• Pool party to benefit Hadassah programs

    East Brunswick Hadassah will host its annual Cool at the Pool Party 6 p.m. July 18 at the home of Nancy Young, 8 Darren Court, East Brunswick. Rain date will be July 19. Guest speaker Heidi Scanlon, certified reiki master teacher, will offer a presentation titled “On Peaceful Way to Healing.” The event also will…

  • Library schedules summer programs

    The Jamesburg Public Library, Gatzmer Avenue, will offer a summer reading program — Dream Big: Read — for the children of Jamesburg. In addition to presenting seven weeks of programs for all ages, the library also encourages children to sign up to read any number of books they choose. Each child’s “reading contract,” along with…

  • County will begin Silent Film Series

    The Middlesex County Cultural and Heritage Commission will kick off its free Silent Film Screening Series 7 p.m. June 30 in Voorhees Hall, Room 105, College Avenue Campus of Rutgers University, New Brunswick, with a showing of the Academy Award winning film, “The Artist.” The movie is presented by the Middlesex County Cultural and Heritage…

  • Tickets on sale for outing at TD Ballpark

    The Holy Name Society of St. Thomas the Apostle Church, Route 18 south, Old Bridge, will sponsor a Family Day Baseball/ Picnic Outing June 30 at TD Bank Ballpark, Bridgewater. Game time is 7:05 p.m. The Somerset Patriots will take on the Bridgeport Bluefish. Cost is $35 per person, $150 for a family of five…

  • Juniors to stage ‘Children of Eden’

    Main Street Juniors, the young-people’s troupe of the Main Street Theatre Company, will present “Children of Eden,” a musical based on the story of Genesis from creation to the flood, July 13-28, 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, 2 p.m. on Sundays, at the Main Street Theatre, 3018 Bordentown Ave., Parlin section of Sayreville. Tickets, which…

  • Performing arts camp to open for ages 6-17

    The All Children’s Theatre, a regional nonprofit all-kids performing arts organization, will return this summer for its 22nd consecutive annual “Broadway Kids” performing arts day camp in Metuchen. The two-week musical-theater arts camp is open to all Middlesex County boys and girls ages 6-17. The camp operates Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5…

  • Parents invited to join children, read

    In addition to encouraging children to sign up for this year’s East Brunswick Public Library Summer Reading Club, Reading Is So Delicious!, the library invites parents to sign up and read alongside their children. Parents may register online and record their reading. To sign up, log on to www.ebpl.org/kids, click on the link for the…

  • Kitten Shower on tap for July 7 at shelter

    Sayreville Pet Adoption Center, 1400 Main St., Sayreville, will host its annual Kitten Shower from noon to 4 p.m. July 7. The event will feature cake, cookies, punch, shower favors, door prizes and free gifts. A “Two-for-One Special” will be available — adopt any two kittens for $95. All kittens are spayed/neutered, up-todate with vaccines,…

  • Local piano teacher knows the keys to success

    Lillian Sakowski holds annual awards recital BY DEANNAMcLAFFERTY Staff Writer Lillian Sakowski did not always like playing the piano. Receiving her first lesson at 7 years old, it was a full decade later that she began to appreciate the instrument and her own musical potential. Sakowski, of South Brunswick, fell in love with piano around…

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