The Friends of the East Brunswick Environmental Commission will present an “Option Green” lecture by David Wheeler, author of “Wild New Jersey: Nature Adventures in the Garden State,” and the founder of the daily nature blog WildNew-Jersey.tv. The event will take place at 7 p.m. Feb. 2 at the Community Arts Center, 721 Cranbury Road, East Brunswick. More...

I recently received my recycling and solid-waste calendar from East Brunswick. It is a wellconceived document. It contains a great deal of information for most residents. It discusses fertilizer application, soil testing, white-goods removal, leaves and plant waste — all items of interest. More...

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Here are three stories you might have missed due to the 24/7 coverage of the South Carolina Republican primary and Newt Gingrich’s marital peccadilloes last week. We start with Zingers and Ding Dongs: More...

Mrs. Lissy, of Boynton, Beach, Fla., formerly of Philadelphia, Old Bridge and Monroe, died Dec. 22, 2011. Surviving are her husband, Alan Lissy; a son, David Lissy, and his wife, Suzanne, and a daughter, Jacqueline Brustein, and her husband, Michael; and five grandchildren, Julia, Sarah and Dylan Lissy and Jonah and Eve Brustein. More...

EAST BRUNSWICK — Goodbye, April. Hello, November. The township Board of Education voted 8-1 to move the annual school election to coincide with the November general election during its Jan. 19 meeting, just two days after Gov. Chris Christie signed a bill allowing school districts to make the shift. Board member Curt Philipczak cast the dissenting vote. More...

I f you attend an East Brunswick High School boys or girls swimming meet, don’t expect to see too many Bears capture first place in the various events. But there are a lot of seconds, thirds and fourths, enough that both teams sport winning records as they head into the final weeks of the season. More...