Category: Sentinel-EBS Calendar

  • Library awarded NEH Bookshelf collection

    The Spotswood Public Library, 548 Main St., is one of 4,000 libraries across the United States selected by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and the American Library Association (ALA) to receive free hardcover editions of 17 classic books as part of the We the People Bookshelf grant program. The theme of this year’s…

  • Heritage Day set at Office on Aging

    The East Brunswick Department on Aging will hold its third annual Heritage Day noon-2 p.m. May 7 at the Senior Center, 3 Civic Center Drive. The event is an opportunity to share one’s history, traditions and customs. Members offer food, clothing and artifacts from their native countries. Guests will have the chance to discover the…

  • fundraisers •••

    April 29 & 30 • Book and Media Sale, sponsored by the Friends of the Monroe Township Library, 10 a.m.-8 p.m. April 29, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. April 30 (Fill-A-Bag-for-$1 event), at the library, 4 Municipal Plaza. Gently used books and media at bargain prices. Donated fiction, hardcovers, paperbacks, nonfiction, children’s books, movies, music, audiobooks. Hardcover…

  • DDD changes to be focus at SEPTA event

    The East Brunswick Special Education PTA (SEPTA) will hold its next monthly meeting at 7:15 p.m. May 10 in the meeting room at the East Brunswick Public Library, Jean Walling Civic Center. Topic will be of the meeting will be “Division of Developmental Disabilities (DDD) Changes — How the Department Will Provide New Day Service…

  • Concert to feature baroque instruments

    The Monroe Township Cultural Arts Commission will present the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra’s Golden Age String Trio in a concert featuring historic baroque instruments 7 p.m. May 6 at the Richard P. Marasco Center for the Performing Arts, Monroe Township High School, 1629 Perrineville Road. General admission is $10 for adults, free of charge for…

  • Holistic Moms schedules meeting

    The Holistic Moms Network of Middlesex County will hold its next monthly meeting at 6:30 p.m. May 4 at the Unitarian Society, 176 Tices Lane, East Brunswick. Topic of discussion for the meeting will be announced on the panel’s website at http://middlesexctynj. holisticmoms.org. Holistic Moms is a nonprofit support and discussion network for parents with…

  • Program to feature black-footed penguin

    The East Brunswick Youth Council will sponsor an educational program titled “Penguin Pointers” 10-11 a.m. May 2 at Central School, 371 Cranbury Road, East Brunswick. Jenkinson’s Aquarium, Point Pleasant, will present one of its African black-footed penguins at the event. Guests will learn a variety of information about the animal from its nesting habits to…

  • Benefit car shows, cruise nights to begin

    The Just Us Cruisers classic-car club will hold its annual benefit Cruisin’ for the Kids Cruise Nights/Car Shows 6-9 p.m. every Friday April 30-Oct. 15 at the Peterpank Diner, Route 9 north, South Amboy/Sayreville. The weekly family-oriented events will feature classic cars, customs, trucks and custom motorcycles. There will be trophies; children’s games; a DJ…

  • Parents invited to Fast Break meeting

    Fast Break Basketball of East Brunswick will hold a Parent Meet and Greet 7:30 p.m.- 8:30 p.m. May 4 at Hammarskjold Middle School, 200 Rues Lane, East Brunswick. Parents are invited to become volunteers and learn the inner workings of the organization. Divisions include Coed, second-12th grade; Girls, second-10th grade; Buddy Ball; Travel; and AAU.…