625 New Brunswick Rd., Somerset, NJ (732) 563-4213 Open Monday-Friday 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. Board & Card Games (such as Dominoes & Checkers) – Available Daily Body & Brain Yoga with Lucy Pagnetti – Monday, 10:30 a.m. ($5.00 suggested donation/class) Bridge Lessons – Every Friday, 10:30 a.m. Chair Tai Chi with Bobbi Joels – Every Other Tuesday, 10:30 a.m. …
Read More »St. Peter’s To Host Men’s Health Forum
Steps men can take toward better health will be the topic of a forum set for Feb. 7 at St. Peter’s University Hospital, 254 Easton Ave., New Brunswick. The men’s health and wellness forum is free and will be held in the hospital’s Sister Marie di Pazzi Conference Center on the hospital’s ground floor from 12:30-2:30 p.m.
Read More »Quail Brook Senior Center January Schedule
625 New Brunswick Rd., (732) 563-4213 Open Monday-Friday 9 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Read More »Stage House Restaurant Treats Food Bank Clients To Christmas Dinner
More than 300 clients of the Franklin Township Food Bank received a special Christmas present this year: Dinner at the Stage House Tavern. Conceived by Stage House marketing director Christine Woodbury and the food bank’s operations manager, Serena Bennerman, the evening saw the clients and their families dine on ham, turkey and all the fixings.
Read More »FR&A Pictorial: Santa Claus Visits Millstone Valley Fire Department
Santa Claus made his annual trek around the Millstone Valley Dec. 20, with the last stop being the Millstone Valley Fire Department on Amwell Road. Accompanied by engines from Station 28, Santa started his tour around 3 p.m. in the Wildflower Ridge area, and then continued in East Millstone and Millstone.
Read More »Outdoor Tree Lighting Ceremony Returns To Township
A township tradition returned Dec. 12 with the lighting of the outdoor holiday tree at the municipal complex on DeMott Lane.
Read More »Mayor Levine Takes On Kids – In Chess
Six elementary school students got the chance Dec. 7 to take on a former high school champion in simultaneous chess games at the township library. The fact that the former high school chess champion they played was Mayor Brian Levine was not lost on any of them.
Read More »FR&A Pictorial: Giving Tuesday At Center For Great Expectations
The residents at the Center for Great Expectations on Dellwood Lane tok part in an exercise in giving and getting Dec. 2, the third annual national Giving Tuesday. The women and their children at the center received a home-cooked meal after they made holiday ornaments that will be donated to the seniors at the nearby McCarrick Care Center.
Read More »Junior Girl Scouts Plant Daffodils In Colonial Park
A section of Colonial Park was beautified recently by members of Junior Girl Scout Troop 60681. The project consisted of planting more than 1,000 daffodil bulbs on the banks of the Powder Mill Pond.
Read More »Special December Events Planned at Quail Brook Senior Center
December 1 – 10:30 a.m. – Canal Walk Chorale Group Concert Join the Quail Brook Senior Center for the holiday concert of the Canal Walk Chorale Group on Monday, Dec. 1, at 10:30 a.m. This traveling chorus will perform holiday favorites and classics at this annual event. December 2, 9, 16, 30 – 1:00 p.m. – The Art of Acrylics …
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