• Animal reiki class to support shelter

    Peace-By-Peace will host a training course titled “Animal Reiki I” 9 a.m.-5:30 p.m. June 28 in the Sayreville area. Reiki is a Japanese form of holistic healing designed to reduce stress, restore depleted energy, and promote healing and relaxation. It is maintained that animals can benefit from reiki, whether at home or in a shelter…

  • Swing time

    SCOTT FRIEDMAN Akhlaq Zafar of East Brunswick gets a hit during the East Brunswick Cricket League tournament at Heavenly Farms on June 8.

  • Rugged Maniac will include obstacle course

    Rugged Maniac will hold its fourth annual 5K race and obstacle course challenge on July 12 and 13 at Raceway Park, Englishtown. Runners will face mud pits, fire, tubes, a 60-foot water slide, swinging pendulums and some new surprises. The cost is $68 through June 6, $78 through June 20 and $90 during the week…

  • Cleanup time

    SCOTT FRIEDMAN Nona Henderson of East Brunswick looks for litter during the 12th annual Farrington Lake Cleanup by volunteers of the Lawrence Brook Watershed Partnership on May 31.

  • Park to conduct Kayak Eco Tours

    Registration is under way for Cheesequake State Park naturalist-guided Kayak Eco Tours set for May-July on Cheesequake Creek, Old Bridge. Participants, who must be age 14 and above and in good physical condition, will explore the salt marsh. Cost is $15; equipment and lesson are included. For more information or to register, call 732-566-3208.

  • Playhouse offers summer camps

    George Street Playhouse, 9 Livingston Ave., New Brunswick, is offering summer classes for children ages 5-17. The 2014 Summer Theater Academy will be held from June 30 to July 25. For a full schedule of classes and pricing information, call Diana Gundacker at 732-846-2895, ext. 117 or visit www.georgestplayhouse.org.

  • County to sponsor first Fishing Derby

    Middlesex County will hold its first Fishing Derby on June 14, rain or shine, at the pond in Johnson Park, River Road, Piscataway. All fishing will be catch and release. Participants will be divided into the following age groups: 4-7, 8-10 and 11-14. First-, second- and third-place prizes will be awarded for the longest fish…

  • Roots

    PHOTO COURTESY OF MONROE TOWNSHIP After a few rain delays, the Monroe Township Shade Tree Commission celebrated Arbor Day on June 2 by planting two shade trees in front of Applegarth Elementary School. Pictured, left to right, are township Tree Assessor Gary Lovallo, Applegarth Principal Dennis Ventrello, Monroe Superintendent of Schools Kenneth Hamilton, township Environmental…

  • New Brunswick H.S. to hold 50th reunion

    The New Brunswick High School class of 1964 will host a 50th reunion Oct. 18. Interested classmates may email Vito LoSardo at [email protected] or call 703-887-4498.

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