The Monroe Township Cultural Arts Commission will present the Accordion Pops Orchestra in concert at 2 p.m. on Feb. 11 at the Richard P. Marasco Center for the Performing Arts, Monroe Township High School, 1629 Perrineville Road. The orchestra, which is made up of accordions and percussion instruments, will perform with a guest tenor singing Italian standards. More...

On a recent Sunday, more than 200 local residents came out on a snowy, winter evening to see a movie at the Mega Movies cinema on Route 18 in East Brunswick. Unlike the other movies being shown that evening, this one had no commercials, no star power and no big budget to lure moviegoers. Instead, what beckoned people to the cinema that night was solely the subject matter. More...

With the state government taking far too long to make the necessary decisions regarding Monroe's quest to build its new high school in Thompson Park, it would make good sense for the Board of Education to come up with a backup plan. It's been more than three years since township voters approved an $82. More...

Charles H. Baylis Mr. Baylis, 83, of Englishtown, died Jan. 15, 2007, in University Medical Center at Princeton. His wife, Theresa Baylis, died in 1989. Surviving are his companion, Doris Kisieleski of Englishtown; a son, Randal Baylis of Monroe; two daughters, Melanie Volker and Debbie Baylis, both of Howell; and eight grandchildren. More...

From top to bottom: Mariya Karcelova (l) and Alina Filipe, seventh-graders at South River Middle School, participate in Trout in the Classroom, a program designed to connect students to real-life water quality, fish and wildlife issues. The school is one of six in Monmouth and Middlesex counties whose students are raising trout in classrooms as part of the program, sponsored by Freehold Soil Conservation District. In the photo, Filipe uses a test tube to check for nitrate and pH in the fish tank water. South River Middle School seventh-graders Alex Tur (l) and Patrick Purdon clean food and dead fish from the water tank during science class. Gabriella Gallo, 13, and Edimar Silva, 14, draw a picture of a trout. More...

South Plainfield is the top team in the Greater Middlesex Conference.We didn't need the GMC Tournament to tell us that, even though it did, with the Tigers winning their fourth straight team title, and ninth in the last 10 years. More...

JAMESBURG - Dr. Bryan Berger, chiropractor and fitness specialist, recently left his multidisciplinary practice in Marlboro to bring the Innovative Wellness Center to Jamesburg. The practice will open its doors Monday at 220 Forsgate Drive, the former location of Centerstate Realty. More...