• VSA arts offers programs for autistic children

    VSA arts of New Jersey, New Brunswick, has announced its fall program offerings for children ages 3-21 with autism, with registration beginning Sept. 8. Parent/child workshops in the arts for children with autism will be held 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Saturdays, Sept. 26 through Dec. 5, in New Brunswick. Each workshop meets for one…

  • Entries due Aug. 7 for India contest

    The 4-H Indian Langoor Club is inviting area youths ages 5-19 to take part in a competition themed “India, What It Means to Me.” Entry deadline is Aug. 7, and entries must be submitted to the North Brunswick Public Library, 880 Hermann Road. Students may submit a drawing, painting, collage or any other medium on…

  • Volunteers sought to mentor children

    Youth Empowerment Services is launching a mentoring program for children of incarcerated parents in New Brunswick and the Middlesex County area. Volunteers will engage in a one-on-one mentoring relationship with a child, age 5-18, for a commitment of one year. Children who have one or both parents in prison are more likely to follow their…

  • Depression/bipolar support groups to meet

    Depression and bipolar support groups will meet 7:30-9 p.m. every Monday at the Metuchen YMCA, 65 High St., Metuchen; and 7:30-9:15 p.m. every Friday at the Robert Wood Johnson hospital auditorium, One Robert Wood Johnson Plaza, New Brunswick. The support groups are intended as an informal forum for education, support and socialization among patients diagnosed…

  • Congregation Beth-El open house Sept. 11

    Congregation Beth-El, 91 Jefferson Blvd., Edison, will host a Friday Shabbat service and open house to welcome new members and prospective members at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 11. The congregation offers an active sisterhood and men’s clubs in addition to many youth services as well as Hebrew school and bar/bat mitzvah preparation. All are welcome to…

  • Middlesex County senior art contest winners’ work now exhibited

    Middlesex County Department on Aging has announced the winners of its senior art contest, with artwork displayed at the Carteret Senior Center, 100 Cooke Ave., Carteret, through Aug. 12. The works cover nine different media categories. Professional and non-professional artists were judged separately. Firstplace winners will compete in the New Jersey senior citizens art show…

  • ‘Singin’ in the Rain’ in Edison Aug. 5-15

    Middlesex County’s historic summer theater, Plays-in-the-Park, is pleased to announce the third musical offering of its 47th season with “Singin’ in the Rain” Aug. 5-15 at the Stephen J. Capestro Theater, formerly the Roosevelt Park Amphitheater, Route 1 south in Roosevelt Park, Edison. The show runs for 10 performances at 8:30 p.m. each night. An…

  • IRS cracking down on homebuyer credit fraud

    The Internal Revenue Service recently announced its first successful prosecution related to fraud involving the first-time homebuyer credit and warned taxpayers to beware of this type of scheme. On July 23, a Jacksonville, Fla.-tax preparer, James Otto Price III, pleaded guilty to falsely claiming the first-time homebuyer credit on a client’s federal tax return. Price…

  • Gardens exhibit runs until Aug. 27 in Edison

    The Edison Arts Society is presenting the “Gardens of the Garden State Exhibit 2009” until Aug. 27 at the gallery of the Arts Society, Edison Municipal Building, 100 Municipal Blvd., Edison. The exhibit is free and open to the public. Viewing hours correspond with the public hours of the municipal building. The artists have exhibited…

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