• Registration ongoing for recreation classes

    Open registration for Sayreville Recreation Department winter programs is going on 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Mondays-Fridays at the Mickey Sedlak Recreation Center, Dolan Street. Programs are “Seasonal Crafts,” “Stations of Fun,” “Snacks R Us,” Snacks R Us WithMom” and “Once Upon a Time.” Registration also is being accepted for “Little Kids Playtime” at Kennedy Park. Classes…

  • Community invited to candlelight carol fest

    Aldersgate United Methodist Church, 568 Ryders Lane, East Brunswick, will hold a Candlelight Carol Service 7:30 p.m. Dec. 18 in the church sanctuary. The event will feature the Joyful Light Singers, the Wesley Children’s Choir and the Good News Ringers. The program will also include many opportunities for the congregation to join in singing the…

  • Diaper drive to aid family after tragedy

    The Goddard School located at 1480 Englishtown Road, Old Bridge, is conducting a diaper drive to help the friend of a family who is enrolled in the school. Diapers of all sizes are being accepted through Dec. 16 for the immediate use and future needs of newborn twins, Reverie and Jackson Snyder. The diapers will…

  • Santa Claus to visit district on fire truck

    The South Old Bridge Volunteer Fire Company will chauffer Santa Claus through various neighborhoods within the district beginning at approximately 6:30 p.m. Dec. 18. Santa’s visits will occur nightly until all the streets in South Old Bridge have been covered. Residents should keep watch for flashing lights and sirens and come out to say hello…

  • Book, media drive to assist those in need

    Kappa Delta Pi, the international honor society in education, will collect books and other media for donation to those in need through Goodwill Industries International Inc., 1-4 p.m. Dec. 17 at the Matawan-Aberdeen Public Library, 165 Main St., Matawan. Hardcover and paperback books, textbooks, audio books, CDs, DVDs and records may be dropped off at…

  • O.B. pupil wins grand prize in N.J. in anti-cyberbullying contest

    OLD BRIDGE — Drake DeMarco, a student at Virgil I. Grissom Elementary School, was recognized Oct. 25 as the New Jersey grand-prize winner in Cablevision’s Power to Learn “Delete Cyberbullying” contest. The contest encouraged students to create a poster that would prompt their friends and classmates to “click with kindness.” After welcoming remarks from Principal…

  • Net profit: Basketball association donates toys for the holidays

    Central East Jersey Basketball Officials also raises awareness of cancer during the year BY DEANNAMcLAFFERTY Staff Writer SAYREVILLE — The Central East Jersey Basketball Officials (CEJBO) is one of many organizations using this season’s holiday spirit to give back to its community. CEJBO collected new, unwrapped toys for Toys for Tots at a mandatory meeting…

  • CODA

    Woe at U.S. Postal Service is being felt in Milltown GREG BEAN A s you’re listening to all the gloom and doom stories about what will happen next year when the U.S. Postal Service reduces its services even further to save money, here are two pre-cutback vignettes fromthe post office this holiday season, courtesy of…

  • Thanks to those helping to fight pancreatic cancer

    I would like to take a moment to sincerely thank all of our participants for making our first Purple Light Vigil for Hope a success. The Northern New Jersey Affiliate of the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network was able to bring over 150 people to Papaianni Park in Edison to remember and honor those fighting pancreatic…

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