Category: Suburban Calendar

  • Tin Can Sailors to hold gathering in Jamesburg

    The Tin Can Sailors Association of New Jersey, an organization of individuals who have served on U.S. destroyers, will hold its 24th annual New Jersey Bull Session from 12:30-5 p.m. on April 3 at the Holiday Inn, Forsgate Drive (exit 8A off the New Jersey Turnpike), Jamesburg. The event will feature exhibits including a destroyer…

  • Community Bulletin Board

    Library Friends offering Community Bulletin Board Library Friends offering ‘Manet and the Sea’ trip Library Friends offering ‘Manet and the Sea’ trip The community is invited to join the East Brunswick Friends of the Library on an April 22 trip to the Philadelphia Museum of Art to view "Manet and the Sea," an exhibit of…

  • Animal Rescue Force to sponsor tricky tray

    Animal Rescue Force to sponsor tricky tray Animal Rescue Force, East Brunswick, a nonprofit volunteer organization dedicated to finding good homes for homeless dogs and cats, will hold its 10th annual tricky tray beginning at 8 p.m. on April 16 at East Brunswick High School, Cranbury Road. Doors will open at 6:30 p.m. Prizes will…

  • Senior health fair slated for April 7 in Sayreville

    Senior health fair slated for April 7 in Sayreville The Sayreville Office on Aging and the Sayreville Commission on Aging will sponsor a senior health fair from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on April 7 at the Senior Citizen Center, 423 Main St. All Sayreville residents are in­vited. For more information, call (732) 390-7058.

  • Works of progress

    Works of progress PHOTOS BY JEFF GRANIT staff Lisa Donofrio (l), a fourth-grader at Carpenter School, Old Bridge, uses a steady hand as she tries to move the loop around the wire without touching it. Once touched, the eyes light up in the exhibition, which was featured at the school science fair March 25. Below,…

  • Talk on Dizzy Gillespie slated for April 7

    Central Jersey Jazz Association, Old Bridge, will present a discussion about John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie on April 7 at 7:30 p.m. The discussion will be given by Bill O’Donell and will be at North Brunswick Municipal Building, 711 Hermann Road. Gillespie, a jazz trumpeter during the ’40s, was also an arranger and composer, and wrote…

  • Special delivery

    Special delivery FARRAH MAFFAI staff Retired U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Richard Sun arranges items collected by students at the Arleth School and Sayreville Middle School to be sent to troops overseas. Students including (at right) Jimmy Kraivec and Kyle Butler donated 50 boxes of soap, shampoo and other goods.

  • Pet shelter to sponsor spring gift boutique

    Sayrebrook Pet Adoption Center, 1400 Main St., Sayreville, will hold a Spring/Easter Gift Boutique during regular hours, April 3-10, in the shelter’s main lobby. The facility is open from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Sundays and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Mondays-Saturdays. The boutique will feature new gift items, holiday decor, handcrafted items, homemade…

  • E.B. Library will offer defensive driving course

    The East Brunswick Friends of the Library will offer a defensive driving class from 6:30-10 p.m. on April 26 and 27 at the East Brunswick Public Library, Jean Walling Civic Center. Eligible motorists may erase 2 points from their driver’s license and/or get a 5 percent discount on a portion of their auto insurance. Fees…