• Library sponsoring Design a Bookmark

    The East Brunswick Public Library, Jean Walling Civic Center, invites youngsters to take part in a Design a Bookmark Contest. Interested individuals may register now and create a bookmark that illustrates the themes of books, reading or libraries. The winning designs will be printed and distributed at the library and displayed on its website. Registration…

  • ‘Get in the Act’ scheduled at library

    Spotswood Public Library Summer Reading Club members and Summer Story Time children are invited to imagine, create and participate in “Get in the Act,” a program set for 11 a.m.-noon Aug. 11 at the library, 548 Main St. The event will feature crafts, games, prizes and other treats. Participants will receive their reading certificates. Top…

  • 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…

  • Information session set at McCarrick H.S.

    Prospective students and their parents are invited to attend an information session set for 4:30-6:30 p.m. Aug. 12 at Cardinal McCarrick/ St. Mary’s High School, South Amboy. Guests will learn about the high school’s “Educating For the 21st Century” initiative, including distance learning with online courses and more. Faculty and staff members will be available…

  • Community invited to Shabbat Dinner

    The Chabad Jewish Center of Monroe will hold its fifth annual Shabbat Community Dinner, “Shabbat Under the Stars,” at 6:30 p.m. Aug. 14 at 261 Gravel Hill Road. Services are set for 7 p.m. The dinner will feature Professor H. Finman. Couvert is $25 per person. RSVP is required. To reserve or for more information,…

  • Vendor Day to aid Ronald McDonald

    The Italian American Club of Renaissance at Cranbury will sponsor a Vendor Day to benefit the Ronald McDonald House Foundation 1-5 p.m. Sept. 12 at Renaissance at Cranbury Crossing, 48 Vineyard Court, Monroe, off Cranbury Station Road. All family members are welcome to attend, shop and taste a “little bite of Italy.” The event also…

  • Boro accepts land gifts

    BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer SPOTSWOOD — The borough has been given a number of small properties, and officials say the gifted lands will deter future development. Council President Curtis Stollen said the town has collected small parcels in a land conservation zone between Adirondack and Brunswick avenues. Some of the parcels have come from…

  • ‘Damn Yankees’ auditions scheduled

    Auditions for the upcoming Villagers Theatre production of “Damn Yankees” will be held at 7 p.m. Aug. 10, 11 and 12 at the theater, 475 DeMott Lane, Somerset section of Franklin. Callbacks are set for Aug. 13. The musical, featuring a book by George Abbott and Douglass Wallop and music and lyrics by Richard Adler…

  • Troupe brings rock musical to Parlin

    ‘Leader of the Pack’ showcases songs of late’50s, early ’60s BY JENNIFER BOOTON Staff Writer GREG HOLMES The Main Street Theatre Co.’s cast for “Leader of the Pack” will perform the show Aug. 7-22 at the theater on Bordentown Avenue in Parlin. Tony Adase is directing, with musical direction by Andrew Macirowski and choreography by…

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