Category: Suburban Calendar

  • Flapjack Breakfast will benefit SPCA

    TheMiddlesex County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) will hold a Flapjack Fundraiser Breakfast 8-9:30 a.m. Nov. 12 at Applebee’s of Milltown, 324 Ryders Lane. Tickets cost $10 per person. To reserve or for more information, call SPCA 732-433-2017.

  • Seniors offer trip to Christmas show

    The Sayreville Seniors Thursday Club will sponsor a Nov. 30 trip to the Hunterdon Hills Playhouse to see “A Playhouse Christmas.” The bus will depart at 9:45 a.m. from the Mickey Sedlak Recreation Center parking lot, Dolan Street, Sayreville. Return will be at approximately 5:30 p.m. Cost is $82 per person for bus transportation, lunch…

  • Visit with Santa to aid Toys for Tots

    Parents and children are invited to visit with Santa and view the holiday lights and decorations at a private home at 55 Valley Vale Drive, Old Bridge, 6-9 p.m. Dec. 2 and 3. The house won the Clark Griswold Award three years ago in the Old Bridge Holiday Decorating Contest. Interested parents should bring a…

  • Fall Fest, Bake Sale coming to church

    Aldersgate United Methodist Church, 568 Ryders Lane, East Brunswick, will sponsor its Fall Festival and Bake Sale 8:30 a.m.-2 p.m. Nov. 5. Breakfast and a light lunch will be available. The event will feature handcrafted holiday decorations, ornaments and gifts, along with homemade pies, cakes, breads and more. The café will be open for breakfast,…

  • Test drive a car, aid marching band

    The Old Bridge High School Marching Band will sponsor a Drive One 4 Ur School fundraiser with All American Ford of Old Bridge 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Nov. 12 at Lombardi Field, Carl Sandburg Middle School campus, corner of Ticetown Road and Wisdom Way, Old Bridge. All American will provide several different Ford models for guests…

  • Writer/singer to tell adoption story

    Carol Barbieri, a writer, singer/songwriter and adoption-reform advocate, will offer a presentation titled “Mugshots on the Mantel” 7 p.m. Nov. 10 at the Old Bridge Public Library Main Branch, Route 516 and Cottrell Road. Barbieri will offer her own adoption-reunion story. Prompted by her son’s diagnosis with a life-threatening heart condition, she began a search…

  • Kristallnacht to be remembered

    Congregation Beth Ohr, 70 Route 516, Old Bridge, will mark the 73rd anniversary of Kristallnacht, the Night of Broken Glass, with a showing of Evie Sullivan’s documentary “Kristallnacht Remembered” at 10:15 a.m. Nov. 6. For more information and directions, call 732-257-1523.

  • Community invited to foodshed presentation

    The Friends of the East Brunswick Environmental Commission will present a program titled “Welcome to Your Foodshed” beginning at 7 p.m. Nov. 3 at the East Brunswick Public Library, Jean Walling Civic Center. Guest speaker will be Nirit Yadin of East Brunswick, farm-to-kitchen coordinator at Terra Momo Restaurant Group, marketer at Cherry Grove Farm and…

  • Elks to sponsor youth hoop-shoot

    Boys and girls ages 8-13 are invited to participate in the annual Old Bridge Elks Lodge No. 2229 Basket Free-Throw Shooting Contest set for 7 p.m. Nov. 3 at Old Bridge High School, Route 516. Each participant will receive a free T-shirt. For more information, call Mike at 732- 462-8040.