Category: Suburban Calendar

  • Man charged in motel stabbing

    EAST BRUNSWICK — A Brooklyn, N.Y., man was charged with aggravated assault after he allegedly stabbed his friend in the leg outside their room at the McIntosh Inn, Route 18, last week. According to police, Edwin Irizarry, 29, was arrested after police were called to the motel at 3:41 a.m. and determined that he stabbed…

  • Community Bulletin Board

    Faith Fellowship to hostChristmas Jamboree Faith Fellowship to host Christmas Jamboree Faith Fellowship Ministries World Outreach Center, 2707 Main St., Sayreville, will host its annual Christmas Jamboree beginning at 11 a.m. on Dec. 21. Underprivileged children from northern and central New Jersey will be bused to the church from several locations for a day of…

  • Community Bulletin Board

    Library will offer newbook discussion groups Library will offer new book discussion groups The Old Bridge Public Library Main Branch, Route 516 and Cottrell Road, will offer three new book discussion groups beginning in January. Members of the new Mystery Book Discussion Group will read everything from hardboiled detective dramas to comfortable, old-fashioned tales. The…

  • Hadassah sets talk on organ, tissue donation

    East Brunswick Hadassah will present "Pikuach Nefesh — To Save a Life," a panel discussion on organ and tissue donation, at its general meeting set for Dec. 17 at the East Brunswick Jewish Center, Ryders Lane. The discussion will begin at 8 p.m.; the group’s business meeting is planned for 7:30 p.m. The panel will…

  • Aldersgate youth to offer holiday stories, songs

    The children of Aldersgate United Methodist Church will present "Christmas Around the World," a program of stories and songs written and composed by East Brunswick resident Mary Sciascia, at 10 a.m. on Dec. 15 at the church, 568 Ryders Lane, East Brunswick. For more information and directions to the church, call (732) 254-7361.

  • Photo

    JERRY WOLKOWITZ Alex Burt and Kaitlyn Lancelot, both 10, carefully place Legos onto their rising skyscraper Monday at Southwood School, Old Bridge. The school’s fourth-graders participated in the class project, “Building Skyscrapers: Honoring Architecture,” a lesson in teamwork and the construction process.

  • HSA to sponsor baking contest, cookie walk

    Sacred Heart Elementary School Home School Association (HSA) will sponsor its annual Christmas Cookie Walk and Baking Contest from 4-6 p.m. on Dec. 14 and 7 a.m. to noon on Dec. 15 in the school cafeteria, Walnut Street, South Amboy. A variety of homemade cookies will be available for $5 a pound. Interested individuals may…

  • Applications for stores, gas station to be heard in ‘03

    By sue m. morganStaff Writer Applications for stores, gas station to be heard in ‘03 By sue m. morgan Staff Writer OLD BRIDGE — Anyone interested in finding out if a Quick Chek store and Raceway gas station will be allowed to locate on the site of the vacated Madison Inn will have to wait…

  • Theater group to host Breakfast With Santa

    The Sayreville Main Street Theatre Company will present its annual Breakfast With Santa fund-raiser from 9 a.m. to noon on Dec. 14 at the Sayreville Civic Center, Dolan Street. Youngsters will have breakfast, receive a visit from Santa and work on a holiday craft. Photos with Santa will be available at a nominal cost. Donation…