Category: Suburban Calendar

  • OLV Senior Group to meet April 12

    Our Lady of Victories (OLV) Senior Group will hold its March meeting 1 p.m. April 12 in Monsignor Dalton Hall on Main Street in Sayreville. After a brief business meeting, the group will have an author presentation by Renee Gatz, who wrote “Wise Words & Witty Expressions.” She grewup in Sayreville and has been sharing…

  • St. Stan’s to host chicken dinner event

    The St. Stanislaus Kostka Roman Catholic Church Holy Name Society will host Carmen Spezzi’s Roasted Half-Chicken Dinner from5 to 8 p.m. April 20. The church is located at 225 MacArthur Ave., Sayreville. Dinner will include a half chicken, baked potato, green beans, garden salad, beer, wine, soda, coffee and dessert at a cost of $15…

  • 4-H to host clothing drive in April

    Middlesex County’s 4-H Association will host a clothing drive at the 4-H Center, 645 Cranbury Road, East Brunswick, on the corner of Fern Road. Clothing drop-off hours will be 7-9 p.m. April 4, 5, 12, 18 and 19. Participants may bring used clothing, shoes, handbags, stuffed animals and linens, and all should be packed in…

  • Food donations accepted at drive-thru

    The Old Bridge Food Bank, 1 Old Bridge Plaza (in the municipal complex), is collecting items for its food bank 10 a.m.-2 p.m. March 31. Drive up with your donation and Girl Scout volunteers will unload and collect items right from the car. The following items are requested and most needed: • Tuna fish •…

  • Elks to host Easter Bunny breakfast

    The South Amboy Elks, 601 Washington Ave., will host a Breakfast With the Easter Bunny 9-11:30 a.m. April 7. The meal will include scrambled eggs, bacon, sausage, hash browns, pancakes and more. The cost is $8 per person; $3 for children ages 8-12; and under age 8 will be admitted free of charge. Proceeds will…

  • Chamber to award business scholarships

    The Chamber of Commerce serving Old Bridge, Sayreville and South Amboy will be awarding a scholarship to one graduating senior from each town’s high school. The scholarship will be in the amount of $500 to help with the cost of continuing education. Students should be a member of a business organization such as FBLA or…

  • VFW sets dinner-dance for March 31

    Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 7508, Old Bridge, will host a Hawaiian-themed fundraising dinner and dance 7-11 p.m. March 31. The event will feature a full buffet dinner along with free beer and live entertainment by Las Vegas headliner Craig Newell. The VFW will also be accepting new members that evening, so all veterans are…

  • Library to host poetry workshop

    Old Bridge Pubic Library will host a poetry workshop by teacher, poet and published author Dr. Gretna Wilkinson 6-8 p.m. April 5. She will read poetry from her latest book, “Opening the Drawer,” and will work with aspiring poets of all ages to transform their words into poems. Wilkinson has performed her poems on radio,…

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    A spirited crowd takes in South Amboy’s annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade on March 10. SCOTT FRIEDMAN