Category: Sentinel-EBS Calendar

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    FARRAH MAFFAI A young boy (above) practices to perfect his skills at the Wac-a-Mole game at the Middlesex County Fair in East Brunswick on Saturday. After a challenge from her friend, a fairgoer (below) tries to defeat gravity’s pull and hang on to the ladder while trying out the Survivor Challenge.

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    JERRY WOLKOWITZ Joseph Burgio, 9, (above) participates in the story-telling experience, “Clams Can’t Sing,” at the Spotswood Public Library’s “Under Sea Party” Tuesday. At right, Christina Askander, 8, makes a fish.

  • Entertainers, vendors sought for cultural fair

    Entertainers, vendors sought for cultural fair East Brunswick’s annual Our Community Is Fair, a celebration of the township’s cultural and ethnic diversity, will be held from noon to 5 p.m. on Oct. 6 on the grounds of the East Brunswick municipal complex, Jean Walling Civic Center. Rain date is Oct. 13. Limited space remains for…

  • Lifelong learning courses offered

    Registration is now going on for fall courses and lectures offered by the Rutgers University Academy for Lifelong Learning (RU-ALL), a program open to New Jersey residents over age 50. Classes for the 10-week semester will begin on Sept. 9 at the Reformed Church, 23 S. Second Ave., Highland Park. RU-ALL will offer 32 noncredit…

  • Greater Media acquires

    WJRZ (100.1 FM) WJRZ (100.1 FM) EAST BRUNSWICK — Greater Media Inc. has officially closed on the purchase of WJRZ (100.1 FM), Oldies 100, headquartered in Manahawkin, from Atlantic Broadcasting Corp. The WJRZ acquisition follows by less than a year Greater Media’s acquisition of WMTR (1250 AM), WDHA (105.5 FM), WRAT (95.9 FM) and WWTR…

  • Rep. Holt will read to youngsters at library

    Rep. Rush Holt (D-12) will read stories to young listeners at 11:30 a.m. on Aug. 20 at the Jamesburg Public Library, 229 Gatzmer Ave. The congressman is visiting local libraries during the summer to encourage reading. Adults and children are welcome. Refreshments will be served. For more information, call the library at (732) 521-0440.

  • Festival of Scarecrows part of Sept. 28 street fair

    Festival of Scarecrows part of Sept. 28 street fair Area businesses, local organizations, families, individuals and groups are invited to participate in the second annual Community Festival of Scarecrows, being held in conjunction with the 28th annual Historic Village of Old Bridge Street Fair on Sept. 28. The theme of the 2002 Community Festival of…

  • Crafted rhinos on display at Spotswood Library

    VERONICA YANKOWSKI Sue Kies shows off her trick roping at Jamesburg’s second annual Tonkery Boulevard Street Festival on Saturday. The Spotswood Public Library, 548 Main St., is hosting an exhibit of rhinoceroses from the arts and craft collection of Spotswood resident Michael Komosinski. Highlights include a 2-foot-long leather rhino and a handcarved stone rhino from…

  • J’burg EMS and Rescue sets comedy fund-raiser

    J’burg EMS and Rescue sets comedy fund-raiser Jamesburg Emergency Medical Service (EMS) and Rescue will present a Comic Relief fund-raiser at 7 p.m. on Sept. 21 at the Jamesburg Elks Lodge, 74 W. Railroad Ave., Jamesburg. The event will feature performers Johnny Lampert, Lisa Lampanelli and Tim Gage. Cost is $20 per person. Reservations will…