• Alborada will dance ‘Celtic Connection’

    Sussex County Community College will present the return of the Alborada Spanish Dance Theatre, Old Bridge, in its cross-cultural performance “Spain Meets Ireland: The Celtic Connection” at 7 p.m. Sept. 22 at the college performing arts center, 1 College Hill Road, Newton. The program, set in a colorful harvest festival, celebrates northern Spain’s Celtic heritage…

  • 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. 10 at Memorial Tree Park, Prospect Plains and Half Acre roads, Monroe. Local veterans, vocalists and clergy of all faiths will take part in the candlelight service of prayer, speech and song honoring those individuals who…

  • Long-term care settings to be topic

    A program titled “How To Select a Long-Term Care Setting” will be offered at 2 p.m. Sept. 16 and again at 6:45 p.m. Sept. 23 at Reformed Church Home, Assisted Living and Skilled Nursing Facility, 1990 Route 18 north, Old Bridge. Guest presenter will be senior health-care expert Bobbie Guseman, R.N./assistant administrator. Guseman’s goal will…

  • ‘Odd Couple (Female)’ to open theater season

    Playhouse 22, East Brunswick’s community theatre troupe, will open its new theater with Neil Simon’s classic “The Odd Couple (Female Version)” on Sept. 11 at the East Brunswick Community Arts Center, Heavenly Farms Park, 715 Cranbury Road. The comedy will run through Oct. 10; there will be no shows Sept. 18, 19 and 20 in…

  • Prostate cancer to be seminar topic

    Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital (RWJUH) will host a free evening seminar dedicated to prostate cancer awareness 5:30-8:30 p.m. Sept. 15 in the Arline and Henry Schwartzman Courtyard at RWJUH, New Brunswick. Seminar topics will include prevention, diagnosis and treatment of prostate cancer; coping with prostate cancer; a patient’s perspective; and community resources for patients.…

  • GOP women to meet, discuss campaign

    The Middlesex County Republican Women’s Club will meet at 7 p.m. Sept. 15 at the Milltown Senior Center, 60 Violet Terrace, to discuss how women can help the Chris Christie campaign for governor. Guest speaker will be Mayor Gloria Bradford of Milltown, the county’s only female Republican mayor. All interested Republican women are invited to…

  • JFVS to conduct computer training

    Jewish Family and Vocational Service of Middlesex County (JFVS) will offer computer training classes beginning the week of Sept. 14 at its office at 32 Ford Ave., Milltown. Classes include Microsoft Windows, beginner and intermediate Word, beginner and intermediate Excel, Power Point, “Surfing the Internet” and “Simple Start for QuickBooks.” Basic keyboarding will be offered…

  • Healing mission coming to St. George’s

    The Rev. Jack and Anna Marie Sheffield will lead a healing mission 4 p.m. Sept. 18 and 5 p.m. Sept. 19 at St. George’s Anglican Church, 56 Main St., Helmetta. The Sheffields, who have been in the healing ministry for approximately 30 years, are the founders of two healing centers in the United States. For…

  • County sets influenza, pneumonia clinics

    The Middlesex County Public Health and Education Committee recently scheduled the county’s 2009-10 Seasonal Influenza and Pneumococcal Immunization Clinics. The 19 vaccination clinics will be held Sept. 11-Oct. 23 in communities served by the Middlesex County Public Health Department. Clinics will be open to county residents ages 18 and above. Charge will be $10 per…

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