Author: Greater Media

  • Fine arts festival, farmers market slated for June 6

    EAST BRUNSWICK — The East Brunswick Arts Commission and the Fine Arts Festival Committee, in partnership with the Department of Recreation and Parks, will host the 13th annual Fine Arts Festival & Farmers Market on June 6. The event will be held 10 a.m.-4 p.m. around the pond at the East Brunswick Municipal Complex on…

  • Open-bounce event supports mission trip

    The Jumping Jungle, 10 Alvin Court, Suite 100, East Brunswick, will host an openbounce fundraiser 6:30-8:30 p.m. June 12. Proceeds will benefit Danielle Hauer, a Jumping Jungle employee who has been chosen as a Presbyterian Mission Agency volunteer and will be leaving for Little Rock, Arkansas, in August for a yearlong mission trip to help…

  • Chapel yard sale benefits food bank

    The Spotswood Chapel, 73 Devoe Ave., Spotswood, will hold its annual Huge Yard Sale 9 a.m.-2 p.m. May 30. All proceeds from sales will be donated to the Spotswood C.U.P. (Churches United for People) Food Pantry, Main Street. The Chapel will offer free hot dogs and soda 11 a.m. to noon. For more information, call…

  • Grants awarded to animal-rescue groups

    SHREWSBURY — The Purr’n Pooch Foundation for Animals recently awarded over $25,000 to six nonprofit animal-rescue and rehabilitation organizations. Since 2010, the foundation has awarded over $150,000 in financial and in-kind donations of pet supplies and food to nonprofit, no-kill animal rescue and welfare organizations. Recipients of the grants include All Critters Rescue in Spotswood;…

  • Raritan Poets meet monthly at library

    The Raritan Poets, a reading group and workshop active since 1994, will meet the first Tuesday of each month at 7 p.m. at the East Brunswick Library, 1 Civic Center Drive. All ages are welcome. Bring 10 copies of the reading sample.

  • SPORT SHORTS

    Five student-athletes from North Brunswick Township High School signed full or partial scholarships to the following schools: Nnenna Ibe — Princeton University, track and field; Vinnie Gibbons — Rider University. swimming; Amanda Scharf — Caldwell University, bowling; Rebecca Colandrea — University of the Sciences Philadelphia, softball; Jovanna Larose — St. Peter’s College, women’s track and…

  • Track time

    Walkers take a lap around the track during the annual POAC (Parents of Autistic Children) walk-a-thon and resource fair in Monroe on May 17. PHOTOS BY SCOTT FRIEDMAN Relatives and friends of Melanie Liamero of Monroe take a stroll around the track.

  • Chapel yard sale to support food pantry

    The Spotswood Chapel, 73 Devoe Ave., Spotswood, will hold its annual Huge Yard Sale 9 a.m.-2 p.m. May 30. All proceeds from sales will be donated to the Spotswood C.U.P. (Churches United for People) Food Pantry, Main Street. The chapel will offer free hot dogs and soda 11 a.m.-noon. For more information, call 732-251- 5517.

  • Men’s club to host Spaghetti Dinner

    The Saints Peter and Paul Men’s Club will sponsor its annual Spaghetti Dinner 4-7 p.m. May 30 in the church hall, 9 Jeffrie Ave., South River. Soda and water will be offered for purchase at the BYOB event. Tickets, which are available in advance or at the door, cost $12 for adults, $7 for youngsters…