Month: July 2011

  • Teens invited to hemp-knotting event

    The Old Bridge Public Library Main Branch, Route 516 and Cottrell Road, will offer a hemp-knotting program for teens beginning at 3:30 p.m. Aug. 2. Participants will create necklaces, armbands, key chains and more. The program is free of charge and open to the public. Registration is not required. For more information, call the library…

  • Fundraiser at Rita’s to support O.B. MOMS

    The MOMS Club of Old Bridge will hold a fundraiser 4-7 p.m. Aug. 22 at Rita’s Italian Ice, Route 516, Old Bridge. Apercentage of all sales will be donated back to the nonprofit MOMS organization. Members will be on hand to share information with the public. The club is open to moms in Old Bridge…

  • Greek carnival set for Aug. 3-7 at church

    St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church will sponsor its Carnival by the Bay 5-10 p.m. Aug. 3, 4 and 5, and 2-10 p.m. Aug. 6 and 7 on the church grounds, Sadowski Parkway andWisteria Street, PerthAmboy, on the waterfront. Event highlights will include rides, games and authentic Greek cuisine such as gyros, souvlaki and loukoumades (Greek…

  • fundraisers 

    July 29  Drive-In Movie, featuring a screening of Disney-Pixar’s “Toy Story 3” (rated G), sponsored by the St. Ambrose Improvements Committee, parking lot opens at 7 p.m., cartoons begin at 8 p.m., movie starts at 8:30 p.m., in the church parking lot, 81 Throckmorton Lane, Old Bridge. Bring a lawn chair or blanket. Food,…

  • Local preschool program honored

    Temple Beth Ahm Preschool, Aberdeen, has won a Gold Award from Solomon Schechter Awards Committee of the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism. Amy Naphtali, Preschool director, was notified June 29 that the preschool program, Tu B’Shevat Experience, will be honored at the USCJ convention in San Diego in December. The Tu B’Shevat Experience was a…

  • Golfers, sponsors sought for BIC event

    The annual Sayreville Brain Injured Children (BIC) Golf Outing will be held Aug. 8 at Glenwood Country Club, Route 9 and Fairway Lane, Old Bridge. The driving range will open at 7:30 p.m. Shotgun start is set for 9:30 a.m. There will be hamburgers and hot dogs, beer and nonalcoholic beverages available 8:30 a.m. through…

  • OLV Seniors offers trip to Gillis show

    Our Lady of Victories (OLV) Seniors will sponsor an Oct. 1 trip to see the country-variety show “It’s Great To Be Alive,” starring the Tim Gillis Band and Crazy Elmer, at the Hunterdon Hills Playhouse. The bus will depart at 9:30 a.m. from the lower parking lot at OLV Parish, Main Street, Sayreville. Return will…

  • Neighbor, responders credited for saving life

    BY CHRISTINA HABERSTROH Staff Writer MONROE — Karen Krenzel could only make a phone call last March when her husband, Rich, suffered a medical emergency, and hope that those responding could save his life. Her husband, Rich, suffered a massive heart attack and stopped breathing at the family’s Monroe home. Karen called for an ambulance…

  • Middlesex towns see severe damage from gypsy moths

    Gypsy moth caterpillars damaged 1,317 acres of trees in 68 New Jersey towns this spring, with areas of Middlesex County being among the hardest hit. “While the gypsy moth population has remained relatively low, they are still a significant threat to trees and, given the right conditions, could have a resurgence,” state Secretary of Agriculture…