Category: Suburban Calendar

  • Peer mentors sought at children’s hospital

    PSE&G Children’s Specialized Hospital, New Brunswick, is seeking peer mentors who have a disability and/or have had rehabilitation needs and would like to share experiences with current rehabilitation patients. Individuals must be age 16-30, and be at least two years post injury or illness onset. Mentors must be functioning age appropriately in terms of education,…

  • Salon gift-basket raffle to aid AHA

    Vogue Hair and Nail Studios, Ticetown Square Mall, intersection of Route 9 and Ticetown Road, Old Bridge, is raffling off a gift basket of hair and styling products valued at more than $500 to benefit the American Heart Association (AHA). The salon will donate 50 percent of the proceeds from the raffle to the AHA.…

  • ‘The Duchess’ first up for library film fest

    The Popular Films Festival at the East Brunswick Public Library, Jean Walling Civic Center, will begin Feb. 3 with 1:30 and 7:30 p.m. screenings of the British drama “The Duchess,” starring Keira Knightley. The 2008 movie, which is rated PG-13, has a running time of 110 minutes. The film tells the story of the Duchess…

  • Tickets available for library puppetry fest

    Two professional puppetry shows are planned for the East Brunswick Friends of the Library’s 10th annual Phyllis Noar Puppetry Festival set for Feb. 8 and 22 at the East Brunswick Library, Jean Walling Civic Center. Tickets are on sale at the library circulation desk. Tanglewood Marionettes will present “The Fairy Circus” at 2 and 4…

  • Polish Cadets sponsor Feb. 8 bus trip to A.C.

    Polish Cadets Lodge No. 1728, Sayreville, will sponsor a Feb. 8 bus trip to Trump Marina Casino, Atlantic City. The bus will depart at 10 a.m. from Sayreville Borough Hall, Main Street. Cost is $22 per person. Refreshments will be served. For more information and reservations, call Eddie at 732-254-7991.

  • Free dental-care event scheduled at KidZdent

    Cavan Brunsden, D.M.D., and Nancy Villa, D.M.D., of KidZdent, 2455 Route 516, Old Bridge, will participate in the Give Kids a Smile program, offering free preventive and emergency dental care for children ages 12 and under in a one-day event set for Feb. 6. The program is part of Children’s Dental Health Month, the American…

  • Show to aid families of fallen firefighters

    Brothers Helping Brothers, a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping families of New Jersey firefighters killed or disabled in the line of duty, will hold its second annual Comedy Show on Feb. 8 at the Primetime Comedy Club, Route 9 in Sayreville. The evening is dedicated to Elizabeth firefighter Gary Stephens and Princeton Junction firefighter Dennis…

  • Teams sought for basketball tourney

    The Immaculate Conception Youth Organization (ICYO) of Spotswood will host a boys and girls Valentine’s Day Basketball Tournament Feb. 15-28 in the Immaculate Conception School gymnasium, 23 Manalapan Road, Spotswood. Teams are sought to participate. Tournament divisions are third and fourth grades, fifth and sixth grades, seventh and eighth grades. Entry fee includes a T-shirt…

  • Brunswick Juniors to hold Get Fit Night

    The Junior Woman’s Club of the Greater Brunswick Area will sponsor a Healthy Get Fit Night beginning at 8 p.m. Feb. 2 at the United Methodist Church, Main Street, Milltown. The event is open to all adults. Brian Zdan, a personal trainer, and Tracey Ryan, a M.E.L.T. and yoga instructor, will display ways to exercise…