Category: Suburban Calendar

  • JFVS will sponsor Sept. 9 apple picking

    The Jewish Family and Vocational Service (JFVS) Young Leadership Family Division will hold an apple picking event 10 a.m. to noon Sept. 9 at Von Thun Farms, 519 Ridge Road, South Brunswick. The event will include hayrides, visits from farm animals, and Rosh Hashanah card-making stations. Participants will be invited to pick their own apples…

  • Participants sought for dog show benefit

    Hallie Meister, age 16, will host her fifth annual dog show 11 a.m. Sept. 8 at the Sayreville Dog Park, Bordentown Avenue. All proceeds will benefit the New Jersey Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (NJSPCA). Individuals are invited to enter their dogs in the event. Entry fee is $5. There is no…

  • ESL group to begin Sept. 11 at library

    An English as a Second Language (ESL) Conversation Group will be held beginning Sept. 11 at the Sayreville Public Library, Washington Road. Evening sessions will run 6:30-8 p.m. on Tuesdays, Sept. 11-Nov. 27. Daytime sessions will be held 10:30 a.m.-noon on Thursdays, Sept. 13-Nov. 29 (no meeting on Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 22). The group is…

  • Talk to shed light on weight-loss surgery

    Raritan Bay Medical Center, Old Bridge division, will sponsor a seminar titled “Is Weight-Loss Surgery Right for Me?” 7-8 p.m. Sept. 10 in Auxiliary Hall B and C, lower level of the Medical Arts Building, adjacent to the hospital, Ferry Road between routes 9 and 18. Dr. Oluseun Sowemimo will lead a discussion on several…

  • Teens invited to join museum volunteers

    New members are sought to join ZAMbassadors, the team of teen volunteers at the Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum, 71 Hamilton St., New Brunswick. The program is designed to provide especially motivated local high school students in grades 10-12 with a variety of opportunities to work among a renowned art collection while meeting new people,…

  • Clothing drive set for Sept. 1 at EBHS

    The East Brunswick High School Cross- Country Team Booster Club will hold a fundraising clothing drive 9-10 a.m. Sept. 1 in the parking lot at the high school, Cranbury Road. Donations of bagged clothing, sheets, shoes, towels, etc., may be dropped off in the parking lot next to the school’s cafeteria area. Contributions will not…

  • pick of the week  Asbury Park Labor Day Bar-B-Q

    The Asbury Park Labor Day Bar-B-Q serves up barbeque and festival snacks, a mix of live music, daily stage performances by the Boys & Girls Club, entertainment, and games and rides for the entire family. The BBQ is held in Bradley Park on Ocean Avenue in Asbury Park and takes place Sept. 1 and 2…

  • SCORE workshop continues at library

    The fourth installment in the SCORE StartSMART Workshop Series, “Financial Projections,” is set for 5:45-8:45 p.m. Sept. 6 at the East Brunswick Public Library, Jean Walling Civic Center. Price is $40 per session. The class is presented by SCORE counselors. Advance registration is required. The fifth and final class in the series, “Funding Sources and…

  • Lonegan to speak at Sept. 4 GOP event

    Men and women are invited to attend the next meeting of the Middlesex County Republican Women’s Club set for 7 p.m. Sept. 4 at the East Brunswick Public Library, 1 Jean Walling Civic Center Drive, East Brunswick. Steve Lonegan, New Jersey executive director of Americans for Prosperity, will offer an Economic Freedom Seminar and Social…