Category: Sentinel-NBS Calendar

Middlesex County’s Recycling Division is recruiting participants for the School Book Recycling Program. Interested schools must contact the recycling office, book a date, designate a space on their grounds for a Dumpster and begin disposing of old and unwanted hardand soft-cover books, files and mixed paper. Currently, the book Dumpster remains at Middlesex Borough’s Von…

Women Aware, the domestic violence agency for Middlesex County, will celebrate its 35th anniversary at 6 p.m. Oct. 8 at the Zimmerli Art Museum, 81 Hamilton Ave., New Brunswick. Wine and hors d’ouevres will be served. For ticket information, visit womenaware.net/donate/tickets.

Main Street Highland Park seeks artists, artisans, crafters and other vendors to participate in Arts in the Park, Highland Park’s annual arts street fair, 11:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Sept. 20 along Raritan Avenue (Route 27) in downtown Highland Park. Artists are invited to participate in a juried show and to display and sell their work under…

The Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Middlesex County will host its Garden Field Day/Open House 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Aug. 15 at the EARTH Center, located in Davidson’s Mill Pond Park, 42 Riva Ave., South Brunswick. Rain date is Aug. 16. The day will be filled with activities for the whole family, including garden tours; presentations; a…

The Indo-American Cultural Foundation of Central New Jersey (IACFNJ) will celebrate India’s 69th Independence Day 11 a.m.-2 p.m. on Aug. 16 at the Shree Swaminarayan Temple, 329 Culver Road, Monmouth Junction. There will be en tertainment, cultural activities, dance performances and authentic food sampling. For more information, visit www.iacfnj.org or email [email protected].

The Aubrey Foundation will present a Cigar Social fundraising event established in memory of North Brunswick teacher Aubrey Pappas, who was tragically killed in a car accident last fall. The event will be held from 4-8 p.m. on Aug. 16 at Lola Latin Bistro, 87 Central Ave., Metuchen. The night will include cigars, sangria, music…

NAMI New Jersey (National Alliance on Mental Illness) will hold a peer support group for those with lived experience of mental illness 7:30-8:30 p.m. on Aug. 19 at the NAMI NJ office, 1562 Route 130, North Brunswick. To register, call 732-940- 0991 or visit www.namimiddlesex.org.

North Brunswick will hold a Community Blood Drive 1-7 p.m., Aug. 10, at the township municipal building, 710 Hermann Road. To donate blood, a person must be between 17 and 76 years old (16 with parental permission or over 76 with a doctor’s note), weigh at least 110 pounds and be in good general health.…

The North Brunswick Department of Parks, Recreation & Community Services will present “Things to Ruin,” the Young Adult Drama Group’s 45th annual production, 8 p.m., Aug. 6-8 at North Brunswick Township High School, 98 Raider Road. Doors open at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $12 for students and seniors or $15 for adults, available on the…