Category: Suburban Calendar

  • Celebrate poetry month at coffee house

    TheOld Bridge Library Teens Taking Action (TTA) invites poetry and music lovers of all ages to celebrate Poetry Month at their coffee house April 22, starting at 2 p.m. There will be an open mic for poetry reading and acoustic music. Teens Taking Action will be sponsoring a bake sale during the event. TTAis the…

  • Tickets on sale for April 20 tricky tray

    The Southwood Elementary PTA will sponsor a tricky tray April 20 at the Sayreville VFW, Jernee Mill Road, Sayreville. Doors will open at 6:30 p.m. Tickets are between $15 and $34 depending on the package. For tickets and information, call 201-400-2115.

  • Sacred Heart School will hold dedication

    Sacred Heart School, South Amboy, will host a luncheon event observing the anniversaries of Sacred Heart jubilee graduates, along with honoring a parish family, an alumnus and a teacher. “Celebrating Dedicated Hearts,” a luncheon event, will be held 1:30 p.m. April 29 at the school, 229 Cedar St., South Amboy. The Janas family will be…

  • VFW sets comedy, dinner benefit April 27

    The Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 133 and 4699 and the Military Order of the Cooties Pup Tents 7 and 41 will present “An Evening of Comedy and Live Entertainment” with Joey Scarpelli as Father Guido Sarducci, as well as Joey Mitchell and live music from Jersey SureCats and Sportin’ Wood. The event will take…

  • Sayreville PBA golf tourney set for May 14

    Sayreville PBA Local 98 will hold its first golf tournament May 14 at the Concordia Golf Club, 3 Clubhouse Drive, Monroe Township. Registration opens at 9:30 a.m., followed by a casual breakfast until the 11 a.m. shotgun start. The $125 fee includes greens fees, cart, and lunch, beer and beverages during the tournament, as well…

  • Restaurant fundraiser to benefit cat rescue

    Uno Chicago Grill, 61 Route 1, Metuchen, will host a fundraiser to benefit Whiskers RescueApril 20-22. Uno Chicago Grill will donate 15 percent of sales when customers present a certificate to the server. If sales eventually exceed $1,000, the restaurant will increase the donation to 20 percent. To download the restaurant certificate, visit http://files.meetup.com/581932/Uno_ certificate_…

  • Sayreville Recreation offers bus trips

    The Sayreville Department of Recreation will hold the following trips: • April 19: Bus trip to see the New York Yankees vs. the Minnesota Twins. Cost is $50 and includes bus transportation, ticket to the game and light refreshments. • May 19: Bus trip to Baltimore, Md., to see the running of the Preakness Stakes.…

  • Shred documents safely at PTA event

    The Madison Park Elementary School, 33 Harvard Road, Parlin, will hold a documentshredding fundraiser 4-6 p.m. April 27. The donation for shredding will be $5 for a small bag (grocery-store-size bag) or box and $10 for a large bag (black yard bags) or box payable by cash or check. There is no limit to the…

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    Kindergarten students at Our Lady of Victories School in Sayreville hold up items they collected and sorted for the St. Vincent de Paul Society’s food pantry. Under the direction of teacher Laura Buongiovanni, a Lenten food drive was held at the school, and students in all grades donated many foods, paper goods and Easter basket…