Category: Sentinel-NBS Calendar

  • UMDNJ students publish cookbook for charity

    Students of Volunteer Opportunities in Community Engaged Services (VOICES) at the UMDNJ-School of Public Health has published “Healthy Helpings…and a Few Tasty Transgressions,” a cookbook to raise funds for various charities in New Brunswick and Piscataway. The students collected recipes from fellow students, faculty and staff. The book is $20 and proceeds will help establish…

  • Classes, trips offered by S.B. Senior Center

    South Brunswick Senior Center, Ridge Road, Monmouth Junction section of South Brunswick, will offer a one-day art class, “Money Rose Workshop,” May 16 from 10:30 a.m.-noon. Attendees will make a rose out of five one-dollar bills, which are brought to class. Fee is $3 for supplies and instruction. “History First Hand,” a roundtable discussion with…

  • No. Brunswick ‘Click It or Ticket’ begins May 19

    North Brunswick Mayor Francis "Mac" Womack announced that from May 19 through June 1, North Brunswick Township Police and law enforcement officers statewide will take part in the nationwide "Click It or Ticket" campaign. The mobilization is to increase seatbelt usage through enforcement and education of the state’s primary seat-belt law. The officers will conduct…

  • ‘Good Earth’ gardening program now under way

    Middlesex County Extension’s “Good- Earth” gardening program is under way at Donaldson Park in Highland Park, Buccleuch Park in New Brunswick, and the Livingston Campus site in Piscataway. There are open plots at the Buccleuch Park and Livingston campus gardens. The Extension office also has a limited supply of free seeds. Gardeners may fill plots…

  • Master Gardeners to plant garden May 10

    Middlesex County Master Gardeners in cooperation with the Middlesex County Parks Department will begin planting a bird- and wildlife-friendly wildflower area May 10 within Davidson’s Mill Pond Park, 42 Riva Ave., South Brunswick. The project is intended to enhance the park’s existing meadow area and establish a wildflower and wildlife preserve. The gardeners will also…

  • Nominations accepted for Chandlee Award

    Nominations are now being accepted for the Ann Marie Chandlee Heritage Award 2008. North Brunswick Department of Parks, Recreation & Community Services’Heritage Day Committee is seeking nominations with deadline to submit Aug. 15 The award is bestowed on a township resident dedicated to improving the quality of life in North Brunswick as a volunteer with…

  • African dinner, concert slated at S.B. church

    St. Barnabas Episcopal Church, 142 Sand Hill Road, South Brunswick, will hold the fifth annual African dinner and African crafts auction May 17 at 6 p.m. The food will be prepared by African members of the congregation, and proceeds benefit the church’s work to reduce alcoholism and the spread of HIV/AIDS in Kenya. There will…

  • S.B. tricky tray May 16

    South Brunswick Lions’ Club will hold its fifth annual tricky tray auctionMay 16 at South Brunswick High School, Ridge Road, Monmouth Junction. Doors open at 6 p.m., and the auction begins at 8 p.m. Light refreshments will be provided. Admission is $10 at the door, and $7 in advance. The auction is open to individuals…

  • ‘Shred-it’ program in No. Brunswick May 10

    A "shred-it" program open to Middlesex County residents will be held May 10 from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. at the North Brunswick municipal complex at 710 Hermann Road. Old documents and confidential files will be recycled. For more information, call Public Works at (732) 247-1134.