• Scout spearheads Angel Tree drive

    Independent Girl Scout Mia Gahrmann, working with the Salvation Army, will conduct her fifth Angel Tree for local needy children through Dec. 13 at the Spotswood Public Library, 548 Main St. Each angel tag on the tree is identified with a child’s age, gender and clothing size. Visitors to the library may take an angel…

  • Squad seeks supplies for hurricane victims

    The Jamesburg First Aid Squad, 225 Gatzmer Ave., is collecting supplies to assist victims of Hurricane Sandy. Donations may be dropped off 7:30-9 p.m. weeknights through Dec. 14. Items sought include face masks, cleaning gloves, sponges, scrub brushes, heavyduty garbage bags, mops, brooms, laundry detergent, dish soap, buckets, garbage cans, plastic tarps, water, nonperishable food…

  • Tickets on sale for Maccabeats concert

    Three East Brunswick synagogues, Young Israel of East Brunswick, the East Brunswick Jewish Center and Temple B’nai Shalom, will present The Maccabeats in a “Concert to Celebrate Hanukkah” 8 p.m. Dec. 15 at Temple B’nai Shalom, Fern Road between Cranbury and Old Stage roads, East Brunswick. The Maccabeats, originally formed in 2007 as Yeshiva University’s…

  • Coated with kindness

    Sophomore Mercadyes Smith and senior Miguel Perez prepare a coat for cleaning as drycleaning students in the School of Career Development on the East Brunswick campus of the Middlesex County Vocational and Technical Schools recently assisted in a winter coat drive by cleaning approximately 400 donated coats to be distributed to the needy. The drive…

  • PTA seeks health and fitness vendors

    The PTA at Central Elementary School, 371 Cranbury Road, East Brunswick, is seeking health and fitness vendors interested in sharing their services at the school’s annual Family Fitness Night set for Jan. 10, 2013. The free event will feature demonstrations and activities designed to encourage families to get moving, while promoting physical fitness and a…

  • Restaurant plans art opening, holiday gala

    An artists reception and Christmas at Fiddleheads event are planned for 2:30-4 p.m. Dec. 16 at Fiddleheads Restaurant, 27 E. Railroad Ave., Jamesburg. New Jersey artists Lauren Curtis of Franklin Park, Carol O’Neill of Highland Park and Bob Virgadamo of Cranbury will host the free opening reception for the restaurant’s Winter 2012 Gallery Show. The…

  • ‘A Christmas Carol’ returns to E.B. stage

    Playhouse 22 will present its annual production of Charles Dickens’ classic “A Christmas Carol” 8 p.m. Dec. 14, 4 and 8 p.m. Dec. 15, and 3 p.m., Dec. 16, at the East Brunswick Community Arts Center, 721 Cranbury Road. Fred Dennehy of Cranbury returns as Ebenezer Scrooge. The rest of the cast includes Rory Chalcraft…

  • Environmental panel sets holiday meeting

    The Lawrence Brook Watershed Partnership will hold its annual Holiday Membership Meeting 7:30 p.m. Dec. 18 at the Milltown Senior Center, 60 Violet Terrace. The event will feature an abridged screening of the environmental film “Sourlands,” an official selection of the Princeton Environmental Film Festival. Described as “a local story of global magnitude,” the film…

  • District offering special-ed services

    Monroe Township Public Schools is again seeking to identify resident students between the ages of 3 and 21 who may exhibit difficulties with mobility, voice or hearing, and visual acuity; have physical limitations due to orthopedic or muscle abnormalities; or display cognitive, language or emotional difficulties. Parents of children who reside in Monroe and have…

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