the South River High School girls’ basketball team to win like it had in recent seasons. Yet, playing a more difficult schedule in their inaugural season as members of the Greater Middlesex Conference (GMC) Blue Division, the Rams won the title. “I am incredibly proud…
