Category: Suburban Calendar

  • Church carnival slated for June 16-20

    The Immaculate Conception Church Carnival is planned for 5-11 p.m. June 16- 19 and 4-11 p.m. June 20 on the church grounds, 23 Manalapan Road, Spotswood. The event will feature rides and games of chance for all ages; a beer garden; a food pavilion with specials (June 17, pulled pork; June 18, barbecued ribs; June…

  • Watercolorist to share expertise at meeting

    Artist Judy Antonelli will demonstrate pastel painting over watercolor at the next meeting of the Suburban Artists Guild set for 2 p.m. June 12 at the East Brunswick Public Library, 2 Jean Walling Civic Center. Board members will meet at 1 p.m. The annual SAG picnic is planned for 11 a.m.-dusk June 13 at Bicentennial…

  • Friends seeks books for Summer Sale

    The Friends of the Sayreville Public Library will sponsor a Summer Book Sale 1:30-3:30 p.m. June 14 at the library, Washington Road, Parlin section of Sayreville. Books may be purchased for $5 a bag; bags will be provided by the Friends. Donations for the sale may be dropped off at the Friends’ mailbox at the…

  • Registration under way for Lego Robotics Camp

    Registration is now being accepted for 2009 Lego Robotics Camp 12:30-3 p.m. July 6-17 in North Brunswick. Camp is open to all students entering grades five-nine. Members of the Raider Robotics team will guide participants in fundamentals of designing, building and programming minirobots using the Lego RCX and NXT platforms. For more information, visit http://lego.timeoff.org,…

  • Community invited to library club meetings

    The Old Bridge Public Library Main Branch, Route 516 and Cottrell Road, will hold a variety of upcoming club and group meetings. The schedule is as follows: • June 9 at 7 p.m. — Daytime Book Discussion Group, “The Sorrow of An American” by Siri Hustvedt; • June 18 at 7 p.m. — Original Book…

  • Historic Village plans townwide sale

    The Historic Village of Old Bridge will host a Townwide Garage Sale 9 a.m.-5 p.m. June 6, Old Bridge Turnpike to Chestnut Street and Kossman Street, East Brunswick. Rain date is June 13. Estate sales will be included in the event.

  • Diabetes group to meet at hospital

    The Raritan Bay Medical Center Marion Tanzman Diabetes Center will sponsor a free diabetes support group meeting 7-8 p.m. June 10 in Auxiliary Hall B and C, lower level of the Old Bridge Medical Arts Building, adjacent to the medical center, off Ferry Road, between routes 9 and 18. Individuals coping with the disease are…

  • E.B. Fine Arts Festival to feature show, sale

    The township of East Brunswick, Division of Recreation and Community Services and the East Brunswick Arts Commission and Visual Arts Celebration Committee will sponsor the seventh annual Fine Arts Festival, an outdoor juried show and sale of fine art and handmade crafts, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. June 6 around the pond at the…

  • Talk on native plants at meeting June 10

    Friends of Princeton Nursery Lands will hold its annual meeting and present “Elegant, Little-Known Native Plants” by Patricia A. Taylor, Princeton, 7:30-9 p.m. June 10 at D&R Canal State Park Headquarters, 145 Mapleton Road, Kingston section of South Brunswick. Taylor is the author of several gardening books and articles. She will focus on elegant but…