• Breakfast With Santa coming to 4-H Center

    Middlesex County 4-H will host a BreakfastWith Santa Dec. 4 at the Middlesex County 4-H Center, 645 Cranbury Road, East Brunswick. There will be two seatings for breakfast and activities, 8:30 and 11 a.m. Parents and children are invited to eat a pancake breakfast, meet Santa and his furry and feathered friends and participate in…

  • Elks slate holiday charitable weekend

    Elks Lodge No. 784, 601 Washington Ave., South Amboy, will host a Pay-It- Forward Holiday Weekend Extravaganza Dec. 9-11 to collect funds and other donated items for local schools and charities, while teaching the younger generation the importance of giving. The weekend will kick off with a Dec. 9 Tricky Tray to benefit children’s education.…

  • Applications available for Elks scholarships

    East Brunswick Elks Lodge No. 2370 is offering four-year scholarships to high school seniors residing in East Brunswick, North Brunswick, Milltown, Spotswood and Helmetta. For more information, email Marian Walko at [email protected] or call 732-821-9527. For an application, log on to www.elks.org/enf/scholars/download- MVS.cfm. Scholarship applications must be submitted by Dec. 2.

  • Say ‘cheese’

    Yohith Reddivari and Eric DeMichelli of Virgil I. Grissom Elementary School in Old Bridge sample and rate cheese items during the annual Commodity Food Show sponsored by the state Department of Agriculture and New Jersey School Nutrition Association at the Sun National Bank Center in Trenton on Nov. 17. The show allows manufacturers and distributors…

  • Evening to feature Venetian art, music

    Venice’s influence on contemporary art will highlight the Art After Hours program set for 5-9 p.m. Dec. 7 at the Zimmerli Art Museum, 71 Hamilton St. (at George Street), on the College Avenue campus of Rutgers University, New Brunswick. The evening will feature Venetian vocalist Gudrun Buehler, the film “Venice: Canaletto and His Rivals” and…

  • for teens to join Junior Firefighters

    The Cheesequake Volunteer Fire Company Junior Firefighter program is seeking teens ages 16 and 17 residing in Fire District No. 2 and interested in becoming firefighters. All gear and training will be provided free of charge. For more information, call 732- 226-4622 or email [email protected].

  • Henry will participate in Harvard conference for newly elected mayors

    OLD BRIDGE — Mayor-elect Owen Henry is joining approximately 20 other incoming mayors from across the country at Harvard University’s Institute of Politics (IOP) this week for a three-day seminar on leadership and policy briefings on the issues they will face upon taking office. “I am pleased to participate in this important program, which has…

  • fundraisers 

    Dec. 1  Holiday Shopping Night, sponsored by the Sayreville Middle School PTO, 6-8 p.m. at the school, 800 Washington Road. Call Heather Kerchner at 732-401-0768; email [email protected]. Dec. 1 & 2  Holiday Toy Drive, sponsored by the Sayreville Recreation Department, to benefit children of families in need. Seeking new, unwrapped toys; gift certificates;…

  • Parish blood drive scheduled for Dec. 4

    Immaculate Conception Church will host its parish blood drive, conducted by the Blood Center of New Jersey, 8 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Dec. 4 in the parish youth center, Manalapan Road, Spotswood. Donors must be at least 18 years of age (17-year-olds need a parent’s permission letter), weigh at least 120 pounds and may not have donated…

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