• Cleanup of Mapleton Preserve set for Jan. 20

    The Friends of Princeton Nursery Lands will hold a cleanup session from noon to 3 p.m. Jan. 20 at the Mapleton Preserve/D&R Canal State Park Headquarters, 145 Mapleton Road, Kingston. In honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, volunteers will be clearing small trees, brush, vines and trash in the Mapleton Preserve. Participants should bring…

  • Nominations accepted for Russ Berrie Award

    Nominations for the 2014 Russ Berrie Award for Making a Difference will be accepted by the Russell Berrie Foundation through Feb. 14. Members of the community are invited to nominate New Jersey residents whose heroic or lifetime deeds, carried out in the state, make them worthy of recognition. The Russell Berrie Foundation will provide monetary…

  • Grounds for Sculpture nominated as Favorite Art Museum in contest

    Grounds For Sculpture — the 42- acre sculpture park in Hamilton known for its sculpture collection, rotating gallery exhibitions, vistas and Rat’s Restaurant — has been nominated for Favorite Art Museum in the sixth annual JerseyArts.com People’s Choice Awards. Last year, Grounds For Sculpture was named Favorite Art Museum in the competition. “We’re honored to…

  • Novelist to present talk on Tel Aviv

    Gadi Taub — an Israeli novelist, historian, cultural critic and professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem — will present “Tel Aviv: Between the Margins and the Center of Israeli Society” at 4 p.m. Feb. 3 in the Douglass Campus Center of Rutgers University, 100 George St., New Brunswick. (For map searches, use the address…

  • North Brunswick to host ‘Theatre Revue’

    The Alchemist Theatre Co. of North Brunswick Township High School will hold “Theatre Revue 2014” at 7 p.m. Jan. 17 and 18 and at 1 p.m. Jan. 18 at the high school, Raider Road. The annual winter production is a compilation of skits and numbers from theater, television and movies that are chosen, directed and…

  • Fundraising buffet dinner set for Jan. 24

    The East Brunswick Elks, 21 Oakmont Ave., East Brunswick, will hold a Friday Night Buffet fundraiser for Zachary Nemeth, a child with multiple disabilities, at 7 p.m. Jan. 24. The menu includes roast beef, pork cacciatore, chicken piccata, pasta, mashed potatoes, roasted vegetables, salad, bread and butter, and a variety of desserts — all prepared…

  • Seminar for estate planning offered

    The Middlesex County Federation of Democratic Women (MCFDW) will host a seminar entitled “Everything You’ll Ever Need to Know about Estate Planning” at 6:30 p.m. Jan. 22 in the lower-level conference room at the law offices of Hoagland, Longo, Moran, Dunst & Doukas, 40 Paterson St., New Brunswick. Guest speakers will be Middlesex County Surrogate…

  • Bee bills clear committee

    A package of bills sponsored by state Assemblyman Ron Dancer (R-Monmouth, Ocean, Burlington, Middlesex) that would protect New Jersey’s commercial and recreational bee industry and heighten public awareness about its importance to the state’s food chain recently cleared the Assembly Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee. According to the state Department of Agriculture, more than 80…

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    Ice fishing on Imlaystown Lake, Upper Freehold Township, on the afternoon of Jan. 8. RAY CHISTE

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