Category: Suburban Calendar

  • Actress will portray Eleanor Roosevelt

    Actress will portray Eleanor Roosevelt Actress Joan Wolfberg will portray Eleanor Roosevelt in a one-woman show set for 7 p.m. on April 27 at the Richard P. Marasco Center for the Performing Arts at Monroe Township High School, Perrineville Road. The event is sponsored by the Monroe Township Cultural Arts Commission. Wolfberg, who has traveled…

  • ‘Baseball Fever’ youth program set at library

    ‘Baseball Fever’ youth program set at library Registration will begin at 9:30 a.m. on April 18 for "Baseball Fever," a youth program planned for 4 p.m. on April 25 at the Old Bridge Public Library Main Branch, Route 516 and Cottrell Road. Participants in the program, open to youngsters in kindergarten-fifth grade, will take a…

  • South Asian families invited to NAMI group

    South Asian families invited to NAMI group A support group for South Asian (Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi and Sri Lankan origin) family members of individuals with mental illness will meet from 6-7:30 p.m. on April 25 at the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI) office, 1562 Route 130, North Brunswick. For more information, call (732)…

  • Earth Day fest planned at Cheesequake Park

    Earth Day fest planned at Cheesequake Park Earth Day will be celebrated at Cheesequake State Park, Old Bridge, beginning at 10 a.m. on April 20. Participants will meet at the park’s Interpretive Center, 300 Gordon Road. Activities will includes nature hikes, a nature film festival, giveaways, refreshments and tree plantings. All ages are invited. Admission…

  • Community Bulletin Board O.B. Youth Guidance slates April 21 fun run

    Community Bulletin Board O.B. Youth Guidance slates April 21 fun run The Old Bridge Youth Guidance Council will sponsor a Young Adults Against Violence 2-Mile Fun Run for all students and their parents beginning at 10 a.m. on April 21 at the Old Bridge Civic Center, Route 516 and Cottrell Road. All proceeds will go…

  • 7 arrested in drug raids

    Staff Writer By sue morgan OLD BRIDGE — An eight-month-long investigation resulted in the arrests of seven people, including two juveniles, on drug charges during police raids Friday morning at the Parkwood apartments and a Sayreville motel. The raid by township detectives and police officers, conducted with assistance from Sayreville police, netted 70 bags of…

  • Fund-Raisers April 18

    Fund-Raisers April 18 • Comedy/Raffle Night, sponsored by the Chittick School PTA, East Brunswick, dinner from 6-7 p.m., comedy show featuring three stand-up comics follows, at the Stress Factory, 375 George St., New Brunswick. Cost is $25 per person for show and all-you-can-eat buffet. Raffle tickets (sold at the door) and drinks not included in…

  • Annual school drive nets 38 tons of food

    Students, teachers and staff at 137 Middlesex County schools collected 38.4 tons of canned goods and nonperishable food, baby supplies and personal items during the 2002 spring food drive sponsored by the Middlesex County Food Outreach Organization and Distribution System (MCFOODS). Both the number of schools participating and the amount of food collected are records…

  • Grand opening

    Michael Casselman (r), 5, waits in line during opening-day festivities for the Old Bridge baseball season Saturday. Below, players with the Sayrewoods South Little League march from Throckmorton Lane to their Old Bridge fields off Cindy Street. VERONICA YANKOWSKI PHOTOS