Category: Suburban Calendar

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    FARRAH MAFFAI As the culmination of a social studies program Friday titled “Celebrate New Jersey,” Joey Vargas (l) and Louis Millan of the Grissom School in Old Bridge place candy items on their cake, which was shaped to represent Burlington County. The items depicted the county’s natural resources.

  • Spring food drive in schools runs Feb. 25-March 8

    Spring food drive in schools runs Feb. 25-March 8 Students at 131 public and private schools in Middlesex County will be collecting canned goods and other nonperishable food items during the seventh annual spring food drive organized by the Middlesex County Food Organization and Outreach Distribution Services (MCFOODS). The two-week effort will run from Feb.…

  • O.B. students to work on state Sept. 11 memorial

    O.B. students to work on state Sept. 11 memorial Students from Old Bridge public schools have been selected to help create a memorial to commemorate the events of Sept. 11. The Printmaking Council of New Jersey has received a grant from the Dodge Foundation to create the memorial, which will consist of 216 pieces of…

  • Program aims to strengthen character

    SAYREVILLE — Students at the Emma L. Arleth Elementary School recently completed their participation in the Do Something organization’s 2002 Kindness and Justice Challenge. The Do Something organization encourages children to have an active role in their schools and communities, according to the group’s Web site, www.dosomething.com. The challenge is promoted nationwide as a way…

  • Bulletin Board E.B. temple to join in nationwide Shabbat

    Bulletin Board E.B. temple to join in nationwide Shabbat Temple B’nai Shalom, Fern and Old Stage roads, East Brunswick, will take part in Shabbat Across America and Canada on March 8 with a service at beginning at 7 p.m. followed by a dinner at 8:15 p.m. The temple will be one of approximately 750 synagogues…

  • Minor charged in stabbing outside A-1 Market

    Staff Writer By sue m. morgan OLD BRIDGE — Township police have arrested a 17-year-old Sayreville resident for the stabbing of an Irvington man outside the A-1 Market on Bordentown Avenue Sunday afternoon. According to police, the juvenile was arrested in the presence of his father at his home on Woodmere Drive, Parlin section of…

  • Minnie Pearson Schenck is recalled as community pillar

    Staff Writer By JENNIFER DOME SOUTH RIVER — Borough residents are mourning the loss of Minnie Pearson Schenck, but say they will remember her for her love of the community and her church. Funeral services for Schenck, 78, who passed away Feb. 4 at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick after a sudden…

  • St. Peter’s will offer Safe Sitter program

    St. Peter’s will offer Safe Sitter program St. Peter’s University Hospital, New Brunswick, will offer a Safe Sitter program from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Feb. 18 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…

  • Community Bulletin Board Son to offer presentation on life of Paul Robeson

    Community Bulletin Board Son to offer presentation on life of Paul Robeson Paul Robeson Jr., son of the late Paul Robeson Sr., will offer a lecture and media presentation on his father 7:30 p.m. Feb. 19 at the East Brunswick Public Library, Jean Walling Civic Center. The event is sponsored by the Middlesex Chapter of…