HELMETTA, NJ - Pumpkin spice is back and it is time to have to start thinking about carving those jack-o-lanterns because Helmetta is hosting a Pumpkin Parade on October 30 and October 31 from 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. on the lawn of the Helmetta Borough Hall. Residents can add their creative carvings to the neighborhood Pumpkin Patch by dropping off their jack-o-lanterns off on Thursday, October 29 ...

BUFFALO, NY - Sheila Anderson, co-producer of Sunday's 11th annual Central Jersey Jazz Festival, was in Somerville last September for the.conclusion of the three-day tri-county event, introducing the acts, working the crowd and staying busy behind the scenes as she has done since 2009.

Thousands brought their chairs and blankets and set up in front of the stage on East Main Street, ...

SPOTSWOOD, NJ - The Spotswood PTA is hosting a virtual Bingo Night to welcome Schoenly and Appleby students back to school on Friday, September 25 at 6:30 p.m. The cost is $5 per child. A Zoom link and bingo cards will be emailed to participants before Bingo Night. Registration forms can be downloaded online. Complete forms and payments should be returned by Wednesday, September 23. For ...

EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ - The sparkling new Care One residence on Cranbury Road in East Brunswick commemorated the 19th Anniversary of the 9/11 attacks by reaching out to the township's first responders, sharing community spirit and common effort.  Care One staff shared some lunch at the location's open courtyard grill with members of the East Brunswick Police Department, Fire Department, ...

SPOTSWOOD, NJ - The borough will hold its annual tax sale on October 28 at 10 a.m. at the Municipal Complex. The sale will take place in the Municipal Court Room. The annual tax sale is for all unpaid taxes and municipal charges in 2019.

Spotswood's Municipal Complex is located at 77 Summerhill Road.

EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ - Slot car racing became synonymous with Americana in the 1960s—now, more than 60 years later, COVID-19 has brought families back to the tracks. The pandemic, said Frank Tiessen, President of North American operations for the slot car racing brand Carrera of America, has led to a spike in sales. Customers both young and old are breaking out old tracks and buying new ...

MIDDLESEX COUNTY, NJ - A 16-year-old from Edison has used his energy, creativity and penchant for public service to develop a tutoring program that has now become an international phenomenon during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Shivam Syal, a junior at the Middlesex County Academy for Science, Mathematics and Engineering Technologies in Edison, was inspired to take action when his 11-year-old ...

SPOTSWOOD, NJ - Parents and guardians of Spotswood High School's Class of 2021 will want to mark the calendars for the high school's annual Senior College Planning and Financial Aid Night on Thursday, September 24 at 6:30 p.m. This fall because of the coronavirus pandemic, the event will be held virtually via Zoom. Login information for Senior College Planning and Financial Aid Night will ...

SPOTSWOOD, NJ - Amid the coronavirus pandemic, New Jersey and the nation took a moment on Friday to remember the lives lost on September 11. Remembrance ceremonies took on a different look because of the COVID crisis, but marking the event even in the midst of a global pandemic is still vital according to Memorial Middle School Social Studies teacher Jackie Martinez.

“As a history ...

MILLTOWN, NJ - Three seats are up for grabs on the Milltown Board of Education on November 3. JoAnne Demetrio, James Lloyd and Mary O'Mara are all running for re-election. Longtime Milltown resident Egnita Pardo is seeking one of the open BOE seats as a write-in candidate. Pardo and her husband have lived in Miltown for the past 14 years. She loves the small town feel the borough provides its ...

SPOTSWOOD, NJ - New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy is encouraging most Garden State voters to cast their votes on Election Day by mail. However, Spotswood will still have two polling places available for those voters wishing to cast a ballot in person. The following polling places will be open from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. on November 3:

Knights of Columbus on 33 Crescent Avenue
Spotswood Municipal ...

NEW JERSEY — Less than two months from Election Day, Governor Phil Murphy on Tuesday said a new website will allow New Jersey residents to register to vote and track their mail-in ballot all while on the go or from the comfort of their home.

“This online form is safe and secure, and can be accessed anywhere whether from a library computer or your smartphone,” Gov. Phil Murphy ...

EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ - East Brunswick Township and the Sustainable Jersey Committee are looking for local vendors to participate in a Winter Farmers' Market to be held on Sundays starting in October at the Brunswick Square Mall. Interested vendors should contact the Planning Office for additional details by telephoning 732-390-6870.

MIDDLESEX COUNTY, NJ - Jim Peck, an amateur astronomer since he first saw the Russian satellite Sputnik I in the night sky as a child, will present a virtual program, “The Sky by Day and by Night: An Introduction to the Heavens,” at 7 p.m. Wednesday, October 7.

The program is part of the Option Green lecture series sponsored by the Friends of the East Brunswick Environmental ...

