Rt. 18 Market Loses Lease

It seems like Route 18 Indoor Market will close it’s doors on November 2nd. The Indoor Market was home to 100- 150 vendors, but as news spread of the expiration of the lease - many bailed and the number has dropped down to 60.

For The Home News:

The Route 18 Indoor Market and Jason’s Furniture, along with Sam’s Club, occupy retail space in the strip mall that lies at the heart of the Golden Triangle redevelopment area. With Toll Brothers plans for housing construction on hold, negotiations for lease extensions were conducted by the businesses.

Toll Brothers’ Golden Triangle plan, approved by the township’s Planning Board last year, calls for 200,000 square feet of retail space to be built in a “transit village” that will also include 402 housing units. The developer, due to sluggish economy, requested that the housing units be constructed in the final phase of the project.

The first phase of the project was the construction of an adjacent parking deck to be followed by two new restaurants facing Route 18. The additional commercial space is slated to follow before the final phase of housing construction commences.

The Township Council amended the timetable for completion of the project, granting the developer’s request to delay housing construction by three years, from 2008 to 2011.

The overall completion of the redevelopment project is scheduled for 2015.

Middlesex County Fair

August 4, 2008 - August 10, 2008

When: August 4-10
Where: Cranbury Rd. where it intersects Fern Roads in East Brunswick
Admission: $6 for adults, $4 for seniors 65 and over, and $1 for children ages 3 to 12. Children under 2 are free.
More info: http://www.middlesexcountyfair.org/

Starts today and runs through August 10th.
The fair hours are 5 p.m. to 11 p.m. today through Friday, Aug. 4-Aug. 8; from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 9; and from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 10.

Pay-One-Price nights are today and Wednesday, Aug. 6, and from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday, Aug. 9, and Sunday, Aug. 10. For $15, visitors can ride as many rides as they would like on those days. Mega Passes, offering unlimited rides each day during operating hours, are available for $35.

Daily shows include the popular Robinson’s Racing Pigs; Barnyard Express; the Magic of Virgil; Hilby, the Skinny German Juggle Boy; and the Great American Frontier Show, which includes a visit by timber wolves, an American black bear and mountain lions, and a trick-riding show. A nightly dance show, featuring music by the Party Exchange Music, also will be offered.

This year’s entertainment will feature Ed Goldberg and the NJ Polka All-Star Band on Tuesday, Aug. 5, Amish Outlaws on Wednesday, Aug. 6, and Icon Dancers and karaoke on Thursday, Aug. 7. Ridgemont High, a local band, will take center stage on Friday, Aug. 8, and Saturday, Aug. 9, is country night with the After the Reign Country Band.

Free Cone Day

April 29, 2008

Free Cone Day at Ben & Jerry’s all day today.

Mega Movies
Brunswick Square Mall
E. Brunswick, NJ 08816
732-613-4443

Gwendolen Gross to Speak at East Brunswick Public Library

May 6, 2008 8:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Come to the East Brunswick Public Library to hear Gwendolen Gross speak about her motherhood novel, The Other Mother on May 6, 2008 8:00pm (free).

Gwendolen Gross’ novel, The Other Mother, is described by Booklist as “an electrifyingly complex and explosively gripping portrait of contemporary, have-it-all motherhood” and is the selection of four national book clubs.

The Other Mother has been featured in the New York Daily News, the Toronto Star, Redbook, OK! Magazine, and on National Public Radio. The Other Mother was selected as a best Jersey book of 2007 by Jersey Writers, a best book of the year by the RoleMommy blog, and is on the Amazon bestsellers list (Women’s Friendship).

Event Details:
East Brunswick Public Library
2 Jean Walling Civic Center
East Brunswick, NJ 08816
Tel: 732-390-6950

Website: http://www.ebpl.org/main/polCalendarEvent.cfm?Event_Date=05/6/2008&Calendar_Code=Library&Event_Id=12273
Website: http://www.The-Other-Mother.com

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Hilton East Brunswick
3 Tower Center
East Brunswick, NJ
732-828-2000

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