• Spotswood H.S. class of 1979 sets reunion

    The Spotswood High School class of 1979 will hold a 30-year class reunion 7-11 pm. Oct. 3 at the Cambridge Inn, Spotswood. Cost is $50 per person and includes hors d’oeuvres, buffet dinner, beer, wine, soda and dessert. Music will be provided by a DJ. Checks should be made payable to Diana Barclay and mailed…

  • Vendor space open at Monroe Country Fair

    Vendors are sought for the 21st annual Monroe Township Country Fair set for Sept. 13 at Thompson Park, Perrineville Road. Rain date is Sept. 27. The event is sponsored by the Monroe Township Recreation Department and the Monroe Township Mother’s Club. For more information or to reserve, email [email protected], call 732-656-1784, or log on to…

  • ‘Variety Tonight’ to aid shelter animals

    Spotlight on Festivals of New York City will offer a performance of “Variety Tonight” to benefit the Sayreville Pet Adoption Center at 7 p.m. Aug. 22 at Jax Lisbon to Rome Restaurant, 1241 Roosevelt Ave., Carteret. The evening will feature singers, comedians, dancers, “odd talent,” periodic auctioning of “strange” items and a gift-basket raffle. Drink…

  • St. George’s to host blood drive, car wash

    St. George’s Church, 56 Main St., Helmetta, will host its annual blood drive Aug. 22. St. In addition, Saint Peter’s University Hospital mobile health van will be on premises from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. to provide health information, blood pressure checks, blood sugar analysis and body mass index measurements. The Youth Ministry will provide…

  • Bowling to aid young woman’s cancer fight

    Country Lanes, Route 33, Manalapan, will present Bowl for Christy, a fundraising event to benefit the Christy Szabocsik Jarosz Foundation, 3-7 p.m. Aug. 16. Christy, a 1999 Manalapan High School graduate and a former resident of South River, was recently married and diagnosed with brain cancer and HLH, a rare autoimmune disease. Cost is $20…

  • St. Thomas sets open houses for Aug. 22, 23

    St. Thomas the Apostle School, Route 18, Old Bridge, will hold open houses 9 a.m.- noon Aug. 22 and 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Aug. 23. Interested individuals are invited to tour the school and meet the faculty. Registration is going on for September classes. For more information, call 732-251- 4812.

  • Chabad will begin lecture series Aug. 17

    “Heaven on Earth: Timely Vessels, Timely Lessons,” a three-part lecture series, is set for 8 p.m. Aug. 17, 24 and 31 at Chabad Jewish Center of Monroe, 261 Gravel Hill Road. Instructor will be Rabbi Eliezer Zaklikovsky. Fee is $36 per person (includes textbook), $45 for couples. For more information or to reserve, call 732-656-1616…

  • Skin cancer to be topic of seminar

    The Spotswood Office on Aging, 1 ArlingtonAve., will host a presentation on skin cancer at noon Aug. 20. Guest speaker will be Marge Drozd, M.S.N., R.N., APRN-BC, of Saint Peter’s University Hospital, New Brunswick. Topics will include prevalence and types of skin cancer, risk factors, treatment and prevention strategies. Pizza will be served after the…

  • ‘Music of the Ages’ scheduled for Aug. 16

    Kimberly Andersen, alto, and Drew C. Nielsen, collaborative pianist, will offer a concert titled “Music of the Ages” at 3 p.m. Aug. 16 at the Unitarian Society, 176 Tices Lane, East Brunswick. The event will feature a variety of music from early classical to modern musical theater. Vocal music from Pergolesi to Brahms to Gershwin…

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