Friday 11/27
LYNDHURST — The Lyndhurst High School Class of 1979 will host its 30-year reunion Friday, Nov. 27 at the Renaissance Meadowlands Hotel, Rutherford. Tickets must be purchased in advance at the price of $85. Visit www.leaguelineup.com/1979 or e-mail lhsbears.@aol.com.
NORTH ARLINGTON — The Knights of Columbus will sponsor a blood drive Friday, Nov. 27 from 4:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the council hall, 194 River Road, North Arlington. Call 201-251-3703.
EAST RUTHERFORD — On Nov. 27, Becton Regional High School Class of 1973 and 1974 will celebrate their 35th anniversary at The Landmark in East Rutherford from 6:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. The price is $70. Send payment to P.O. Box 257, Carlstadt, N.J. 07072.
WOOD-RIDGE — The Jefferson School PTA invites you to “A Naughty Night Out with Uncle Floyd Tricky Tray” Friday, Nov. 27 at 6:30 p.m. at the Fiesta, Wood-Ridge. Tickets are $35. Call 201-842-9581 or 201-935-7115.
Saturday 11/28
WOOD-RIDGE — A Wood-Ridge 1974 Class Reunion will be held Saturday, Nov. 28 at Jimmy’s Rock Café in Moonachie from 7 p.m. to midnight. Tickets are $35. Contact Maureen at 201-893-2108.
RUTHERFORD — St. Mary High School, Rutherford, will hold a craft fair Saturday, Nov. 28. Call 201-933-5220 or 201-507-0285.
NORTH ARLINGTON — It’s that time of year again when the North Arlington Fire Department will escort Santa Claus through the streets in a grand parade. In order to help the less fortunate of our community, Santa, the Fire Department and First Aid Squad will collect food for the Community Food Bank operated by Queen of Peace Church. The parade will go from 9 a.m. and noon on Saturday, Nov. 28. Santa will be collecting any canned, boxed, or non-perishable food items that do not require refrigeration. There will be several trucks in the parade that will stop to collect any food items. You can also bring them to Fire Headquarters on the morning of Nov. 28.
CARLSTADT — The Carlstadt Girl
Scout Troop 1098 will be collecting donations for troops who cannot be
home for the holidays this year, Saturday, Nov. 28 at the Carlstadt
Ambulance and Borough Hall from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Donations include
crossword puzzles, commemorative Yankee magazines, cookies, lip balm,
handi-wipes, hand warmers, silly Santa hats, anything Christmas, hard
candy and gum. For more information call 201-334-2406 or 201-538-3353.
Sunday 11/29
LYNDHURST — On Sunday, Nov. 29, St. Michael the Archangel Catholic Church will host a special Tricky Tray in the Lyndhurst Social Center, Cleveland Avenue off Valley Brook Avenue. Starting at 2:30 p.m. (doors open at 12 p.m.), tickets are $10. More than $5,000 in gifts, certificates, money and a flat-screen TV. Tickets are limited. Call 201-933-2186 or 201-939-1161. No tickets at door.
LYNDHURST — The Knights of Columbus Council 2396 will host a fifth Sunday communion breakfast Sunday, Nov. 29 at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Parish Center on Copeland Avenue, Lyndhurst, at 10 a.m. No tickets at door. Call 201-935-5988 or 201-933-4316 or 201-933-9253.
Tuesday 12/01
EAST RUTHERFORD — Fall sessions of bereavement will be held every Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. through Dec. 8 at St. Joseph’s Friary, 120 Hoboken Road, East Rutherford. Call 201-939-0457.
Wednesday 12/02
CARLSTADT — On Wednesday, Dec. 2, at 7:30 p.m., ring in the holly-daze with “Mistletoe and Holly” at the Carlstadt Library. Broadway singer Karen Luschar, accompanied by pianist Richard Danley, will perform holiday classics. Call 201-438-8866.
CARLSTADT — The Ladies
Auxiliary of Vic’s Hoofers will hold its Christmas party Wednesday,
Dec. 2 at Tredici in Carlstadt at 6 p.m. Call Cheryl Rivera at
201-438-2785.
