Category: Suburban Calendar

  • Business Briefs Huntington spearheads Book Drop for Literacy

    Business Briefs Huntington spearheads Book Drop for Literacy Donations are sought for the Book Drop for Learning program spearheaded by Huntington Learning Center. Residents are asked to drop off any new or used books at their local Huntington Learning Center through Feb. 14. When the program ends, the center will apportion all donated books to…

  • Man killed by train at Co-Steel

    SAYREVILLE — A locomotive engineer is believed to have committed suicide on the property of Co-Steel, North Crossman Road, at 12:30 a.m. Monday, according to police. Employees of Co-Steel notified police Monday morning after they reportedly found the decapitated body of Scott P. Jaeger, 39, a resident of Neptune, Monmouth County, lying alongside the railroad…

  • Schools are asked to help with annual food drive

    Schools are asked to help with annual food drive The Middlesex County organization that supplies local food banks and soup kitchens is asking all public and private schools in the county to get involved in the seventh annual spring school food drive. "We’ve sent letters to all the superintendents and to the principals at each…

  • Blood drives planned in Milltown and Jamesburg

    The Blood Center of New Jersey will sponsor blood drives from 3-8 p.m. on Feb. 1 at Barry Brill’s Karate and Fitness, 45 Broad St., Milltown, and from 4-8:30 p.m. on Feb. 15 at the Knights of Columbus Hall, 83 Lincoln Ave., Jamesburg. Blood donors must be at least 18 years of age; 17-year-olds may…

  • Sayreville Library activates Web site

    Sayreville Library activates Web site The Sayreville Public Library, 1050 Washington Road, recently activated a new Web site, http://www.lmxac.org/ sayreville/index.html. Interested individuals will be able to search the library catalog, find newspaper and periodical articles, and receive information or directions to the library and hours of operation. For more information, call (732) 727-0212. ‘Lunch and…

  • ‘Coffee Break’ dinner planned in East Brunswick

    The Brunswick Women’s Connection, affiliated with Stonecroft Ministries, will hold a "Coffee Break" dinner from 7-8:30 p.m. on Feb. 7 at the East Brunswick Chateau, Cranbury Road. A representative from Starbucks Coffee will demonstrate the art of making a perfect cup of coffee. Gourmet coffees will be available for sampling. Guest speaker Marie Collins, staff…

  • Touring the states

    VERONICA YANKOWSKI Juan Lopera, Shamikh Shakil and Kaitlyn Swing, all fifth-graders at Carpenter Elementary School, Old Bridge, act as tour guides for the state of Pennsylvania. Representing the Keystone State with costumes, props and tourist information, their exhibit is the culmination of a research project conducted by the school’s fourth- and fifth-graders and displayed at…

  • New GOP chairman’s goal to find the best candidates

    Staff Writer By sue m. morgan New GOP chairman’s goal to find the best candidates OLD BRIDGE — Members of the Old Bridge Republican County Committee have elected Ward 5 Councilman Richard Greene to serve as their municipal chairman. The committee chose Greene at a Jan. 22 meeting to fill the unexpired term of state…

  • Master class

    Alexandra Lahkman (above), a kindergartner at Schirra Elemen-tary School in Old Bridge, listens to a music lesson on Ludwig von Beethoven on Friday. Beethoven (r), played by Dennis Kobray, performs some of the composer’s works for the students during the program. PHOTOS BY VERONICA YANKOWSKI