Category: Suburban Calendar
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Lions to charter new club in greater Raritan Bay area
OLD BRIDGE — Anew Lions Club will be coming to the greater Raritan Bay area. The club’s founding members recently organized a membership drive in Old Bridge and the surrounding area. They plan to get the word out in the communities and visit many local businesses to provide information. The goal is to gain 30…
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Vocal ensemble to kick off arts series
The Mason Gross Summer Series 2012 will open with a performance by the vocal ensemble TENET at 7:30 p.m. July 11 at the Nicholas Music Center, 85 George St., between Route 18 and Ryders Lane, on the Douglass College campus of Rutgers University, New Brunswick. The New York City-based group, founded in 2003 and directed…
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MCIA’s newest persona engages energy conservation discussion
The Middlesex County Improvement Authority recently found a new recycling education mascot, as well as a new cause to champion. The MCIA’s longstanding education robot, M.C. Blue, has covered reducing, reusing and recycling through public presentations for more than a decade, but now its preppy, green-haired alternative persona, M.C. Green, has begun tackling the subject…
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Kitten Shower on tap for July 7 at shelter
Sayreville Pet Adoption Center, 1400 Main St., Sayreville, will host its annual Kitten Shower noon-4 p.m. July 7. The event will feature cake, cookies, punch, shower favors, door prizes and free gifts. A “Two-for-One Special” will be available — adopt any two kittens for $95. All kittens are spayed/neutered, up-to-date with vaccines, tested, dewormed, and…
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Library to begin Summer Movie Series
In conjunction with the Between the Covers adult summer reading club, the Old Bridge Public Library will offer a Summer Movie Series titled “Nighttime Is the Right Time for Films” set for 6:30 p.m. on four Wednesdays beginning July 18 at the Library Main Branch, Route 516 and Cottrell Road. The scheduled films are “Mission…
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Middlesex County Fair seeks Home Arts entries
All are invited to enter the HomeArts Competition of the Middlesex County Fair. There are 14 divisions including photography, vegetables, fruit, flowers, art, crafts, baking, canning, sewing, quilts, knitting and crochet, needlework, handwork and woodworking. Entries are divided into adult, children’s (by age) and special participant divisions. There is no entry fee. First, second, third…
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Toastmasters secure new meeting location
The Old Bridge Toastmasters has a new meeting place. The group will now meet at the SayreWoods Bible Church, 2290 Route 9 South, Old Bridge, south of Jake Brown Road. The club will meet on the second and fourth Wednesday of each month at 7 p.m. The next meeting is scheduled for July 11. Toastmasters…
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‘Timeline New Jersey’event set for July 11
Walter Choroszewski, well-known New Jersey photographer, author and advocate of state pride, will speak about New Jersey’s history and its people at 7 p.m. July 11. His “Timeline New Jersey” program will focus on state history, including little-known details. Individuals of all ages can attend this presentation. The program is free and open to the…
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VFW to sponsor Atlantic City trip
East Brunswick Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 133 will offer a July 22 trip to Trump Plaza Casino, Atlantic City. The bus will depart at 9 a.m. from the post home, 485 Cranbury Road (behind the radiology group), East Brunswick. Cost is $22, with a $30 return to spend at the casino. To reserve…
