Community Bulletin Board
O.B. Library announces concerts, staff day

The central branch of the Old Bridge Public Library at the municipal center at 1 Old Bridge Plaza, will present a lecture in song, "Ray Bolger, Eddie Cantor, Fanny Brice and Jimmy Durante," presented by Fred Miller June 8 at 1:30 p.m. Light refreshments will be served.

Old Bridge Cultural Arts Committee will present Zanzibar, the Old Bridge's house band playing music hits from the '60s until the present June 9 at 1:30 p.m. The program is suitable for all ages. No registration is required for the above.

The library will be closed all day June 15 for staff development day. Patrons may return books and other materials in the book drop located at the entrance of the library. For more information, call the library at (732) 721-5600, ext. 5033.

Mass at O.B. church will honor St. Anthony

The Society of St. Anthony of Padua of Most Holy Redeemer Church will sponsor a celebration of the Mass in honor of St. Anthony at 7:30 p.m. on June 13 at the church, Amboy Road, Old Bridge. The event will include the blessing and distribution of St. Anthony Bread. Refreshments will follow.

For more information, call (732) 566-9334.

Tickets available for Villagers' 'Cinderella'

Villagers Theatre, a nonprofit center for the performing and cultural arts, will present its production of the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical "Cinderella" on Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m., Sundays at 2 p.m., through June 24, at the theater, 415 DeMott Lane, Somerset section of Franklin.

Tickets cost $18 for adults, $16 for seniors and students. For more information and to reserve, call (732) 873-2710 or log on to www.villagerstheatre.com.

Public invited to

Flag Day ceremony

Sayreville Knights of Columbus Council No. 2061 and the Sayreville community will mark Flag Day with a ceremony set for 9 a.m. on June 9 at the Knights of Columbus home, Washington Road, Parlin section of Sayreville, across from the post office.

The public is invited to attend. Representatives of several organizations, including the American Legion, the Sayreville Fire Department, Sayreville Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts, will participate.

For more information, call Andy Gnapp at (732) 257-2061.

Sayreville-South Amboy Scout's sale June 9

Sayreville-South Amboy Girl Scouts Brownie/Junior/Cadette Troop No. 1386 will hold a garage sale June 9 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at 35 S. Edward St., Sayreville. Proceeds will benefit a Bound Brook family that were victims of the recent flooding. For more information, call Kathie at (732) 727-5243.

Portrait artist to share expertise at meeting

Watercolorist Roberta Carter Clark will offer a portrait-painting demonstration at the next meeting of the Suburban Artist Guild of Central New Jersey set for 2 p.m. on June 8 at the East Brunswick Public Library, 2 Jean Walling Civic Center.

Clark also works in oils and pastels, and her commissioned portraits are in private collections throughout the United States and England. Additional portraits are in public and corporate collections, universities, courthouses, hospitals and banks.

In other SAG news, members will host a picnic at 11 a.m. on June 23.

For more information on the guild and its activities, call Allie Skislak at (732) 257-0031.

Sayreville Historical Society meeting June 14

Sayreville Historical Society will hold its next meeting June 14 at 7:30 p.m. at the Sayreville Senior Citizen Center, 423 Main St. Douglas T. Aumack of the Middlesex County Cultural & Heritage Commission will present "Intelligent Whale" (circa Civil War). Light refreshments will be provided. The meeting is open to the public.

For more information, call the historical society at (732) 390-7048.

Radio Control Club will fly on June 16

The Tri-County Radio Control (RC) Club will hold an Open House-Welcome to RC event from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on June 16 at Heavenly Farms Park, Dunhams Corner Road, East Brunswick. Rain date is June 23. Guests should park their cars near the dog park.

The public is invited to see some of the club's planes and to watch flying demonstrations. Participants also may try flying with the club's instructors and using the group's planes and "buddy-box" controllers.

Tri-County Radio Control Club, which is open to anyone interested in any type of aircraft, meets on the last Thursday of the month at the East Brunswick Public Library, Jean Walling Civic Center. For more information, call Mike at (732) 297-9274 or log on to www.tcrcnj.homestead.com/home_page.html.

'Chef's Night' to benefit Elijah's Promise June 11

Elijah's Promise, New Brunswick, will present "Chef's Night" June 11 at 6 p.m. at the New Brunswick Hyatt. Proceeds will benefit the nonprofit and its Promise Jobs Culinary School.

The event will feature 20 stations offering items prepared by chefs from local restaurants such as The Frog and the Peach, Hyatt Regency New Brunswick, Harvest Moon Brewery & Café, Panico's and Fiddleheads. There will also be live music and a silent auction.

Tickets are $125, and $103 from each ticket will benefit Elijah's Promise. The nonprofit operates the New Brunswick Soup Kitchen, social service programs and the Promise Jobs Culinary School, which offers an intensive training program to prepare low-income adults for employment in the dining industry. For tickets or more information, call (732) 545-9002, ext. 126, or e-mail mwilson@elijahspromise.net.

