• Applebee’s schedules Toys for Tots benefit

    To help support the efforts of the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots program to bring holiday cheer to those children whose families were hard hit by Hurricane Sandy, Applebee’s Neighborhood Grill and Bar, 324 Ryders Lane, Ryders Crossing Shopping Center, Milltown, will host its annual Breakfast With Santa 8:30 a.m. Dec. 8. Advance…

  • Rosarians offer grave blankets and wreaths

    St. Stan’s Altar Rosary Society will take orders for Christmas grave blankets and wreaths Nov. 24 and 25 at the church, MacArthur Avenue, Sayreville. Samples will be on display in the church main lobby and elevator lobby. Three sizes of grave blankets are available: small, 2- and-a-half to 3 feet, $20; medium, 3-and-ahalf feet, $25;…

  • 5K walk/run to raise funds for storm victims

    A Restore the Shore 5K Run/Walk is planned for Nov. 24 at Roosevelt Park, Oakwood Avenue and County Road 659 IV, Edison. Check-in will be at 12:30 p.m. Start time is set for 1:30 p.m. There is no entry fee. Participants and guests are asked to bring a gift card from a department store or…

  • Neighborhood-watch meeting slated in E.B.

    The East Brunswick Police Department will host a townshipwide neighborhoodwatch meeting 7 p.m. Nov. 27 at the East Brunswick Community Arts Center, 721 Cranbury Road. The purpose of the neighborhood-watch program is to promote community awareness through residents who want to make their neighborhoods safer by working in conjunction with local law-enforcement to reduce crime…

  • Folk Art Craft Show to focus on holiday

    A Country Folk Art Craft Holiday Show will be held 5-9 p.m. Nov. 30; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Dec. 1; and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Dec. 2 at the New Jersey Convention and Expo Center, 97 Sunfield Ave., Edison. Admission is $8 and is valid for re-entry during all three days of the…

  • Salon collecting gifts for hurricane victims

    Vogue Hair and Nail Studios, 3153 Route 9 north, Old Bridge, is participating in Operation Jersey Shore Santa to aid the victims of Hurricane Sandy. Gifts or donations to benefit the cause may be dropped off at the salon. All types of merchandise will be gratefully accepted, from artificial Christmas trees to dolls. Clothing would…

  • Columbiettes sets theater fundraiser

    St. Bartholomew Columbiettes is selling tickets for the 3 p.m. Dec. 16 matinee performance of “A Christmas Carol” at Playhouse 22, in East Brunswick. Profits from the fundraising sale will benefit local charities in the East Brunswick area. Tickets, which cost $25 each, include refreshments at 2 p.m., followed by the show at 3 p.m.…

  • Toys for Tots may be dropped off in O.B.

    Reformed Church Home, 1990 Route 18 north, Old Bridge, has partnered with the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots program to collect holiday gifts for children in need 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily, through Dec. 10. The public is invited to drop off new, unwrapped children’s toys. Donations will be distributed as Christmas…

  • Holiday carriage rides planned in Jamesburg

    The annual narrated Horse-Drawn Holiday Carriage Rides Through Historic Jamesburg are slated for 7-9 p.m. Dec. 6 and 13, with rides leaving from Presbyterian Church of Jamesburg, 175 Gatzmer Ave., at the corner of Church Street. The event is sponsored by the Jamesburg Historical Society, the Presbyterian Church of Jamesburg and the Jamesburg Revitalization Coalition.…

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