Author: MARY HELEN FINK
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Rutgers Home Gardeners School announces registration
Rutgers Home Gardeners School will be held from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. on March 19 at the Rutgers University Cook/Douglass campus in New Brunswick. Workshop topics for the 40th Annual Home Gardeners School include canning fruits and vegetables, easy drip irrigation, composting, and pruning, as well as 23 new offerings. Subjects for the new workshops include…
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Middlesex County College presents fundraising event
Middlesex County College is offering a night of make-believe gambling on Feb. 26 in the College Center on its Edison campus. Doors open at 5:30 p.m.; the games begin at 6:30 p.m. The admission fee of $75 includes full dinner buffet, open bar (beer and wine) and $50 in fake gambling chips. Participants must be…
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County’s Business Resource Center presents Entrepreneurship Workshop
The Middlesex County Office of Workforce Development will hold a workshop “Business Structure and Entrepreneurship” from 10 a.m.-noon, Feb. 4, at the Middlesex County One-Stop Career Center, 550 Jersey Ave., New Brunswick. It will provide answers and resources on finding your place in the business world and is part of the SCORE Entrepreneurship Series of…
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Campbell School celebrates National Math Contest Winners
Third and fourth grade students at Campbell Elementary School, Metuchen, participated in the Noetic Learning National Math Contest during the fall. Upon completion of the contest, the following students were identified as National Honor Roll Honorees: Ava Barasch, Joseph Duhme, Ripley Wong, Audrey Feng, Arjun Gupta, Alexander Serban, Emily Lan, Mason Liu, Chloe Shen, Andrew…
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Wardlaw-Hartridge announces Third Annual INDIE Film Festival
The third annual Wardlaw-Hartridge School INDIE Film Festival will be held at 6 p.m. on Feb. 24 at the South Orange Performing Arts Center in South Orange. For the second consecutive year, there will be a ‘red carpet’ event at the venue prior to the film showcase. The students whose films are being presented in…
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Metuchen accepting applications for public art project
The Metuchen Arts Council is currently accepting applications for Phase 3 of the public art project, “Mudmaking Madness,” the ceramic mural that will eventually cover the entire exterior of the block storage building between the Grove Avenue tennis courts. With “The Seasons” as the theme, each side of the building will reflect life in Metuchen…
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Simon appoints new General Manager to Menlo Park Mall
Simon, a leading global retail real estate company, recently appointed Gilbert Bankston to the position of General Manager at Menlo Park Mall, Route 1 South and Parsonage Road, Edison. Bankston will utilize his 10-plus years in asset management and retail real estate expertise to oversee Menlo Park Mall’s operations, local leasing, security, marketing and budget functions.…
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‘Family Night Out’ is offered in Metuchen
A free, seven-session Family Night Out program is being offered to parents, caregivers and youths (ages 10-14) to help navigate the hurdles that present themselves as part of normal adolescent development. The program, funded by the Metuchen Municipal Alliance, will meet on Tuesday evenings from 5:30 to 7:30, starting on Feb. 23 at the Edgar Middle…
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Campbell School celebrates National Geographic Bee winner
Fourth grade students at Campbell Elementary School in Metuchen participated in the National Geographic National Geography Bee in January. Upon completion of the contest, Thomas Dickey was identified as the school’s National Geographic Geography Bee Winner. He is now eligible to participate in the the national test to identify the top winners across the country.
