🌱 Movie Matinee: Small Things Like These (2024) and 11 more events

Cheers East Franklin! We’re back, helping you stay up to date with what’s happening. Let's take on the day together! ☕️️

Coming up on the calendar:

• Sounds of the Season: Winter Concert at Nicholas Music Center
• Movie Matinee: Small Things Like These (2024)
• Basketball: Girls Varsity vs. Roselle Catholic (Home) at Franklin High School

... and check out 6 more events on the calendar!

Today's riddle: What did one tuna say to the other after getting caught stealing files from work? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Windy and colder, with a high of 36 and low of 25 degrees.
• Friday: Some sun, then turning cloudy, temps: high: 38, low: 26.
• Saturday: Some brightening, with a high of 39 and low of 25 degrees.

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🗓 Upcoming Events in East Franklin

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★ Featured events ★

Friday December 12

• Sounds of the Season: Winter Concert
  Nicholas Music Center, 85 George St, New Brunswick
  7:30 pm

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Other local events

Friday December 12

• Movie Matinee: Small Things Like These (2024)
  Franklin Township Public Library , 485 Demott Ln , Somerset
  2:00 pm
• Basketball: Girls Varsity vs. Roselle Catholic (Home)
  Franklin High School
  4:00 pm
• Basketball: Girls JV vs. Roselle Catholic (Home)
  Franklin High School
  4:00 pm
• Basketball: Boys Varsity (Rescheduled from 12-13-25) vs. Morristown Beard (Home)
  Franklin High School
  7:00 pm

Saturday December 13

• Cirque Dreams Holidaze
  State Theatre New Jersey , 15 Livingston Ave , New Brunswick
  11:00 am
• Basketball: Boys Varsity vs. St. Thomas Aquinas (Away)
  South Amboy High School
  4:00 pm

Monday December 15

• Basketball: Girls JV (Rescheduled from 12-15-25) vs. Rutgers Preparatory (Away)
  Rutgers Preparatory School
  4:00 pm
• Basketball: Girls JV (Rescheduled to 12-15-25) vs. Rutgers Preparatory (Away)
  Rutgers Preparatory School
  4:30 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday December 11

• "Let it Rein-deer" Ornament @ DeMott Lane
  Franklin Township Public Library , 485 Demott Ln , Somerset
  5:30 pm
• Virtual Knitting / Crochet Club
  New Brunswick Free Public Library , 60 Livingston Ave , New Brunswick
  6:00 pm
• Arts Commission Meeting
  Highland Park Public Library , 31 N 5th Ave , Highland Park
  6:00 pm
• Board of Education Meeting
  Piscataway Township School District 1515 Stelton Road, Piscataway , NJ 08854
  6:30 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Rutgers University posted a job opening for Brandt Center Director of Research and Academic Affairs in New Brunswick. Apply here.
• New Brunswick Public Schools posted a job opening for Head Coaching Positions 2025-2026 (HS) in New Brunswick. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near East Franklin here.

🗞 Nearby News

Somerset

• Somerset County Locals Perform In Suffs Jr. Presented By Pixie Dust Players (patch.com)
• Ardena's US expansion positions the CDMO for growth amid geopolitical uncertainty (pharmamanufacturing.com)
• Middlesex County Prosecutor to Retire at Year's End; No Successor Named (tapinto.net)

Piscataway

• Community Event Aims to Bring Warmth and Food Essentials to Piscataway Families (tapinto.net)

Bridgewater

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