Category: Suburban Calendar

  • Community invited to Hanukkah Wonderland

    Chabad House of Monroe will host a Hanukkah Wonderland from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Dec. 9 at Stop and Shop, Concordia Shopping Center, 1600 Perrineville Road, Monroe. Participants, who are invited to meet Judah the Macabee and partake in a workshop centered around an authentic hand olive-oil press, will squeeze, press and pound…

  • Winter Holidays fest coming to library

    Families are invited to a Winter Holidays event set for 6:30 p.m. on Dec. 10 at the Sayreville Public Library, 1050 Washington Road, Parlin section of Sayreville. Participants will learn about the history, customs and foods of various winter celebrations including a Victorian Christmas, Hanukkah, ancient Rome’s Saturna- lia and Winter Solstice. Refreshments will be…

  • Nominations sought for Chamber Choice Awards

    The East Brunswick Chamber of Commerce Charitable Foundation Awards Committee is seeking nomination recommendations for the Chamber Choice Awards, which will honor outstanding business, professional and civic leaders at an installation banquet set for September. The awards have been presented since 1997. Individuals who would like to make a recommendation should provide the name/names of…

  • Office on Aging sets December activities

    The Old Bridge Office on Aging, George J. Bush Center for Human Services, in the municipal center, Route 516 and Cottrell Road, will offer a variety of upcoming programs. The activity schedule is as follows: • Dec. 7 – Pearl Harbor program; • Dec. 11 – trip to Atlantic City, $15 per person; • Dec.…

  • Madison Park to sponsor Dec. 7 Holiday Bazaar

    The Madison Park School Holiday Bazaar is set for 5:30-8:30 p.m. on Dec. 7 at the school, 33 Harvard Road, Parlin section of Old Bridge. For more information, call Julie Riecks at (732) 789-4134 and leave a message.

  • Senior Fridays events planned at O.B. Library

    The Senior Spaces Project will sponsor several upcoming Senior Fridays programs at the Old Bridge Library Main Branch, Route 516 and Cottrell Road. The schedule is as follows: • Dec. 14 – “Healthy Eating: Healthy Living,” a talk and discussion with Dr. Sandra Fahmy, D.O., sponsored by Raritan Bay Medical Center, Old Bridge and Perth…

  • Israeli-Dance Party on tap for Dec. 12

    East Brunswick Hadassah will host a Hanukkah Israeli-Dance Party at 7:45 p.m. on Dec. 12 at the East Brunswick Jewish Center, 511 Ryders Lane. Dance teacher Vera Galleid will lead the event. All levels of dancers, beginners and beyond, are welcome. Participants will have an opportunity to learn “simcha” dancing. The meeting is free of…

  • Fundraisers

    Dec. 6 • Clothing Drive, sponsored by Madison Park School PTA, 6-9 p.m., at the Madison Park Little League Field House, Cheesequake Road, Parlin section of Old Bridge, behind Madison Park Firehouse. Seeking men’s, women’s and children’s clothes; belts; shoes; handbags; toys and stuffed animals. Call Julie Rieck at (732) 789-4134. Dec. 6 & 7…

  • Vets groups to sponsor Pearl Harbor services

    Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 4699, its commander and Ladies Auxiliary, Sayreville, and American Legion Post No. 211, also Sayreville, will march at 7:30 a.m. on Dec. 7 to Sayreville Borough Hall, Main Street, for a 7:55 a.m. ceremony to honor all Pearl Harbor veterans. Refreshments will follow at the legion post, MacArthur Avenue.…