• Weekly Tuesday dinners begin Sept. 10

    The Sgt. John Basilone Italian-American Club weekly Tuesday dinner will start again at 6:30 p.m. Sept. 10 at the club, 48 Appleby Ave., South River. The cost is $10 and includes homemade soup, salad, entree, dessert, coffee and tea.

  • Library to offer services for the visually impaired

    EAST BRUNSWICK — The East Brunswick Public Library (EBPL) has joined the New Jersey State Library Talking Book & Braille Center (TBBC) to serve visually impaired residents in the community. TBBC offers no-cost, accessible reading services on behalf of the U.S. Library of Congress. TBBC’s services include no-cost audiobook players, audiobooks, audio magazines, Braille books…

  • All good things come to an end

    Viewpoint Donna Kenyon Call me crazy, but I don’t like Labor Day, and not just because I can’t wear white pants anymore. I have always detested Labor Day ever since I was a child and the holiday signaled the dreaded back-to-school routine. Then, I think I disliked it even more as an adult and as…

  • Moms Club to hold playdate Sept. 18

    The Moms Club of East Brunswick will host a “Back to School Playdate” 4 p.m. Sept. 18 at Great Oak Park, 260 Rues Lane. The nonprofit organization provides support for stay-at-home mothers through weekly activities for moms and their children.

  • Library seeks altered books for contest

    The North Brunswick Library, 880 Hermann Road, is calling all creative artists age 18 and older to submit an altered book for a contest. An altered book is any book — old or new — that has been recycled by creative means into a work of art. It can be rebound, painted, cut, folded, added…

  • Poet to read tribute to 9/11 attacks Sept. 10

    Local author Alan W. Jankowski will read his poem “We Shall Never Forget (a 9/11 Tribute)” and other works from his book “I Often Wonder” at 6:30 p.m. Sept. 10 at the Sadie Pope Dowdell Public Library, 100 Gov. Hoffman Plaza. For more information, visit www.dowdell.org.

  • Panel discussion on violence prevention

    Questions concerning community safety will be explored by a panel of distinguished experts when Congregation Beit Shalom sponsors its first town meeting at 1 p.m. Sept. 29 at the synagogue, located at the Concordia Shopping Center, 1600 Perrineville Road, Monroe. Panelists will include State Senator Linda Greenstein, Monroe Township School Superintendent Kenneth Hamilton, Chief Michael…

  • Free Gospel concert at church Sept. 8

    The Tabernacle Baptist Church, 130 Main St., South River, will hold a free concert featuring the Grammy-nominated Gospel group Ernie Couch & Revival at 6:30 p.m. Sept. 8 at the church.

  • Church sets picnic, outdoor worship

    Nativity Lutheran Church, 552 Ryders Lane, East Brunswick, will hold its annual Outdoor Worship and Picnic beginning at 10:30 a.m. Sept. 8. All are welcome to attend. Complimentary hot dogs and hamburgers will be served. Guests are asked to bring a nonperishable food item to support the local food pantry.

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