• Office on Aging sets bereavement group

    The East Brunswick Department on Aging will sponsor a Hope and Healing bereavement support group 10:30 a.m.-noon on six consecutive Thursdays beginning Oct. 4 at the East Brunswick Senior Center, 3 Civic Center Drive. Hope and Healing is an educational and supportive discussion group designed to teach coping skills while providing support in a safe…

  • GREEN SCENE

    The extreme sport of gardening GOTTI KELLEY “Gardening is a kind of disease. It infects you, you cannot escape it. When you go visiting, your eyes rove about the garden; you interrupt the serious talk because of an irresistible urge to get up and pull a weed.” — Lewis Gannit T he sun has barely…

  • Fall Festival to feature car, motorcycle show

    The Jamesburg Fall Festival and Classic Car and Motorcycle Show is set for noon-5 p.m. Oct. 7 at Jamesburg Elks Lodge No. 2180, 74 W. Railroad Ave. The event will feature live music, food stands and a seafood bar. Guests may purchase a $10 wristband for the Beer Garden at the Elks lodge. Trophies will…

  • Police to take part in meds-disposal day

    The Monroe Township Police Department will host a Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) New Jersey Division National Take Back Initiative collection site for medication disposal 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Sept. 29 at police department headquarters, 3 Municipal Plaza. During the April 2012 Operation Take Back, New Jersey collected more than 16,000 pounds of unused, unwanted and expired…

  • County offers vaccines Oct. 12 in Old Bridge

    The Middlesex County Office of Health Services will offer the seasonal flu vaccine at the Old Bridge Senior Center/George J. Bush Center for Human Services on Oct. 12 from 10 a.m. to noon. Pneumococcal (pneumonia) vaccines will be offered to residents age 65 and over who have never received the vaccine. Pneumococcal vaccine is offered…

  • Yard sale to benefit Jamesburg library

    The Friends of the Jamesburg Public Library will sponsor a yard-bake-mum sale on Sept. 29 from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Those interested in contributing should bring their treasures to the library at 229 Gatzmer Ave., Jamesburg. All proceeds benefit the library.

  • Voices of Sept. 11 plans yoga workshop

    Voices of September 11th, 84 Albany St., New Brunswick, will present Yoga For Everyone: Refresh, Recharge and Reconnect as the next workshop in its 2012 Speaker Series on Sept. 29 from 11 a.m. to noon. This yoga workshop, led by Brian Yuen and Lorrie Shepard, is designed to stretch and strengthen the body as tension…

  • Milltown holds hearing on proposed land swap

    Mayor: We’re under the gun. The clock is ticking BY JAMES McEVOY Staff Writer MILLTOWN — Members of the public provided their input at a Sept. 19 hearing on a proposed land swap to facilitate the relocation of the borough’s electric utility. Testimony from the hearing will be provided to Middlesex County and state officials.…

  • Volleyball fundraiser to fight breast cancer

    The East Brunswick High School (EBHS) girls volleyball team will raise money for breast-cancer research beginning at 5 p.m. Oct. 5 during a game at EBHS, Cranbury Road. The will be raffles for gift baskets. Refreshments will be available for purchase. Donations are welcome. All proceeds will help fight breast cancer.

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