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    FRANK GALIPO East Brunswick High School harriers, in green, are running in a pack at the start of the New Balance Shore Coaches Invitational cross-country meet held on Oct. 3 on a soggy Holmdel Park course.

  • Fall Foliage Festival

    TOP PICK The Rutgers Gardens is hosting a Fall Festival on Sunday, Oct. 11, from noon to 4 p.m. The Rutgers Gardens youth program coordinator, interns and volunteers will provide fun and educational activities. Activities include pumpkin painting, pumpkin games, a haunted scavenger hunt throughout the Gardens, crafts and learning activities on plant and food…

  • Store to host Fire Safety Day Oct. 10

    The Home Depot in Milltown will be the host to a Fire Safety Day from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. on Oct. 10 at 401 S. Main St. The event will feature local fire departments, a children’s workshop and craft project, games, prizes and refreshments. For more information, call Home Depot at 732-432-0500.

  • S.R. rec to sponsor Trunk and Treat

    South River Parks and Recreation and the Municipal Alliance will hold the borough’s Trunk and Treat 4-5:30 p.m. Oct. 31 in the parking lot at St. Mary’s Egyptian Coptic Church, Montgomery Street, South River. The event will feature music, prizes and trick-or-treating from car trunks. Prizes will be awarded for best-decorated vehicles. Cars do not…

  • Residents can shred confidential paperwork

    The Middlesex County Board of Chosen Freeholders, in conjunction with the Borough of Milltown, is sponsoring a Shred-It program from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. (or until the truck is full) on Oct. 10 at American Legion Post 25, 4 JFK Blvd., Milltown. Residential documents and confidential files will be accepted. The limit is five…

  • ‘Pink’ Shabbat service to focus on breast cancer

    Temple B’nai Shalom will host a “pink” Shabbat service 8 p.m. on Oct. 23 in recognition of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. One in 40 Jews of Ashkenazi descent carries a BRCA (breast cancer) gene mutation, making Jewish families at 10 times greater risk than the general population. The featured speaker will be Melissa Rosen,…

  • Raritan Poets to meet monthly at library

    The Raritan Poets reading group will meet the first Tuesday of each month at 7 p.m. at the East Brunswick Library, 1 Civic Center Drive. All ages are welcome. Bring 10 copies of the reading sample.

  • Model Train show slated for Oct. 17, 18

    The East Brunswick Elks will host the Raritan Valley’s Model Train Extravaganza 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Oct. 17 and 18 at the lodge, 21B Oakmont Ave., East Brunswick. Tickets are $10 for adults, $8 for seniors, $5 for young adults and free for children under 5. Proceeds will benefit wounded and fallen warriors. For more information,…

  • Date change for pet-shelter yard sale

    The New Beginnings Animal Rescue Super Yard Sale, originally set for Oct. 4, has been rescheduled to 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Oct. 11 in the shelter parking lot, 706R Cranbury Road, East Brunswick. A variety of merchandise will be offered. Proceeds will benefit the shelter’s medical and spay/neuter funds. For more information, call Sharon at 732-257-3145…

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