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  • Vo-tech schools Reel Film Festival set for May 5, 6

    Vo-tech schools Reel Film Festival set for May 5, 6

    The second annual Middlesex County Vocational and Technical Schools Reel Film Festival will take place May 5 and 6. The work of 46 students in the digital film program will be featured. Included will be short films, videos, photographs and audio presentations. The two-hour program will begin at 6:30 each night in the auditorium on…

  • Middlesex County College students receive NASA grants to conduct research

    Middlesex County College students receive NASA grants to conduct research

    Six Middlesex County College (MCC) students are benefiting from NASA scholarships designed to increase their research abilities. Each is receiving $5,000 stipends from the New Jersey Space Grant Consortium to conduct research with professors at MCC. Four started their research in the fall and will finish this spring. The other two began in January and will…

  • Hebrew School to hold family dinner and service May 6

    Hebrew School to hold family dinner and service May 6

    Neve Shalom Hebrew School of Metuchen will hold a Family Shabbat dinner at 6 p.m. on May 6. Following the “Israeli” meal there will be a Family Service at 7 p.m.  The cost is $5 for two people, $10 for an entire family. The students will help lead the service and the seventh graders will…

  • Garden Club announces scholarship

    Garden Club announces scholarship

    The Terra Nova Garden Club of Edison is offering a scholarship of $250 to an Edison student graduating this year from High School and will be attending college in the fall. Any graduating student residing in Edison is eligible if he/she has been actively involved in an environmental or gardening project or program. The deadline…

  • Presentation set for May 10 in Metuchen

    Presentation set for May 10 in Metuchen

    Neve Shalom, 250 Grove Ave., Metuchen, will hold a special memorial service for Israel’s Memorial Day at 7 p.m. on May 10. Prof. Jonathan Gribetz of Princeton University will speak about “Defining Neighbors: Religion, Race, and the Early Zionist-Arab Encounter.” Jonathan Marc Gribetz is an assistant professor in the Department of Near Eastern Studies and in…

  • Service emphasizes workplace safety

    Service emphasizes workplace safety

    NEW BRUNSWICK — Local officials held a solemn service to recognize those who have been injured or killed on the job on April 28 in New Brunswick, and also to focus on the importance and need for better health and safety conditions in the workplace. Every year, millions of men and women lose their lives or…

  • Pallone’s SANDy communications act passes subcommittee

    Pallone’s SANDy communications act passes subcommittee

    On April 19, the Securing Access to Networks in Disasters Act (the SANDy Act), passed the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology. According to a press release, Congressman Frank Pallone Jr. (D-NJ), the senior Democrat on the House Energy and Commerce Committee, introduced the legislation earlier this year to help ensure the…

  • Seabrook honors residents at luncheons

    Seabrook honors residents at luncheons

    TINTON FALLS — In honor of National Volunteer Appreciation Month, Seabrook held two luncheons on April 21 and April 22 to celebrate the hard work and dedication of the more than 400 residents who volunteer on and off campus. More than 300 residents attended the celebrations. Associate Executive Paula Digerness welcomed the guests to the…

  • Member of Israel’s Parliament to meet with community

    Member of Israel’s Parliament to meet with community

    EAST BRUNSWICK – A member of Israel’s 20th Knesset, who also serves as chairman of the Immigration, Absorption and Diaspora Affairs Committee, will visit the area this month. Dr. Avraham Neguise was born in Ethiopia, where he worked as a shepherd before immigrating to Israel in 1985. He earned a bachelor’s degree and master’s degree in social…