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  • South Brunswick Senior Center offers trips for members

    South Brunswick Senior Center offers trips for members

    The South Brunswick Senior Center will provide transportation to the following locations for resident members age 55 and older: Quaker Bridge Mall, Sept. 7; Walmart in Lawrenceville, Sept. 14; Middlesex County walk, Sept. 21; and East Brunswick Mall, Sept. 28. The bus departs the Senior Center, 540 Ridge Road, Monmouth Junction, at 10:30 a.m. Trips…

  • East Brunswick to hold ballet performance

    East Brunswick to hold ballet performance

    The Round Table, presented by the Benjamin Briones Ballet, will be performed at 8 p.m. on Sept. 26 and 27 at the Alvin Court Studio Theater, 10 Alvin Court, Suite 104, East Brunswick. Contemporary ballet, neoclassical, modern and contemporary dance will be performed by established choreographers and dance companies. General admission is $20 at the door,…

  • BAPS mourn the loss of their spiritual leader

    BAPS mourn the loss of their spiritual leader

    His Holiness Pramukh Swami Maharaj, the spiritual head of BAPS Swaminarayan Sanstha and creator of the BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir in Robbinsville, passed away on Aug. 13 at the age of 95. More than 2.1 million devotees from around the world went to the village of Sarangpur in Gujarat, India, to pay their last respects before his final…

  • Family Fun Day benefit set for Sept. 10

    Family Fun Day benefit set for Sept. 10

    242 Forever, in memory of Detective Sgt. John P. Green, will hold the second annual Family Fun Day to benefit Kick Cancer Overboard from 11 a.m.-7 p.m. on Sept. 10 at Wanamassa Fireman’s Field, 1 Siciliano Way (some maps indicate Deal Avenue), Ocean. The rain date is Sept. 11. Tickets are $25 and include live…

  • Elks to hold ‘Halfway to St. Patty’s Day’ dinner Sept. 9

    Elks to hold ‘Halfway to St. Patty’s Day’ dinner Sept. 9

    The South Amboy Elks Drug Awareness Committee will hold its “Halfway to St. Patty’s Day Dinner” from 5:30-8 p.m. on Sept. 9 at the lodge, 601 Washington Ave., South Amboy. The cost is $12 per person for corned beef and cabbage with all the fixings. For more information, call 732-727-7170.

  • Monmouth Junction student takes ‘pride’ in music

    Monmouth Junction student takes ‘pride’ in music

    MONMOUTH JUNCTION — A graduate of South Brunswick High School will march with the 2016 Pride of the Valley Marching Band of Lebanon Valley College. Daniel Fish is pursuing a Bachelor of Music degree in audio and music production at the college, located in Annville, Pennsylvania. The marching band performs at all home football games as…

  • Leading Lights Gala in October to benefit social service agency

    Leading Lights Gala in October to benefit social service agency

    MIDDLETOWN — Family & Children’s Service (FCS), Monmouth County’s oldest, private, nonprofit social service agency, will honor former FCS Board Chair Mary Ann McDonald and longtime community partners Bruce Thompson and Thompson Memorial Home and Gloria Nilson at its 2016 Leading Lights Gala set for Oct. 29 at the Navesink Country Club in Middletown. The…

  • Beneficiaries of mini golf tournament announced

    Beneficiaries of mini golf tournament announced

    RED BANK — The Curchin Group LLC has announced that Mary’s Place by the Sea and the Monmouth County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA), two local nonprofit organizations, will receive all proceeds from the 11th annual Curchin Open, an annual indoor miniature golf tournament for charity slated from 4-7 p.m. Nov.…

  • Bus route changes to improve commutes for students, residents

    Bus route changes to improve commutes for students, residents

    LINCROFT — Officials from Brookdale Community College, Monmouth County Planning Board, Monmouth County Board of Chosen Freeholders and NJ Transit announced on Aug. 16 that bus route adjustments designed to improve commutes for area residents and college students will begin Sept. 3. The adjustments, announced during the Brookdale Board of Trustees’ monthly public meeting in…