• Kidsworks to stage ‘Elves and Shoemaker’

    The Main Street Theatre Company’s Kidsworks division will present its production of the “The Elves and the Shoemaker” at noon and 3 p.m. March 29-April 5, and 2 p.m. April 6 at the Main Street Theatre, 3018 Bordentown Ave., Parlin section of Sayreville. General-admission tickets cost $6. For more information, log on to www.smstc.org.

  • Tricky Tray to raise funds for preschool

    Pixie Preschool, Spotswood, will hold its Tricky Tray April 3 at Old Bridge Knights of Columbus Hall, 61 Pine St. Doors will open at 6 p.m. Proceeds will be used to upgrade the nonprofit facility’s outdoor playground with new equipment, fencing and surfacing. Businesses interested in donating goods or services to the event should call…

  • Catholic Prep slates April 2 open house

    Raritan Bay Catholic Prep School, Augusta Street, South Amboy, will hold its Spring Open House from 6-8 p.m. April 2. Guests will have the opportunity to meet the president, principal, faculty and students of Cardinal McCarrick/St. Mary’s High School and Sacred Heart Elementary School, the two schools that make up Raritan Bay Catholic Prep. Information…

  • Spirited competition

    READER-SUBMITTED PHOTO The varsity cheerleaders from St. Ambrose School, Old Bridge, won the national championship in Hershey Park, Pa., for the second year in a row on March 9.

  • BUSINESS BRIEFS

    Suzanne Young of Woodland Park has launched Sassy Strapps, a women’s shoe accessory that solves a common problem for high-heel wearers. The elastic strap slides over an existing shoe while the foot is inside to act like a “seatbelt” for the foot so that it does not slip out. Designs of the straps include rhinestones,…

  • Helping hands

    STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR Cindy Manrique, a student at the New Jersey Institute of Technology’s Center for Resilient Design, works with school staff and volunteers from The Provident Bank to help construct beds as part of the school’s Alternative Spring Break effort at the Monmouth County Long Term Recovery Group headquarters in Wall Township on…

  • Church schedules Fish and Chicken Fry

    The First Presbyterian Church of Sayreville will hold its Fish and Chicken Fry from 5:30-7 p.m. April 4. Takeouts will begin at 5 p.m. Dining-room seating is set for 5:30-7 p.m. Tickets cost $13 in advance. Limited tickets will be available at the door at a cost of $15 each. Chicken is available by advance…

  • St. Lawrence Council to host breakfast

    The St. Lawrence Council No. 10281 Knights of Columbus will hold a pancake breakfast from 8 a.m. to noon on April 27 in the parish center of the church, located on Laurence Parkway in the Laurence Harbor section of Old Bridge. The cost is $8 per adult and $4 for children under age 12.

  • Actors invited to ‘Clo-Archers’ audition

    Tryouts for the upcoming Berdanhand Productions presentation of “Calamities At Clo-Archers,” a satirical look at life in adult communities, are set for 6:30 p.m. March 31, April 3 and 8 at the Twin Rivers Branch of the East Windsor Library, 276 Abbington Drive. Adult actors of all ages are encouraged to audition. The play was…

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