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Need New Year’s Plans? (It’s not too late!)

This week, we’re breaking from tradition (all three issues of it!) to share some ideas for ringing in the New Year. No guarantees on availability, but here are a few leads:

• In New Brunswick:

  Catherine Lombardi’s/Stage Left are hosting NYE dinner and at 11:30 PM, fireworks will light up the sky across the street at the Heldrich Hotel. For a roundup of local soirees in the New Brunswick area, go here.

Closer to home:

• EB’s Bar Louie is throwing a bar bash. Get tickets here

• EB’s Orchard Park is having a NYE blowout. More info here

• EB’s newly opened Palmeras is another option (plus, when you visit their website, subscribe on their site for a FREE ticket usable in January)

• Staying in? Hey, that’s fun, too. Enjoy this article on some DIY New Year’s recipes for at-home celebrations.

  Feel like doing a New Year’s Day thing instead?

  • The EB Elks Club is sponsoring a New Year’s Day Dinner.(That’s January 1, for those keeping track).

(More) Fast Food On the Horizon….

EB’s Housing Boom Continues: Phase 3 of Vermella “UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED”

• EB’s $500M redevelopment project is moving forward, with approval for 218 stacked townhouse units. Demolition is underway near what was once known as Loehmann’s Plaza.

• Click here to see all the new state laws going into effect in 2025.

• Town officials have got Brunswick Square Mall in the crosshairs.

• Congrats to East Brunswick's Kathy Morin on being named New Jersey Realtors 2025 President.

• Want to volunteer in town? Call the Mayor’s office at 732-390-6810 or read this story in TapInto to learn more.

• Not everyone is psyched about all the new development in town. Especially the Board of Ed. Click for highlights from last week’s EBBOE meeting.

  
  

  Click here for November (X/Twitter) crime stats.

BUSINESS ALERT 

• Cannabis consumption lounges coming to EB? Business owners, apply now!

• The New Jersey-India Commission economic mission kicks off its inaugural mission.

STATE NEWS 🇺🇸

• Forget drones. We’re all about the jackpots! Another record smashed for NJ gambling! Drone? Who dat.

• $74 million in sand is washing ashore to a (NJ) beach near you!

• She’s on 🔥 : New Iselin fire chief makes Woodbridge history as first woman at the helm.

• Gov. Murphy pardons South River woman convicted of murder in 1999.

• His final disappearing act. NJ's most famous mentalist, The Amazing Kreskin dies at 89.

GARAGE SALE? JOB AD? SELLING YOUR COUCH? SELLING YOUR HOME BY OWNER?

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The Outreach Center at Aldersgate United Methodist Church is seeking donations to support families in need. Items can be dropped off at the church basement on Ryders Lane at certain times.

Apply now for Summer Jobs at EB Rec. Ages 14 and up.

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