Category: Sentinel-EBS Calendar

  • Nativity of Our Lord will host blood drive

    New Jersey Blood Services will conduct a blood drive from 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on Jan. 28 at Nativity of Our Lord Church, 185 Applegarth Road, Monroe. Donors must be at least 17 years of age (17-year-olds need a parent’s permission letter), weigh at least 110 pounds and may not have donated blood within…

  • Hadassah program will address aging

    East Brunswick Hadassah will sponsor a program titled “Our Parents, Ourselves: Looking Ahead to the Challenges of Growing Older” at 7:45 p.m. on Jan. 8 at the East Brunswick Jewish Center, 511 Ryders Lane. Panelists will include geriatric-care manager Liz Salston, attorney Ben Menashe and long-term care insurance specialist Betty Keller. Topics will include options…

  • Blood-pressure checks scheduled at hospital

    Raritan Bay Medical Center, Perth Amboy division, will offer free blood-pressure screenings from 10 a.m. to noon on Jan. 11 on the hospital’s concourse level, 530 New Brunswick Ave. For more information, call (732) 324-5315.

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  • E.B. Library announces closings, programs

    The East Brunswick Public Library, 2 Jean Walling Civic Center, will close Dec. 31 at 5 p.m. and be closed all day Jan. 1 for the New Year’s holiday. The library will celebrate Puppetry Month during February and the Friends of the Library’s Phyllis Noar Puppetry Festival will present two performances and a puppet-making workshop…

  • Philomusica Choir auditions begin Jan. 8

    Philomusica Choir, East Brunswick, is seeking singers with good reading skills for its May 19 and 20 concerts, “Rising Stars of 1707: Early Masterpieces of Bach and Händel, J.S. Bach.” The concerts will feature “Christ lag in Todesbanden,” “Sei Lob Und Preis mit Ehren,” and “Dixit Dominus” with orchestra. Open rehearsal auditions will be Jan.…

  • Hospital to sponsor HIV group meetings

    The Raritan Bay Medical Center Immunology and Infectious Diseases Department will sponsor HIV support group meetings on Jan. 8, 15, 22 and 29 at the hospital’s Perth Amboy division, 530 New Brunswick Ave. Individuals coping with or affected by HIV are welcome to attend. Registration is required. For time, exact location and to register, call…

  • Hebrew speakers club will meet on Jan. 14

    The next meeting of the Chug Ivrit club for intermediate and advanced Hebrew speakers will take place at 11 a.m. on Jan. 14 at a private home in the Highland Park area. Chug Ivrit is sponsored by the Raritan Valley Chapter of Hadassah. Meetings are free of charge and open to the public. Men and…

  • Families invited to caroling celebration

    A Christmas Caroling Celebration and Singalong, presented by the music ministry of the Catholic Community of St. Bernadette, is set for 7 p.m. on Dec. 30 at St. Bernadette’s Church, Villanova and Princeton Roads, Parlin section of Old Bridge. Family members of all ages are invited. Participants are asked to bring a nonperishable food item…