Category: Suburban Calendar
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Library seeks books for disadvantaged youths
The Old Bridge Public Library, Route 516 and Cottrell Road, is collecting donations of new hardcover and paperback books for distribution to disadvantaged children throughout Middlesex County during the holiday season. The program, called Books to Keep, is a project of the Libraries of Middlesex, a consortium of public libraries, and the Middlesex County College…
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Terrorism, disarmament to be topics at meeting
The Monroe Township Chapter of the Coalition for Peace Action will hold a meeting to discuss “Preventing Nuclear Terrorism and Advancing Nuclear Disarmament” at 10 a.m. on Dec. 20 in the courtroom at the Monroe Township Municipal Building, Perrineville Road. Physicist Frank von Hippel, professor of public and international affairs at Princeton University, will be…
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Public invited to learn how to stop smoking
Raritan Bay Medical Center, Old Bridge and Perth Amboy, and the American Lung Association will sponsor a “Freedom From Smoking” class from noon to 1 p.m. on Dec. 18 in Suite 300 of the Medical Arts Building, adjacent to the medical center’s Old Bridge division, off Ferry Road, between routes 9 and 18. Participants will…
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‘Service of Longest Night’ set for Dec. 21
First Presbyterian Church of South Amboy, 150 N. Broadway, will offer its “Service of the Longest Night: Time To Know We Are Not Alone” at 7 p.m. on Dec. 21. The event, which is designed to assist those who are mourning lost loved ones and/or relationships or struggling with ill health, isolation or other difficulties…
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District seeks to locate students in need of aid
The Old Bridge school district provides special education and related services to disabled children/students ages 3-23 who are in need of special education. Individuals who reside within the district or have a child attending a nonpublic school in Old Bridge and who suspect that their youngster may be disabled due to physical, sensory, emotional, communication,…
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Registration under way for Safe Sitter program
Saint Peter’s University Hospital, New Brunswick, will offer a Safe Sitter class from 9:15 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Dec. 27 in the hospital’s Sister Marie dePazzi Conference Center, 254 Easton Ave. Girls and boys ages 11-13 are invited to participate. The course will teach adolescents how to handle emergencies when caring for young children.…
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Climate change to be discussed
The Lawrence Brook Watershed Partnership will hold a meeting at 7:30 p.m. on Dec. 19 at the Milltown Senior Center, 60 Violet Terrace. Guest speaker Samuel L. Missimer, a “green building” designer, environmental activist and consultant on the business and municipal impact on climate change, will offer a presentation titled “Designing Change: Facing the Challenge…
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Community Bulletin Board
Thompson to offer help with Medicare Part D Assemblyman Sam Thompson (R-13) will sponsor one-on-one assistance with the Medicare Part D prescription-drug program from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Dec. 19 at the Old Bridge Public Library Main Branch, Route 516 and Cottrell Road. The service also is available from 9 a.m. to 5…
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Salon will host Locks of Love event
A Locks of Love hair-donation event will be held from 1-5 p.m. on Dec. 23 at Creations Hair Design Studio, 469 Cranbury Road, East Brunswick. Locks of Love is a nonprofit organization that provides hairpieces to financially disadvantaged children under age 18 who are suffering from long-term medical hair loss due to any diagnosis. Hair…
