Category: Cranbury Press Calendar
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Scholarships offered to New Jersey college students studying environmental issues
A $500 scholarship will be awarded to a New Jersey student majoring in natural resource conservation, environmental science or a related field of study through the Firman E. Bear Chapter of the Soil and Water Conservation Society. To qualify, an applicant must be a full-time student in good standing at any New Jersey accredited university/college, or a…
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NAMI Walk for mental illness to be held May 19
More than 50,000 people in more than 80 communities across the nation will join the National Alliance on Mental Illness to raise awareness of mental illness and funds for local, regional and state NAMI organizations on May 19. The NAMI NJ Walk will be held at the Boardwalk at Seaside Heights. Check in is from…
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American Heart Association accepting nominations for ‘Woman of Distinction’ Award
The American Heart Association is accepting nominations for the Twelfth Annual American Heart Association Go Red For Women “Woman of Distinction” Award. This award recognizes and celebrates New Jersey women promoting a healthy lifestyle for or among women, making sustained, unique or extraordinary efforts to improve the community as well as those who support and…
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South River High School Class of 1968 reunion on Oct. 6
South River High School Class of 1968 will hold its 50th reunion from 6-10 p.m. on Oct. 6 at Pierre’s of South Brunswick, 582 Georges Road, Monmouth Junction. Tickets are $120 and include cocktail hour, dinner, open bar and deejay. RSVP by May 1. Contact Barbara Mazer Certo at 702-358-3184 or [email protected], or Mary Ellen Pirint Beres…
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Alborada Spanish Dance Theatre to hold annual fundraiser March 18
Alborada Spanish Dance Theatre’s annual fundraiser, Fiesta de Primavera, will be held from 4-8:30 p.m. on March 18 at Ria Mar Restaurant, 25 Whitehead Ave., South River. Feast on paellas, sangria and dessert. Be entertained by the Alborada dancers and musicians, as well as DJ Donny Pesce. Proceeds will benefit Alborada’s programming, which brings Spanish dance theater and…
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Celebrate National Ag Day at the Middlesex County EARTH Center
To honor National Ag Day, the Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Middlesex County has planned “The State of Agriculture and our Food Systems – County, State and Beyond” seminar for 6:30-8 p.m. on March 20 at the EARTH Center, in Davidson’s Mill Pond Park, 42 Riva Ave., North Brunswick. Led by Agricultural Agent and Professor Bill Hlubik, the talk…
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Real bunnies part of Middlesex County 4-H pancake breakfast
The Middlesex County 4-H Junior Council will hold “Breakfast with the Bunnies” on March 24 at the 4-H Youth Center, 645 Cranbury Road, East Brunswick. Sessions are 9:15-10:30 a.m. or 11 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. Parents and children ages 2-8 can enjoy a pancake breakfast, meet the “4-H Bunnies,” go on an egg hunt and…
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Students invited to write essays on flag for balloon festival contest
The QuickChek New Jersey Festival of Ballooning and PNC Bank invite New Jersey students in grades 2-12 to take part in the 15th annual PNC Bank “American Patriot Essay Contest” by writing a short essay on the topic “What the American Flag Means to Me.” The essays must be 100 words or less. Winning essays will…
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Poster contest focuses on watersheds
“Watersheds: Our Water, Our Home” is the theme for the 2018 Conservation Poster Contest sponsored by the Freehold Soil Conservation District and the N.J. Association of Conservation Districts. Students in grades 2-12 in Middlesex and Monmouth counties can create a poster exploring the need for clean and plentiful water. It is important to understand where…
