The East Brunswick Chapter of Hadassah will hold its annual Progressive Dinner at 7:45 p.m. Jan. 10. Guests are invited to eat, talk and connect with Israel through Hadassah. Couvert is $118 per couple, $59 per person. All proceeds will benefit the Sarah Wetsman Davidson Tower at Hadassah Medical Center in Israel. More...

On Sunday night, Dec. 21, at 11:45 p.m., we were awakened by the dreaded alarm of the smoke detector in the upper hallway of our home. After a check of the detector to be sure it was not malfunctioning, we did a quick search to locate the cause of the smoke. More...

Mrs. O'Donnell, 75, of Green Brook, formerly of South River, died Dec. 11, 2008, while on vacation in Aruba. She was predeceased by her first husband, James Keany, and by her second husband, John O'Donnell. More...

SCOTT FRIEDMAN Joanna Eaton, 14, and Danielle and Ashley Tyrenyila, ages 14 and 10, wrap presents at Appleby School in Spotswood for the PTA's adopt-a-family program the Giving Tree. More than 270 gifts were collected and distributed through the St. Vincent de Paul Society to a New Brunswick preschool of 135 students from needy families just before Christmas. More...

Two area Pop Warner cheerleading teams took home national championship titles in their divisions while competing in Walt Disney World earlier this month. More...

Every year we like to look back at the typographical and grammatical errors that almost made it, and some that actually did make it, into some of Greater Media Newspapers' 12 weekly publications. More...