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    Jan. 14  “Music Mania,” starring the Chardonairs with Ms. B’s House of Detention, to benefit the Main Street Theatre Company and the Sayreville Pet Adoption Center, doors open at 7:30 p.m., show begins at 8 p.m., at the Main Street Theatre, 3018 Bordentown Ave., Parlin section of Sayreville. Patrons invited to bring their own…

  • Chamber to install officers and trustees

    The Chamber of Commerce serving Old Bridge, Sayreville and South Amboy will hold its annual Installation of Officers and Trustees Dinner 5:30 p.m. Jan. 25 at Bensi Restaurant, 3899 Route 9, Old Bridge. Cost is $30. To reserve, call the chamber office at 732-607-6340. Checks should be mailed to Chamber of Commerce, P.O. Box 5241,…

  • ‘Monarch Butterfly’ next up at temple

    Entomologist David Moskowitz will offer a slide presentation titled “Climate Change … The Flight of the Monarch Butterfly” 7:30-8:30 p.m. Jan. 20 at Congregation Beth Ohr, 70 Route 516, Old Bridge. The event is the next installment in Rabbi Eugene Wernick’s series of monthly adult-education programs. B’Shevat refreshments will be served. For more information or…

  • Knights to offer Jan. 21 Oldies Dance

    The next Knights of Columbus monthly Rock ’n’ Roll Oldies Dance is set for 8-11 p.m. Jan. 21 at the Knights of Columbus No. 4815 Council hall, 61 Pine St., Old Bridge. The event will feature music by a DJ and dancing to the oldies. Admission is $10 per person and includes coffee, tea, cake…

  • Children’s survival event coming to park

    “Lost in the Woods: A Children’s Survival Program” is set to begin at 1 p.m. Jan. 16 at the Cheesequake Park Interpretive Center, 300 Gordon Road, Old Bridge. Information will be offered on a ninepoint plan to assist children if they become separated from their group while hiking. The program is open to ages 6-11.…

  • ‘Medieval Chef’ coming to stage

    The Main Street Theatre Company’s Kidsworks group will present its production of the comedic children’s story “The Medieval Chef” noon and 3 p.m. Jan. 15 and 22 and 3 p.m. Jan. 16 and 23 at the Main Street Theatre, 3018 Bordentown Ave., Parlin section of Sayreville. Tickets, which will be sold at the door, cost…

  • Tickets available for trip to Showboat

    The Old Bridge High School Marching Knights Band will sponsor a Jan. 23 bus trip to the Showboat Casino, Atlantic City. Departure is set for 10 a.m. from Carl Sandburg Middle School, 3439 Route 516, Old Bridge. The bus will leave Atlantic City at approximately 6 p.m. Cost is $35 per person and includes six…

  • A call for donations to help save lives of kittens in distress

    Whiskers Rescue is a nonprofit organization dedicated to controlling the cat population through trapneuter return (TNR). We trap 400- 500 cats per year. While we will continue to TNR feral cats and pull kittens from colonies, the current economy has left us with two problems. First, we are having a hard time raising enough funds…

  • Eliminate tolls, increase state gasoline tax

    A rthur Fliegelman is understandably upset over New Jersey toll roads (“Toll Expenses Unfair to County Residents,” Letters to the Editor, Suburban, Jan. 6). His assessment that county residents pay far more than their fair share of these tolls, however, prompts the following question: Is there actually a fair road-tolls share? In addition, Fliegelman offers…

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