RUTHERFORD — An adult education
opportunity will be offered Wednesday, Dec. 2 at 7:30 p.m. at
Rutherford Congregational Church, 251 Union Ave., Rutherford. Topic:
“Debunking the Rapture” from Living the Questions 2.0: An Introduction
to Progressive Christianity. Participants are asked to use the
sanctuary entrance on Union Avenue.
Future EVENTS
RUTHERFORD — Dr. Byong Park of United Medical PC, 612 Rutherford Ave., Lyndhurst, has H1N1 vaccine available to individuals in priority groups regardless of where they live. Appointments are necessary Monday through Thursday from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m., Friday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. Call 201-460-0063.
CARLSTADT — The Carlstadt Senior Friendship Club meets on the first and third Wednesdays of the month at 1 p.m. Upcoming trips include Dec. 3 to Dutch Apple in Lancaster, Pa. Call Eileen at 201-933-6949.
RUTHERFORD — St. Mary Elementary School will hold its second-annual “Bagels with Santa” Sunday, Dec. 6 from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the elementary school cafeteria. Tickets are $10 per family, which includes a photo with Santa, coffee and bagels. Call 201-933-8410.
LYNDHURST — The Polish Americans Citizens Club of Lyndhurst, 730 New Jersey Ave., will have “Lunch with Santa” Sunday, Dec. 6 at 1 p.m. Donations are $7 for adults and $5 for children. Please bring a wrapped gift for Santa to give to your child. Call 201-438-9723 or 201-827-0833.
NORTH ARLINGTON — North Arlington Police Chief Louis Ghione and the North Arlington Police Department Crime Prevention and Community Relations Unit have announced that they will once again conduct their annual holiday toy drive. New, unwrapped toys can be dropped off until Dec. 10 at the police department. Toys will be distributed to area hospitals, local families and others in need.
EAST RUTHERFORD — East Rutherford Seniors, Inc. holds its meetings on the second and fourth Tuesday of the month at 1 p.m. at the Senior Center. New members are welcome. Future events: Dec. 10 Christmas Party at the Landmark, at noon (call Catherine at 201-460-8490 or Muriel at 973-773-6751).
LYNDHURST — The Department of Parks and Recreation has booked lunch and a show at The Feast of St. Joseph at the Brownstone, March 22. The cost is $45 and includes one-hour “dollar-a-drink bar,” lunch, coffee, tea and beer and soda on table and gratuity. Call 201-804-2482.
RUTHERFORD — The Rutherford Education Association will hold its third-annual Barnes & Noble Bookfair Dec. 6 at Barnes & Noble at 395 Route 3 East, Clifton. For every book sold, where the buyer mentions the Rutherford Education Foundation Bookfair, Barnes & Noble will make a donation to the REF. William Neumann, author of “RUTHERFORD: A Brief History,” will be at Barnes & Noble during the Bookfair, between 1 p.m. and 2:30 p.m., to sign copies of his book. Contact the REF at ref@rutherfordschools.org, or Barnes & Noble at crm2932@bn.com or 973-779-2730.
NORTH ARLINGTON — The North Arlington Board of Health is taking appointments for the seasonal flu vaccine for adults only. Call 201-955-5695.
CARLSTADT — Carlstadt will hold its holiday tree lighting ceremony at borough hall Thursday, Dec. 3 at 6:30 p.m.
CARLSTADT — The Ladies’ Aid Society of the First Presbyterian Church of Carlstadt will hold a luncheon Tuesday, Dec. 8 in the community hall, Third Street and Division Avenue, Carlstadt, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. For take-out, call 201-438-5526. Adults, $7. Children/students, $4.
NORTH ARLINGTON — The NAHD Health Center, 10 Beaver Ave., offers blood pressure/health risk assessment the second and fourth Tuesday of each month, 1 p.m. to 2:45 p.m. Call 201-955-5695.
WOOD-RIDGE — Wood-Ridge Memorial Library will have a holiday Christmas concert this year featuring the Wood-Ridge High School Chorale, choir director Melissa A. Manolakakis. The 2009 Christmas Concert will be held from 7 p.m. to 8 p. m. Tuesday, Dec. 8, at the Wood-Ridge High School auditorium. The concert is free and open to the public. Please register for this event by e-mailing Youth Services Librarian Christina Park at christina.park@bccls.org.
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