• 9/11 service to feature prayer, speech, song

    The township of Monroe will hold an Evening of Remembrance Community Candlelight Memorial Service beginning at 6:30 p.m. Sept. 11 at Memorial Tree Park, Prospect Plains and Half Acre roads, Monroe. Local emergency services, veterans, vocalists and clergy of all faiths will take part in the candlelight service of prayer, speech and song honoring those…

  • Walk for Farm Animals Sept. 19

    Farm Sanctuary invites everyone to “bring compassion to the streets” and join New Jersey’s only Walk for Farm Animals through downtown Princeton on Sept.19. The walk will last two hours and is approximately four miles in length. It will start and end at Grover Park behind the Princeton Shopping Center (301 N. Harrison St.,) with…

  • Woman’s Club plans Covered-Dish Dinner

    The East Brunswick Woman’s Club will hold its annual Covered-Dish Dinner at 6 p.m. Sept. 14 at Our Savior’s Lutheran Church Hall, 151 Milltown Road, East Brunswick. Guests are asked to bring items for the Christmas stockings that will be sent to U.S. troops overseas. Suggested donations are nuts, dried fruit, toiletry items, small games…

  • Pancake Breakfast on tap for Sept. 12

    The Immaculate Conception Athletic Association will host a Bulldogs Pancake Breakfast fundraiser 8 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Sept. 12 in the cafeteria at Immaculate Conception School, 23 Manalapan Road, Spotswood. The menu will include pancakes, sausage, bacon, Danish, assorted juices, coffee and tea. Cost is $8 per adult, $5 per child under 10 years old; family price…

  • Talk to shed light on ‘Jewish Newark’

    The Jewish Historical Society of Central Jersey will present a program titled “Jewish Newark From 1920-1970” 10 a.m. Sept. 13 at the Monroe Township Jewish Center, 11 Cornell Ave., and 10:30 a.m. Sept. 15 at Temple Anshe Emeth, 222 Livingston Ave., New Brunswick. The Sept. 13 event will feature a guest appearance by Hilda Lutzke,…

  • Parish to celebrate 125th anniversary

    The Our Lady of Victories 125th Anniversary Dinner-Dance will be held 3-8 p.m. Sept. 26 at the Reception Center at St. Clement, 172 Freneau Ave., Matawan. The event will feature a cocktail hour, dinner, a dessert table and a five-hour open bar. A DJ will provide entertainment throughout the evening. Cost is $75 per person.…

  • ‘Child’s Self-Esteem’to be topic at meeting

    The Holistic Moms Network of Middlesex County will hold a meeting 6:30-8:30 p.m. Sept. 7 at the Unitarian Society, 176 Tices Lane, East Brunswick. Topic will be “Your Child’s Self-Esteem.” Admission is free of charge. For more information, email [email protected].

  • Vendors welcome at OLOL Fall Festival

    The fifth annual Our Lady of Lourdes (OLOL) School Fall Festival is set for 5-10 p.m. Oct. 1, noon-11 p.m. Oct. 2, and noon-6 p.m. Oct. 3, outdoors on the school grounds, 44 Cleveland Ave., Milltown. The event will be held rain or shine. Vendor spaces are available at a cost of $15 per space…

  • The Stanley Cup made a visit to our area

    The Stanley Cup made a visit to our area on Monday. Middletown native Mark Haviland, an assistant coach on the 2010 Stanley Cup champion Chicago Blackhawks, brought the cup to Ice World in Howell Township where players from the Junior Titans Hockey Club got to see and touch the cup. Haviland was a co-founder of…

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