Author: Greater Media

  • Children can win chance to light house

    The Mahoneys will hold a public house lighting at their residence, 55 Valley Vale Drive, Old Bridge, at 6 p.m. on Dec. 1. Parents with children between 2 and 8 years old can enter their child in a contest to activate a special controller that will light the entire house and receive a special gift.…

  • County’s ice skating rink opens for 13th season

    Middlesex County’s popular Roosevelt Park Family Ice Skating Rink opened for its 13th season on Nov. 20. The rink is located at the Level Playing Fields Complex inside the county’s Roosevelt Park, which is adjacent to Menlo Park Mall in Edison. Accredited group and private lessons are available. The rink is available for birthday parties…

  • Murder mystery, dinner set at temple

    Temple B’nai Shalom will host its Dinner and Murder Mystery Show 7:30 p.m. Dec. 5 at the temple, Fern and Old Stage roads, East Brunswick. The evening will feature the show, a catered Italian buffet dinner, soft drinks, dessert and coffee. Guests may bring their own wine. Cost is $50 per person. To register, email…

  • Joys of adoption are shared by many at ceremony

    By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer Ten-month-old Gianna Gonzalez of Perth Amboy, left, wears a “Team Jacob” shirt in support of her newly adopted brother, Jacob, 18 months old, during the annual Adoption Day ceremony. For Sylvia Soto and Osilis Gonzales, of Perth Amboy, their journey to adoption began with the loss of a son. “After…

  • YMCA of Metuchen, Edison, Woodbridge and So. Amboy earns NAEYC Accreditation

    The YMCA of Metuchen, Edison, Woodbridge and South Amboy has earned accreditation from the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) — the nation’s leading organization of early childhood professionals, at three of their locations: Ken Shirk Early Learning Program, 455 Old Post Road, Edison; Our Savior’s Learning Center, 50 Calvert Ave., Edison;…

  • Metuchen Library to hold workshop Dec. 1

    Metuchen Public Library, 480 Middlesex Ave., Metuchen, will hold a Healthy Bodies, Healthy Minds Workshop, especially for parents and teens, on eating and body image, from 7-8:45 p.m. on Dec. 1. Susan Gutwill is the presenter, with over thirty years of experience as a psychotherapist, and has developed programs and taught classes in this area.…

  • Goods and Services Auction announced

    Congregation Neve Shalom, 250 Grove Ave., Metuchen, will hold the annual Neve Shalom Goods and Services Auction at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 6. There will be table seating, light dairy snacks, soft drinks, new items, a faster paced live auction, tricky tray, raffles and fun giveaways. The admission price is $10 per person if tickets are…

  • County’s ice skating rink opens for 13th season

    Middlesex County’s popular Roosevelt Park Family Ice Skating Rink opened for its 13th season on Nov. 20. The rink is located at the Level Playing Fields Complex inside the county’s Roosevelt Park, which is adjacent to Menlo Park Mall in Edison. Accredited group and private lessons are available. The rink is available for birthday parties…

  • County awards $6 million grant for arts center

    By KENNY WALTER Staff Writer WOODBRIDGE — The developers of a proposed arts district have been awarded a $6 million grant from the county. Mayor John McCormac said the developers would receive the $6 million grant from the Middlesex County Cultural and Arts Trust Fund that will help fund several arts-related improvements at the former…