Category: Suburban Calendar
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Fair seeks entrants for contest
Anyone who has dreamed of winning a blue ribbon is encouraged to enter the Home Arts Division of the Middlesex County Fair. Ribbons will also be awarded for second and third place, Best of Show, and honorable mention. There are 14 divisions: Vegetables, fruit, flowers, baked goods, canning, quilts, needlework, knitting and crocheting, handwork, sewing,…
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Film series ongoing at Old Bridge Library
A series of films set in foreign countries is being shown at 1:30 p.m. on Tuesdays through Aug. 9 at the Old Bridge Public Library Main Branch, Route 516 and Cottrell Road. The films are part of the library’s Novel Destinations adult summer reading club. The series includes “Invictus,” “The Holiday,” “Seven Years in Tibet,”…
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Rock Solid Mud Run scheduled for Aug. 6
“Unleash Your Alter Ego,” a Rock Solid Mud Run all-terrain adventure, is set for Aug. 6 at Old Bridge Township Raceway Park, Englishtown. Participants, who will master obstacles along either a 5- or 10-mile course, will run, swim, crawl, climb or jump while covering four motocross tracks, hundreds of acres of woods, three lakes and…
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Sayreville AARP trip to Sight & Sound
Sayreville AARP Chapter #4853 will sponsor a trip to Sight & Sound “Miracle of Christmas” on Nov. 16 in Lancaster, Pa. The cost is $110 per person and includes bus transportation, show and lunch at Millers (first choice) or Hersey Farm Restaurant. The bus will depart from Sayreville Senior Center, off Main Street, Sayreville. Full…
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Church panel to show ‘Toy Story 3’ outdoors
The St. Ambrose Improvements Committee Drive-In Movie, featuring a screening of Disney-Pixar’s “Toy Story 3” (rated G), is set for July 29 in the church parking lot, 81 Throckmorton Lane, Old Bridge. The parking lot will open at 7 p.m. Cartoons will be shown beginning at 8 p.m. “Toy Story 3” will be screened at…
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Reformed Church Home plans golf event
The Reformed Church Home, Old Bridge, will hold its 20th Anniversary Golf Classic Aug. 22 at Forsgate Country Club, 375 Forsgate Drive, Monroe. The fundraiser will feature an awards luncheon, prizes and a silent auction. Registration fee is $195. For more information and to reserve, call 732-607-9230 or log on to www.reformedchurchhome.com.
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Learn to make and use compost tea
Middlesex County’s office of Rutgers Cooperative Extension will hold a garden workshop July 30 at the EARTH Center in Davidson’s Mill Pond Park, 42 Riva Ave., South Brunswick. The topic will be “Making and Using Compost Tea.” Compost tea improves a plant’s ability to use nutrients and fight off pest and disease attack. Rutgers master…
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Donors sought for July 24 blood drive
St. Ambrose Knights of Columbus will hold its annual blood drive 8 a.m.-2 p.m. July 24 in the auditorium at St. Ambrose School, Throckmorton Lane, Old Bridge. Donors are needed. Blood supplies are at their lowest during the summer months. For more information, call Richard Dufresne at 732-322-9477.
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Jazz panel to screen 1959 Blakey concert
“Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers: Paris 1959,” a DVD of the group’s Nov. 15, 1959, performance at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in Paris, will be shown at a gathering of the Central Jersey Jazz Association set for 7-9:30 p.m. July 28 in the community room at the Chuck Costello Complex, 1998 Route 18 north,…
