Christmas pageant planned for Dec. 14
     The First Presbyterian Church, 150 N. Broadway, South Amboy, will present a Christmas pageant titled "Live From Bethlehem" from 10:30-11:30 a.m. on Dec. 14.
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Sisterhood offering ‘Entertainment’ books
     The Sisterhood of Congregation Anshe Emeth, 88 Main St., South River, is now offering "Entertainment 2004" books.
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Choirs to offer Dec. 14 Christmas carol festival
     St. Bernadette’s Church Contemporary Choir and Young People’s Choir will present their annual Christmas carol celebration and sing-along at 7 p.m. on Dec. 14 at the church, Lourdes Center, Villanova and Princeton roads, Parlin section of Old Bridge.
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New date chosen for church Santa Breakfast
     A Santa Breakfast, originally planned for 9-11 a.m. on Dec. 6 at Trinity Presbyterian Church, 367 Cranbury Road, East Brunswick, has been rescheduled for Dec. 13 due to the recent snowstorm.
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Applebee’s reschedules Toys for Tots benefit
     Children, their friends and families are invited to a Breakfast With Santa from 8:30-10:30 a.m. on Dec. 13 at all Applebee’s Neighborhood Grill and Bar restaurants in New Jersey, including the location at Ryders Crossing Shopping Center, Milltown Road and Ryders Lane, Milltown.
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St. Stan’s schedules New Year’s Day Bingo
     St. Stanislaus Kostka Church, 225 MacArthur Ave., Sayreville, will host a New Year’s Day Bingo event beginning at 1 p.m. on Jan. 1. Doors will open at 11:30 a.m.
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Community Bulletin Board
B’nai B’rith couples
plan Hanukkah party
     The B’nai B’rith Ketubah Married Couples Unit (ages 40 and above) will hold its annual Hanukkah party at 4 p.m. on Dec. 14 at a member’s home in South Plainfield.
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Community Bulletin Board
Holiday blood drive
slated at Monroe parish
     New Jersey Blood Services will hold a holiday blood drive from 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on Dec. 14 at Nativity of Our Lord Parish, 185 Applegarth Road, Monroe.
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Separated, divorced
group slates meetings
     Passages, a nondenominational, self-help group for separated and di­vorced adults, holds meetings at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesdays at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, 505 Main St., Spotswood.
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Cancer support group will meet on Dec. 22
     The Jacqueline M. and Robert N. Wilentz Cancer Center at Raritan Bay Medical Center, Old Bridge and Perth Amboy, will offer a support group meeting for individuals with cancer from 6-7 p.m.
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Digging out
     Photos by FARRAH MAFFAI staff (Above) Joseph Acheampong was among the many spending a good part of Sunday digging out their car. (Below) Michael Abate clears the snow off his sister’s car at the Glenwood Apartments in Old Bridge Sunday.
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Fund-raisers
Dec. 11
     • South River Elementary School PTA Adopt-A-Family program, organized by South River Girl Scouts Alison Zemann and Ashlee Geesey as their Girl Scout Gold Award project, designed to help the children of families in the community who need assistance during the holiday season.
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Pet photos with Santa
set in East Brunswick
     Pet photos with Santa will be offered from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Dec. 20 and 21 at Petsmart, Route 18, East Brunswick.
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Down they go...
     FARRAH MAFFAI staff Meghan Murphy (front) and Samantha Goldberg, both 11, go for a ride down a hill of snow at the Glenwood Apartments in Old Bridge Sunday.
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Classic radio mysteries coming to O.B. Library
     Classic radio program collector Henry Morse will play a variety of radio mysteries of the 1930s and 1940s beginning at 1 p.m. on Dec. 13 at the Old Bridge Public Library Main Branch, Route 516 and Cottrell Road.
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Tricky tray raffle
rescheduled to Dec. 13
     The Sisterhood of Congregation Anshe Emeth of South River has rescheduled its tricky tray raffle to 8 p.m. on Dec. 13 at the temple, 88 Main St. The event, which was originally set for Dec.
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Kiwanis to hold craft
show, Santa breakfast
     The Kiwanis Club of East Brunswick will hold its Holiday Craft Show and Breakfast With Santa on Dec. 13 in the cafeteria at Hammarskjold Middle School, 200 Rues Lane, East Brunswick.
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Temple group to offer
antique appraisal event
     The Congregation Beth Ohr Daytimers will present A Mini-Antiques Road Show from 10 a.m. to noon on Dec. 18 at the temple, 70 Route 516, Old Bridge.
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Assemblyman’s office is Toys for Tots drop off
     Assemblyman John S. Wisniewski (D-19th) recently opened his legislative office at 3145 Bordentown Ave., Suite B, Parlin section of Sayreville, as a drop-off site for the U.S. Marine Corps Toys for Tots collection.
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Brownies to sell cookies in Sayreville on Dec. 13
     Sayreville-South Amboy Girl Scouts Brownie Troop No. 1556 will hold a Cookie Booth Sale from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Dec. 13 at Monsignor Dalton Hall, Our Lady of Victories Parish, Main and Church streets, Sayreville. Thin Mints will be featured.
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HSA to sponsor baking contest and cookie walk
     Sacred Heart Elementary School (HSA) will sponsor its annual Christmas Cookie Walk and Baking Contest from 4-6 p.m. on Dec. 13 and 7 a.m. to noon on Dec. 14 in the school cafeteria, Walnut Street, South Amboy.
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Madison Park School to hold holiday bazaar
     Madison Park School, Harvard Road, Parlin section of Old Bridge, will hold a holiday bazaar from 6:30-8:30 p.m. on Dec. 18.
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Raritan Bay auxiliary schedules jewelry sale
     The Auxiliary of Raritan Bay Medical Center, Old Bridge division, will hold a jewelry sale from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Dec. 11 in Auxiliary Hall of the hospital’s Medical Arts Building, Ferry Road, off routes 9 and 18.
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