• St. Thomas to host Christmas Carnival

    St. Thomas the Apostle HSA will sponsor its Christmas Carnival 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Dec. 13 at the school, Route 18 south, Old Bridge. The event will feature family activities including bounce houses, shopping, photos with Santa, face painting, boardwalk games and more. For more information, call 732-761-0077.

  • Community invited to Breakfast With Santa

    Trinity Presbyterian Church will host its Breakfast With Santa 8:30-10:30 a.m. Dec. 13 in the church hall, 367 Cranbury Road, East Brunswick. The event will feature a hot breakfast, a magic show and face painting. Guests should bring their own camera to take photos with Santa. Tickets cost $6 for adults and $3 for children;…

  • Programs help public understand police work

    Recent news reporting and public interviews have shown many misconceptions about the situations our police officers face daily and the procedures they are trained to follow. The people who do the policing for our towns, counties, states and federal government are sworn police personnel who have been thoroughly trained and have taken an oath to…

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    SHARON CIGGELAKIS The last of the autumn foliage in Edison.

  • Elks selling tickets for Santa breakfast

    The East Brunswick Elks will sponsor a Breakfast With Santa 9:30-11 a.m. Dec. 14 at the lodge, 21 Oakmont Ave. Tickets cost $10 per person for adults; children ages 10 and under will be admitted free of charge. Donations of canned goods would be greatly appreciated for the lodge’s Feed the Hungry Campaign. Reservations are…

  • Church sets musical meditative services

    Trinity Presbyterian Church, 367 Cranbury Road, East Brunswick, will offer its Advent Taize Musical Prayer Services 7 p.m. Dec. 9, 16, and 23 in the church sanctuary. The community is invited to attend. The meditative services are centered around silence and music. Taize music emphasizes simple phrases, usually lines from psalms or other pieces of…

  • Church to sponsor Dec. 7 blood drive

    Immaculate Conception Church will host its parish blood drive, conducted by New Jersey Blood Services, 8 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Dec. 7 in the campus cafeteria, Immaculata Drive, Spotswood. Donors must be in good health and free of cold symptoms, at least 18 years of age (individuals above age 75 may donate with a letter of permission…

  • BUSINESS BRIEFS

    In the month of November, all 23 offices of Amboy Bank collected food and household items for food banks in their branch areas. Every Amboy office manager selected a food bank to collect for in their community. In many cases, Amboy has a strong relationship with the organizations including the Sayreville Food Bank, the Old…

  • New studio paints picture of economic development

    By JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer Local artists lead painters with step-by-step instructions during paint parties at Pinot’s Palette in Manalapan. PHOTO COURTESY OF WALTER JOHNSON MANALAPAN — They say everything is bigger in Texas. Now, everything is bigger in Manalapan, too. Houston-based Pinot’s Palette, a painting studio that offers two- and three-hour group lessons in…

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