Category: Suburban Calendar
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Donations sought for Holiday Food Drive
The Sayreville Emergency Squad Inc., will conduct a Holiday Food Drive in collaboration with Elijah’s Promise, New Brunswick, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Dec. 19 at the squad building, 776 Washington Road, Parlin section of Sayreville. Residents of Sayreville and the surrounding communities are asked to drop off food and supplies. For a list of needed items,…
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Tickets on sale for trip to ‘Joseph’
Sayreville AARP Chapter No. 4853 will sponsor an April 14 trip to see “Joseph” at the Sight and Sound Theatre, Strasburg, Pa. Cost is $105 per person and includes theater ticket, lunch and transportation. For more information and to reserve, call Chan at 732-721-1572 or Sarah at 732-238- 8049.
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‘A Christmas Carol’ returns to E.B. stage
Playhouse 22 will continue its 13th annual production of Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” at 8 p.m. Dec. 18, 4 and 7 p.m. Dec. 19, and 3 p.m. Dec. 20 at the new theater in the East Brunswick Community Arts Center, Dunhams Corner Road and Helmetta Avenue. The production, which is adapted and directed by…
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Used cell phones sought to aid soldiers
The Ladies Auxiliary of Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 4699, Sayreville, is collecting used cell phones. The phones will be used to obtain calling cards for U.S. soldiers overseas. For more information and for dropoff location, call Lorraine at 609-448-2587.
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Holiday Open House coming to Dowdell
The Sadie Pope Dowdell Library, 100 Harold G. Hoffman Plaza, South Amboy, next to South Amboy High School, will host the community’s annual Holiday Open House 7-9 p.m. Dec. 21. Guests are invited to visit the library, check out the half-price book section, borrow a new movie, partake of refreshments and listen to ancient and…
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Dance to the oldies on New Year’s Eve
A New Year’s Eve Oldies Dance is planned for 7 p.m.-1 a.m. Dec. 31 at Knights of Columbus Council No. 4815, 61 Pine St., Old Bridge. The event will feature music by a DJ, dancing to the oldies, hotand cold hors d’oeuvres, a hot buffet dinner with a carving station, coffee, tea, desserts and an…
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Fundraisers
Dec. 17 • Holiday Benefit, sponsored by South Amboy Firemen Brothers Helping Others, 6-9 p.m., at 217 S. Pine Ave., South Amboy. Event honors Manny Rivera Sr. of the Trenton Fire Department, who perished in the line of duty after rescuing a man from a burning home. Proceeds go to Rivera’s wife and five children.…
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Auxiliary seeks volunteer knitters
The Ladies Auxiliary of Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 4699, 575 Jernee Mill Road, Sayreville, is seeking women to knit or crochet items for bedridden veterans at the New Jersey Veterans Memorial Home at Menlo Park, Edison, and for soldiers serving overseas. “Booties” size 10 or larger (must fit over large-size sneakers) are needed…
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SRHS class of ’60 schedules reunion
The South River High School (SRHS) class of 1960 will hold a 50th reunion Oct. 2 at Ria Mar Restaurant, South River. An informal gathering will take place Oct. 1 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Monroe. For more information, call 732-257- 5810 or 732-830-5253.
