Fundraisers
      July 12 • 1-Cent Sale, featuring hard-cover books, paperbacks, magazines, audiobooks and VHS tapes for 1-cent each, sponsored by the Friends of the South River Library, during regular library hours, through Aug. 3 or until stock is depleted, at the library, 55 Appleby Ave.
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Library patrons to win 'mystery' gift baskets
      Cardholders at the Spotswood Public Library, 548 Main St., will have the opportunity to win one of two Summer of Mystery and Imagination Gift Baskets donated by the Friends of the Spotswood Public Library. All Spotswood Library cardholders are eligible to participate by checking out library material. Patrons will receive one free raffle entry per item checked out.
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Artists' fading vision to be topic of lecture
      The Middlesex County Cultural and Heritage Commission will present "Eye of the Beholder," a free visual-arts lecture with Phyllis Rakow, at 6:30 p.m. on July 17 at East Jersey Olde Towne Village, 1050 River Road, Piscataway. Rakow will offer information on how the creative process of many well-known painters in Western art history has been affected by less than 20/20 vision.
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'Peace With Justice' to be topic at meeting
      The Rev. Carlton Branscomb of Princeton will offer a presentation titled "Peace With Justice at Home and Abroad" at the next meeting of the Coalition for Peace Action of Monroe Township set for 10 a.m. on July 18 at the Monroe Township Municipal Building, Perrineville Road.
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Chamber dinner honors scholarship winners
      The East Brunswick Regional Chamber of Commerce, which has been presenting high school scholarships for 38 years, is inviting members, friends and the community to congratulate the 2007 winners. The East Brunswick Chamber Charitable Foundation will present the David Germain Sr.
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Youngsters sought for county-fair contests
      The Middlesex County Fair Association is seeking boys and girls to participate in this year's King and Queen Contest (ages 7-11) and Prince and Princess Contest (ages 4-6) to be held at 7 p.m. on Aug. 6 at the fairgrounds, Cranbury Road, East Brunswick.
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Berry Fest, Yard Sale will benefit library
      The Friends of the Jamesburg Public Library will hold a Berry Festival and Yard Sale from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on July 21 at the library, Gatzmer Avenue. The event will feature berry shortcake to eat on the premises and various berry baked items to purchase and take home. A yard sale will be conducted on the lawn.
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Vacation Bible school on tap at Jamesburg church
      The Presbyterian Church of Jamesburg, 177 Gatzmer Ave., will hold its annual one-week vacation Bible school from 6:30-8 p.m., Aug. 6-10. Youngsters ages 3 and up are invited to attend. The theme will be "Sonforce Kids: Special Agents, on a Mission for God." Admission is free of charge.
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DuPont 25-year club to hold July 28 picnic
      The DuPont 25-Year Service Club will hold its annual picnic from noon to 5 p.m. on July 28 at Burke's Park, Washington Road, Parlin section of Sayreville. For more information, call (732) 257-1875.
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Rec sponsoring trips to Yankee, Thunder games
      The South River Parks and Recreation Department is offering bus trips to the following baseball games: • July 19 - New York Yankees vs. Toronto Blue Jays; • July 24 - Trenton Thunder vs. Erie Seawolves; • Aug. 10 - Trenton Thunder vs. Reading Phillies.
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Parents vs. youngsters at Family Sports Nights
      The South River Municipal Alliance and the South River Parks and Recreation Department will sponsor Family Sports Nights: Parents vs. Kids from 6-8 p.m. every Friday night in July and August at Corpus Christi School, David Street, South River.
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'Farm to Table' slated at EARTH Center
      Elijah's Promise Culinary School will host its annual "Farm to Table" event at 6:30 p.m. on July 16 at the Middlesex County EARTH Center, home to Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Middlesex County, in Davidson's Mill Pond Park, South Brunswick.
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Movies, lectures, programs planned at senior center
      A variety of upcoming programs will be offered at the Monroe Township Senior Center, 1 Municipal Plaza. For more information and to register for events, call the center at (732) 521-6111, unless otherwise indicated. A Western Film Festival will feature "Stagecoach," starring John Wayne, Claire Trevor and Thomas Mitchell, at 1 p.m.
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Adults to fill dance floor at library social
      The East Brunswick Public Library, Jean Walling Civic Center, will sponsor a Community Social from 7-9 p.m. on July 27. All adults are welcome to try out their ballroom-dancing moves on the café-area floor. For more information, call (732) 390-6767 or log on to www.ebpl.org.
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'Tsotsi' to be screened at library film festival
      The 25th annual Summer International Film Festival at the East Brunswick Public Library, Jean Walling Civic Center, will continue on July 17 with 1:30 and 7:30 p.m. screenings of the Zulu-Afrikaans-English drama "Tsotsi." The 2005 movie, which is rated R, has a running time of 94 minutes.
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'Tea-Leaf Reading' on agenda at library
      A program titled "Tea and the Art of Tea-Leaf Reading" is set for noon on July 23 at the Spotswood Public Library, 548 Main St. Presenter will be Judith Krall-Russo, food historian and tea specialist. Discussion will focus on the history of tea and how, over the centuries, the reading of tea leaves has become popular.
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Alzheimer's support group slates meeting
      The Alzheimer's Disease Support Network of Middlesex County will hold a meeting at 7 p.m. on July 12 at the Piscataway Senior Center, Hoes Lane. For more information, call Mildred Potenza at (732) 235-8400.
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