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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Sayreville library talk to focus on hypnosis The Sayreville Public Library, 1050 Washington Road, will offer a discussion titled “Hypnosis: A New You in the New Year” at 6:30 p.m. on Jan. 11. Guest presenter will be Matawan clinical hypnotist Rosemary Conte. The program will explore how positive change might be accomplished by using mind…
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Auditions for dance ensemble set for January
The New Jersey Dance Theatre Ensemble will hold auditions for its spring season and summer intensive on Jan. 7 and 14 in the dance studios at the Simon Forum & Athletic Center at Drew University, 26 Madison Ave., Madison. Auditions for dancers age 9-12 will be held from 10:30 a.m. to noon; auditions for dancers…
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Participants sought for March for Life trip
Our Lady of Victory Knights of Columbus Council No. 2061 will sponsor a Jan. 22 bus trip to Washington, D.C., for individuals who wish to participate in the annual March for Life. The day will begin with a 6:30 a.m. Mass at the council home, 775 Washington Road, Parlin section of Sayreville. A light continental…
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Philomusica Choir auditions begin Jan. 8
Philomusica Choir, East Brunswick, is seeking singers with good reading skills for its May 19 and 20 concerts, “Rising Stars of 1707: Early Masterpieces of Bach and Händel, J.S. Bach.” The concerts will feature “Christ lag in Todesbanden,” “Sei Lob Und Preis mit Ehren,” and “Dixit Dominus” with orchestra. Open rehearsal auditions will be Jan.…
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Nativity of Our Lord will host blood drive
New Jersey Blood Services will conduct a blood drive from 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on Jan. 28 at Nativity of Our Lord Church, 185 Applegarth Road, Monroe. Donors must be at least 17 years of age (17-year-olds need a parent’s permission letter), weigh at least 110 pounds and may not have donated blood within…
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Local blood drives scheduled during January
New Jersey Blood Services, New Brunswick, has announced the following local blood drives: • Jan. 3 from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Johnson & Johnson, Route 1 north, North Brunswick • Jan. 6 from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 7508, 17 Bordentown Ave., Old Bridge • Jan.…