Youngster to hold 3rd annual lemonade stand

Michele Katora, a fifth-grade student at Bowne Munro Elementary School, East Brunswick, will hold her third annual Alex's Lemonade Stand on June 9 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., at 2 Biernacki Ct., East Brunswick. The house is at the corner Old Stage Road, across from the Spotswood ShopRite.

All proceeds will benefit Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation for Childhood Cancer. The stand will be one of more than 1,200 registered Alex's Lemonade Stands across the United States this weekend. Receipts can be provided for tax-deductible donations. Lemon slushies, snow-cones and fresh squeezed lemonade will be available. Additional information on the cause can be found at www.alexslemonade.org.

Church youth group's car wash June 10

The youth group of Messiah Lutheran Church, 3091 Bordentown Ave., Parlin, will hold a car wash June 10 from 9 a.m. to noon. to benefit future servant trips. A free-will donation is requested with funds matched by Thrivent Financial. For more information, call (732) 721-8493.

EMS plan open house,

festivities for June 10

"EMS Rescue Day," scheduled for June 10 from 1 to 5 p.m., will celebrate 71 years of service to the community. The Volunteer EMS and Rescue Open House will be presented by the Sayreville Emergency Squad and the Morgan First Aid Squad.

The event, which was attended by 500 people last year, will be held at the Sayreville Emergency Squad building at 776 Washington Road in Parlin. It will include an emergency services vehicle show, extrication and EMS rescue demonstrations, plus food and entertainment.

Participants sought for

home-arts event at fair

The Middlesex County Fair Association invites residents to participate in the Home-Arts Festival at the 69th annual Middlesex County Fair set for Aug. 6-12 at the fairgrounds, Cranbury Road, East Brunswick.

The Home-Arts Festival affords an opportunity for the nonprofessional to enter his or her creative projects and products for exhibition and competition. Exhibits are judged against each other by appropriate category or division, and winners are awarded ribbons and premiums. There are adult and children's divisions.

Interested individuals may obtain an entry form for the Home-Arts Festival at the fair association's new Web site, www.middlesexcountyfair.org. In addition, the Web site offers information about other fair activities including the weeklong blood drive.

Used bike collection

June 9 in Sayreville

The Middlesex County Board of Chosen Freeholders and Middlesex County Division of Solid Water Management (DSWM) will sponsor a used bicycle collection June 9 from 9 a.m. to noon. The collection for Pedals for Progress will be held at the Sayreville Recycling Center, Fort Grumpy, Bordentown Avenue.

Individuals are asked to donate unwanted bicycles for distribution by Pedals for Progress for developing counties in Latin America, Africa and the Pacific Islands. The bikes provide residents with reliable transportation to commute to work, transport produce to market, or to access health care and other services. A $10 donation is suggested from each bike donor, because the cost is $28 to collect, process, ship, rebuild and distribute each bicycle.

For more information, call DSWM at (732)745-4170 or visit www.p4p.org.

Diabetes support group

will meet at hospital

The Raritan Bay Medical Center Marion Tanzman Diabetes Center will sponsor a free diabetes support group meeting from 7:30-8:30 p.m. on June 13 in Auxiliary Hall B and C, lower level of the Old Bridge Medical Arts Building, adjacent to the medical center, off Ferry Road, between routes 9 and 18.

Individuals coping with the disease are invited to attend with a spouse or caregiver. Group leader will be Debbie Petrizzo. Discussion topics are determined by participants. Refreshments will be served.

For more information and to register, call (800) 624-6555.

Old Bridge Library trustees set meeting for June 13

The Old Bridge Library board of trustees will hold its regular monthly meeting at 7:30 p.m. on June 13 at the Old Bridge Public Library, Laurence Harbor Branch, 277 Shoreland Circle.

The public is welcome. Formal action may be taken on agenda items or other matters that come before the board.

OLV Seniors offering trip to Boston, Newport

Our Lady of Victories Seniors will sponsor a June 25-27 trip to Newport, R.I., and Boston.

The bus will depart at 8 a.m. on June 25 from the lower parking lot at Our Lady of Victories Parish, Main Street, Sayreville. Cost is $319 and includes bus transportation; two nights lodging at Foxwoods Resort Hotel and Casino, Connecticut; four meals (two breakfasts and two dinners); and guided tours of Newport and Boston. Participants also will have the opportunity to visit Quincy Market and Faneuil Hall in Boston.

For more information and to reserve, call Jack at (732) 254-7263.

Portrait artist to share expertise at meeting

Watercolorist Roberta Carter Clark will offer a portrait-painting demonstration at the next meeting of the Suburban Artist Guild of Central New Jersey set for 2 p.m. on June 8 at the East Brunswick Public Library, 2 Jean Walling Civic Center.

Clark also works in oils and pastels, and her commissioned portraits are in private collections throughout the United States and England. Additional portraits are in public and corporate collections, universities, courthouses, hospitals and banks.

In other SAG news, members will host a picnic at 11 a.m. on June 23.

For more information on the guild and its activities, call Allie Skislak at (732) 257-0031.