• Toys for Tots drive will begin Nov. 27

    The U.S. Marine Corps Reserve (USMCR) will collect new, unwrapped toys for its Toys for Tots program every Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 27-Dec. 20, next to the Santa Claus display at the Menlo Park Mall, Edison. Cash donations also will be accepted. For more information, call Eddy Androvich at 732-698-2347.

  • Alzheimer’s caregiver meetings Dec. 5, 17

    Alzheimer’s Association, Greater New Jersey Chapter, will hold caregiver support group meetings 10:30 a.m. Dec. 5 at JFK Hartwyck Adult Medical Day Center, 2050 Oak Tree Road, Edison; and 7 p.m. Dec. 17 at Oak Woods Senior Housing, 700 Woods Lane, Monmouth Junction section of South Brunswick. For more information, call the helpline at 800-883-1180.

  • YMCA Holiday Bazaar to take place Nov. 29

    The Edison Branch YMCA is holding its second annual Holiday Bazaar, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Nov. 29 indoors at the Edison YMCA, 1775 Oak Tree Road, Edison. Vendor space is still available. There will be an array of vendors displaying holiday items as well as nonseasonal gifts and crafts. New this year will be a White…

  • Beringer House has vacancies available

    Beringer House, a shared living senior citizen residence owned and operated by the Metuchen Branch YMCA, has vacancies available. If you are 55 and over and are in need of low- to moderate-income housing, please contact Jean A. Vick, director of Senior Citizen Services at the Metuchen Branch YMCA, at 732-548-2044.

  • Cty. to hold syringe disposal program

    The Middlesex County Safe Household Disposal of Syringes program will provide ways for residents to safely dispose of home-generated medical waste such as needles syringes and lancets. Residents can obtain a free sharps container from a hospital that participates in the program. When the container is full, residents can bring it back to the hospital…

  • Met. church to offer mid-week services

    Metuchen Reformed Church, 150 Lake Avenue, Metuchen, is offering a mid-week, half-hour service 7-7:30 p.m. every Wednesday in the chapel through Dec. 23. Childcare is provided. To request childcare, call ahead at 732-548-2463.

  • Applications now taken for VSA awards

    VSA arts of New Jersey, New Brunswick, is accepting applications for the 2010 Arts Achievement awards and fifth annual Dare to Imagine awards. Deadline for applications is Jan. 11, and recipients will be announced in March. The Arts Achievement awards include the Student Arts Excellence awards presented to students with disabilities who are classified (mainstreamed,…

  • Thanks-Giving service Nov. 25 in Edison

    St. James Episcopal Church (Old White Church), 2136 Woodbridge Ave., Edison, invites all to its special holiday evening service of Happy Thanks-Giving at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 25. For more information, call 732-985- 2023.

  • Holiday Boutique under way at museum

    The 2009 Holiday Boutique at the Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum, 71 Hamilton St., corner of George Street, on the campus of Rutgers University, New Brunswick, will be open through Dec. 23 during museum hours, 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Tuesdays- Fridays, noon-5 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays, and 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Dec. 2. The Museum Store expands…

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