Category: Suburban Calendar

  • VFW Ladies auxiliary plans June 24 meeting

    The Ladies Auxiliary of Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 4699 will hold its monthly meeting at 8 p.m. on June 24 at the post home, Jernee Mill Road, Sayreville. Guests will meet the club’s new officers. A discussion of upcoming events is planned. For more information, call 732-264- 3041.

  • Entries sought for pet-photo contest at fair

    Animal Rescue Force (ARF), East Brunswick, will sponsor a pet-photo contest in August at the Middlesex County Fair. Interested individuals should send a favorite pet photo (no larger than 4-by-6 inches) and a $5 entry fee for each nonreturnable submission toARF, P.O. Box 418, East Brunswick NJ 08816. Deadline is July 28. Winners will be…

  • History of local family to be focus at meeting

    The South River Historical and Preservation Society will meet at 7 p.m. on June 25 at the South River Museum, 64-66 Main St. Guest presenter Nan Whitehead will offer a history of the Whitehead family. Refreshments will be served. All are welcome. The museum is open from 1:30-3:30 p.m. on the first Sunday of every…

  • Library Friends sets Summer Book Sale

    The Friends of the Sayreville Public Library will hold a Summer Book Sale 1:30- 3:30 p.m. June 22 in the conference room at the library, Washington Road, Parlin section of Sayreville. Books may be purchased for $5 a bag; bags will be provided by the Friends. Donations for the sale may be dropped off at…

  • Wine tasting on tap for June 21 at museum

    The East Brunswick Museum will present Un Gusto di Vino (A Taste of Wine) from noon to 4 p.m. June 21 at the museum, 16 Maple St. The wine-tasting event will be sponsored by Snowhill Discount Liquors, Spotswood. Admission is $25 per person. For more information, call 732-257-1508.

  • St. Stan’s Carnival planned for June 19-21

    St. Stan’s Carnival 2008 will take place from 6 to 11 p.m. June 19 and 21, and 6 p.m. to midnight June 20 (food tent will open at 5 p.m.) on the St. Stanislaus Kostka Parish grounds, MacArthur Avenue and Main Street, Sayreville. Highlights will include rides for children and adults; games of chance; a…

  • ‘Don’t Drink the Water’

    GREG HOLMES Actors with the Sayreville Main Street Theatre Co. act out a scene from the comedy “Don’t Drink the Water” at the Theatre at Garden Friends on Bordentown Avenue, Parlin. Shows will continue at 8 p.m. June 20 and 21. For tickets, call the box office at 732-553- 1153 or visit the Web site…

  • Cut-a-thon will aid pancreatic-cancer study

    The Hair Shop, 3188 Washington Road, Parlin section of Sayreville, will hold a Cut-a-thon from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. June 29 to benefit The Lustgarten Foundation for Pancreatic Cancer Research. The shop’s parking lot will be turned into an “outdoor salon.” The charge for haircuts, wet or dry, no blow drying, will be $15…

  • Freeholder to present ‘Clean Energy’ program

    Middlesex County Freeholder H. James Polos will offer a presentation titled “Clean Energy” at 7 p.m. June 24 at the Old Bridge Public Library Central Branch, Route 516 and Cottrell Road. Polos is chairman of the county’s Public Works, Shared Services and Transportation Committee and developer of Middlesex County as a “Showroom of Environmental Technology.”…