Category: Suburban Calendar

  • Milltown rec offers trips, cruise, tennis

    The Milltown Department of Recreation is offering several upcoming events open to borough residents and nonresidents. An excursion to see the 3 p.m. performance of “The Lion King” on Broadway is set for March 15. Cost is $115 and includes bus transportation and mezzanine seating. Reservations are being accepted for a trip to see the…

  • Proceeds Night, Day to benefit Samsel PTO

    The Samsel Upper Elementary School PTO, Sayreville, will sponsor a Proceeds Night 4-11 p.m. Feb. 4 and a Proceeds Day 11 a.m.-4 p.m. (lunch) and 4-11 p.m. (dinner) at Camillo’s Restaurant and Pizza, 31 MacArthur Ave., Sayreville. Participants should tell their server that they are there to support the Samsel PTO. The restaurant will then…

  • Fundraisers

    Jan. 29-Feb. 15 • Gift Basket Raffle, to benefit the American Heart Association (AHA), sponsored by Vogue Hair and Nail Studios, Ticetown Square Mall, intersection of Route 9 and Ticetown Road, Old Bridge. Basket features hair and styling products valued at more than $500. Salon will donate 50 percent of the proceeds to the AHA.…

  • Home-based travel agents seminars set

    A variety of upcoming New Jersey Home- Based Travel Agents Seminars are planned at the East Grand Buffet, 6 Edgeboro Road, East Brunswick. Each event will begin at 6:15 p.m. All travel agents and associates are invited. The panel’s mission is to bring homebased travel agents together, to educate them with the resources that facilitate…

  • Women’s business group to host expo

    New Jersey Association of Women Business Owners (NJAWBO) will hold its annual Procurement Event & Expo from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Feb. 11 at the Pines Manor, 2085 Route 27, Edison. The theme, “Developing Business Through Contacts and Contracts: Many Voices — One Vision: Prosperity,” reflects the goal of the event: to help women…

  • New teen programs coming to library

    The Old Bridge Public Library Main Branch, Route 516 and Cottrell Road, is offering a variety of programs for teens during the month of January. • Pi Eaters Math Group —Tutors will offer teens free help with math at 10 a.m. on Saturdays. • “Breakdancing” — Teens may demonstrate and teach their moves at 3:30…

  • Fibromyalgia lecture scheduled for Jan. 28

    The Wellness Education Foundation, East Brunswick, will present a community lecture titled “Demystifying Fibromyalgia … What’s It All About?” at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 28 at the Edison Main Library, 340 Plainfield Ave. Fibromyalgia is a chronic, widespread musculoskeletal pain-and-fatigue disorder affecting up to 6 percent of the U.S. population. In addition to pain in the…

  • Joshua Center open for food and clothing

    The Joshua Center food bank and clothing donation center is open at the Union Baptist Church of South River Inc., 76 Washington St., South River. Hours available for persons in need are 9:30-11:30 am and 5:30-7:30 p.m. every first and third Thursday of the month. Call the church to request assistance at 732-651-2770. All items…

  • Church concert to aid historic preservation

    The First Reformed Church of New Brunswick will sponsor the New Jersey Gay Men’s Chorus in “Raising the Roof Through Music,” a concert to benefit the church’s historic preservation project, at 8 p.m. on Jan. 31. Doors will open at 7 p.m. for a silent auction and hors d’oeuvres, courtesy of The Frog and the…