Category: Suburban Calendar
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Fund-raisers
Jan. 11-31 + Wounded Warrior Project Drive, sponsored by the Spotswood High School History Club and Octagon Community Service Club. Project provides returning amputee and wheelchair veterans (who have served in the conflicts in Iraq, Afghanistan and other locations around the world) with a backpack filled with personal and other needed items upon their arrival…
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Library branches to be open on holiday
The Old Bridge Library Main Branch, Route 516 at Cottrell Road, will be open from 9:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Jan. 15, Martin Luther King Jr. Day. The library’s Laurence Harbor Branch, Shoreland Circle near Route 35, will be open from 1-5 p.m. on the same day. For more information, call (732) 721-5600, ext.…
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Blood screenings available at senior center Jan. 24
Saint Peter’s University Hospital Mobile Health Unit personnel will provide blood-sugar and blood-pressure screenings from 10-11:30 a.m. on Jan. 24 at the George Bush Senior Center Office on Aging, 1 Old Bridge Plaza, Route 516 and Cottrell Road. For more information, call (732) 721-5600, ext. 6625.
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Galante gets OK after dropping townhouses
Residents ‘cautiously happy’ about outcome of Zoning Board case BY MARY ANNE ROSS Correspondent BY MARY ANNE ROSSCorrespondent An Old Bridge builder won approval to construct an office building on Route 516 last week, but only after he dropped controversial plans for 16 townhouses on the same site. The Zoning Board of Adjustment unanimously granted…
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Violent crowd brings police from 4 towns
Dozens involved in fights outside Rt. 35 night spot, police say BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer BY MICHAEL ACKERStaff Writer MICHAEL ACKER Police have been called to the Colosseum Nite Club in Sayreville for three reports of violent incidents since November. Some 80 people were involved in a fracas outside the Colosseum nightclub recently, according…
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Allure of Chocolate scheduled for Jan. 28
The Historic Village of Old Bridge Community Group (HVOBCG) and the New Jersey Museum of Agriculture will sponsor the fourth annual Allure of Chocolate from 1-4 p.m. on Jan. 28 at the New Jersey Museum of Agriculture, 103 College Farm Road, North Brunswick. Birnn Chocolates, Highland Park, will co-sponsor the event. Highlights will include a…
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Tickets available for McCarrick Valentine’s gala
The Cardinal McCarrick High School Eagle Parents Association, South Amboy, will host a Valentine’s Day Dinner and Dance for adults from 7:30-11:30 p.m. on Feb. 9 at South Amboy Knights of Columbus, 308 Fourth St. Tickets, which cost $45 per person, will not be sold at the door. Call the school at (731) 721-0748, ext.…
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‘Show and Tell’ on tap at historical society
The Sayreville Historical Society will meet 7:30 p.m. on Jan. 11 at the Sayreville Senior Center, 423 Main St. Meeting topic will be “Show and Tell.” Members and nonmembers are encouraged to bring and share items such as antiques, a priceless sentimental article or any interesting older object/document from their private collections. The public is…
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Friends seeks donations for Jan. 14 book sale
The Friends of the Sayreville Public Library will sponsor its Winter Book Sale from 1:30-3:30 p.m. on Jan. 14 in the conference room at the library, Washington Road, Parlin section of Sayreville. Books may be purchased separately or for $5 a bag. Selections will include fiction, nonfiction, mystery, paperbacks and more. Donations of children’s books,…
