Category: Sentinel-EBS Calendar

  • Elijah’s Promise to hold fundraiser Nov. 9

    Elijah’s Promise will host its Empty Bowls fundraiser 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Nov. 9 at the Soup Kitchen, 18 Neilson St., New Brunswick. Local artists have donated over 300 sculpted bowls for the event. Attendees will purchase and get to keep one of the bowls and sample three different types of homemade soups and…

  • Folklorist and singer to perform Nov. 8

    On Nov. 8 at noon, the Spotswood Public Library will host Saul Broudy, folksinger and folklorist, as he presents his program, “Oh, You Saigon Girls, Can’t You Dance the Polka!” Broudy collected songs from helicopter pilots during his tour of duty with the U.S. Army, and went on to analyze them at Penn’s graduate program…

  • Monroe to recognize veterans Nov. 11

    Monroe will be commemorating Veterans Day Nov. 11 with a wreath laying and service at 8:30 a.m. at the Veterans’ monument at the triangle Memorial on Spotswood-Englishtown Road/Monmouth Road. At 9:15 a.m. there will be a wreath laying and service at the Veterans’ Monument at the Monroe Township Municipal Complex (Town Hall).

  • JHSCJ continues lecture series

    The American Jewish Experience Lecture Series, presented by the Jewish Historical Society of Central Jersey (JHSCJ), continues its 11th consecutive year with a lecture by Barbara Kuntz titled “The Jewish Farmers of Southern New Jersey” at 10 a.m. Nov. 10 at the Monroe Township Jewish Center, 11 Cornell Drive, Monroe Township. Ms. Kuntz grew up…

  • E.B. Woman’s Club will meet Nov. 11

    The East Brunswick Woman’s Club will hold its next meeting at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 11 at the Chelsea at East Brunswick, Cranbury Road. Members and other individuals interested in attending are asked to bring coats to be forwarded to the New Jersey Cares campaign. The club is open to women in East Brunswick and surrounding…

  • Drama presentation Nov. 13-15 at EBHS

    At 7 p.m. Nov. 13, 14 and 15, in East Brunswick High School’s Joseph J. Sweeney Auditorium, the Drama Club will present “The Rimmers of Eldritch,” written by Lanford Wilson and directed by Jeffrey Alan Davis. Tickets for the production are 10 for adults and $5 for students and senior citizens.

  • Library seeks books for disadvantaged children

    The Monroe Township Library, 4 Municipal Plaza, is seeking donations of new hardcover and paperback books for distribution to disadvantaged children throughout Middlesex County during the holiday season. The program, called Books to Keep, and is a project of the Libraries of Middlesex, a consortium of public libraries, and the Middlesex County College Library, Edison.…

  • Sayreville Aux. Police seeks new members

    Sayreville Auxiliary Police are seeking new members to join its volunteer force. Interested applicants must be 18 years of age or older, be able to pass a criminal background check and possess a valid New Jersey driver’s license. Interested applicants can download an application from www.sayrevillepoliceaux.org or send a letter of interest to: Sayreville Police…

  • Dinner dance benefit set for Monroe native

    A dinner dance fundraiser will be held Nov. 7 to benefit a Monroe native who is battling cancer. The event will raise money to help offset the medical costs of Rosemarie Shahinian David, 59, now of Wall, who does not have health insurance. The buffet dinner and dance is $40 per person and will be…