SOUTH BRUNSWICK, NJ - Nothing clutters up work spaces more than those piles of school papers, utility statements, credit card statements and other papers containing personal information people do not feel comfortable recycling or throwing away due to fear of identity theft. So, mark the calendar for Saturday, September 12 for the Middlesex County Residential Paper Shred at Beech Woods ...

EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ - East Brunswick Township and the Sustainable Jersey Committee are looking for local vendors to participate in a Winter Farmers' Market to be held on Sundays starting in October at the Brunswick Square Mall. Interested vendors should contact the Planning Office for additional details by telephoning 732-390-6870.

SPOTSWOOD, NJ - Today marks the 19th anniversary of the 9/11 tragedy. For the last four years, the Spotswood School District has honored the lives of those lost on September 11 with a special ceremony at the 9/11 Memorial in front of Spotswood High School. Spotswood High School senior Spotswood Fire Department Cadet Robert Wehrle has organized and led the last four September 11th ceremonies.

TRENTON, NJ -- NJ Health Commissioner Judy Persichilli today, during the governor's COVID-19 press briefing, warned of a possible “twin-demic” this year during flu season and urged New Jerseyans to get their flu shots.  

“As we enter the fall season, we are also moving into the flu season. This year we are preparing for the possibility of a twin-demic,” ...

TRENTON, NJ – Sue Fulton read a recent tweet from a man who had arrived at his local Motor Vehicle Commission agency site and, in short time, gleefully walked away with his new license plates. Even Fulton, the head of the much-maligned and often-mocked state department, had to admit that such words of praise are few and far between these days. Amid a storm of complaints of long lines ...

SPOTSWOOD, NJ - Borough Mayor Ed Seely gave residents his latest update on Thursday. The mayor reported a rise in positive coronavirus cases in Spotswood. The total is now up to 122, which is an increase in 10 cases from the mayor's last update on August 24. The number of resident fatalities due to COVID remains at four. Seely also discussed the start of the school year for Spotswood School ...

TRENTON, NJ -- NJ Health Commissioner Judy Persichilli today, during the governor's COVID-19 press briefing, warned of a possible “twin-demic” this year during flu season and urged New Jerseyans to get their flu shots.  

“As we enter the fall season, we are also moving into the flu season. This year we are preparing for the possibility of a twin-demic,” ...

EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ — There were 29 new cases of COVID-19 confirmed this weekend in Middlesex County, according to the Middlesex County Department of Health.

East Brunswick and Milltown each had one new confirmed coronavirus case on Sunday. There were no additional cases reported in South Brunswick, Spotswood or Helmetta.

There were no coronavirus-related deaths since Saturday. The ...

NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ – The city’s two major hospitals, Saint Peter’s Healthcare System and RWJBarnabas Health, announced this morning they are planning to merge.

The hospitals released a joint statement outlining their intention to integrate the two healthcare systems.

The announcement comes less than a year after Saint Peter’s and RWJBH signed a Letter of Intent to ...

NEW JERSEY - As summer transitions into fall, it is time to help lawns recover from summer stress. Let the weather and the condition of your lawn help you develop a plan suited to your landscape.

Continue mowing actively growing lawns. Mow high, leaving cool season grasses like bluegrass and fescues at least 2 ½ preferably 3 ½ inches tall after cutting. Warm season grasses ...

NEW JERSEY - This weekend, 10 firefighters, three fire engines and a support vehicle from the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) Forest Fire Service arrived safely in California to help battle the worst wildfires in recent memory.

“As Americans, we’re all in this together, and we stand with California,” Governor Murphy said.

The complete video can ...

Long-term slowdown in land development could be derailed by exodus to suburbs

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New data confirms that New Jersey has recently been using a lot less land for new development than it did 20 ...

SPOTSWOOD, NJ - The Spotswood High School varsity football team will play its first game of the season on Saturday, October 3 at 1 p.m at the Spotswood High School Stadium against Metuchen High School. Spotswood finished the 2019 season with a 4-6 overall record and a 4-2 record in the Greater Middlesex Conference Gold Division. The 2020 schedule has been shortened due to the coronavirus crisis ...

NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ – Rutgers University has announced that four athletes and one staff member have tested positive for COVID-19. The athletes are members of the men’s lacrosse, gymnastics and wrestling programs. Those student-athletes and the staff member have been quarantined and the university, in conjunction with public health officials, is conducting contact tracing to identify any ...

SPOTSWOOD, NJ - The upcoming fall high school sports season will certainly be a different one given the coronavirus crisis. However, the Spotswood High School varsity cheerleading squad is ready to hit the sidelines come what may.

"Although we could not attend our Pine Forest/Universal Cheerleading Association cheer camp this summer due to COVID-19,"Spotswood High School varsity ...