Category: Suburban Calendar

  • Seniors offer trip to Hunterdon show

    The Sayreville Seniors Thursday Club will sponsor a Sept. 30 trip to the Hunterdon Hills Playhouse to see the Tim Gillis Band in “It’s Great To Be Alive.” 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…

  • Green Book Club sets inaugural meeting

    The first meeting of the Friends of the East Brunswick Environmental Commission Green Book Club is set for 7-9 p.m. Sept. 6 in meeting room 3 at the East Brunswick Public Library, Jean Walling Civic Center. “Eating Fossil Fuels: Oil, Food and the Coming Crisis in Agriculture” by Dale Allen will be discussed. In future…

  • Shakespeare at First Reformed Church

    CoLAB ARTS’ New Brunswick Theater Festival will present “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” by William Shakespeare 8 p.m. Wednesdays-Sundays from Aug. 31 to Sept. 10 at the First Reformed Church, 9 Bayard St., New Brunswick. Admission is free. Directed by Rachel Klein, the play features members of the NBTF Acting Company as well as an apprentice…

  • Sisterhood collecting school supplies

    Sisterhood of Temple Shalom, 5 Ayrmont Lane, Aberdeen, is running its annual school supply collection for needy local families through Sept. 5. Donations should be new in original packaging. Backpacks for the Backpack Buddies program will also be collected. The packs will be filled each Friday with nonperishable foods for weekend meals and must be…

  • Sayreville AARP trip to Sight and Sound

    Sayreville AARP Chapter No. 4853 will sponsor a trip to Sight and Sound Theater, Lancaster, Pa., for a performance of “Miracle of Christmas” on Nov. 16. The cost is $110 per person and includes bus transportation, show and lunch at Millers (first choice) or Hershey Farm Restaurant. The bus will depart from the Sayreville Senior…

  • Madison class of ’76 schedules reunion

    The class of 1976 at Madison Township High School, Old Bridge, will hold a 35th reunion beginning at 7 p.m. Oct. 22 at the Crystal Point Inn, Point Pleasant. Cost is $75 per person. Checks may be made payable to Janice Friedman and mailed to Friedman at 30 Deerfield Road, East Brunswick, NJ 08816. For…

  • Defensive-driving course set at library

    The East Brunswick Friends of the Library will sponsor a Defensive-Driving Course 6:30-10 p.m. Aug. 29 and 30 at the East Brunswick Public Library, Jean Walling Civic Center. Registration is required. Seating is limited to 30 people. Eligible motorists may erase 2 points from their driver’s license and/or get a 5 percent discount on a…

  • Drive-thru food collection set in O.B.

    The Old Bridge Food Bank, 1 Old Bridge Plaza, in the municipal complex, Route 516 and Cottrell Road, will hold a Drive-Thru Food Drive 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Aug. 27. Individuals may drive up with their donations; food-bank volunteers will unload items from the car. The following items are requested and most needed: tunafish; mayonnaise, ketchup…

  • Children will eat free at Applebee’s Sept. 5

    Applebee’s Neighborhood Grill and Bar, 324 Ryders Lane, Milltown, will join with 38 other participating Applebee’s in northern and central New Jersey to pay tribute to working parents on Labor Day by “paying” for children’s meals. Families who dine at Applebee’s any time on Sept. 5 will receive up to two free Kids’ Meals with…