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The Costello-Runyon Funeral Home, 568 Middlesex Ave., Metuchen, is offering a bereavement support group. These ongoing sessions will be held every Thursday morning from 10:30 a.m. to noon. The program, which is free of charge, will take place at the funeral home. Carol Burner, a certified grief recovery specialist, will facilitate the program. A professional…

The Jewish Family and Vocational Services of Middlesex County announce the availability of an elderly care program for those with memory loss and varying degrees of dementia. Transportation is provided. Fees are charged on a sliding scale. Program includes meals, snacks and activities. For more information, call (732) 777-1940.

EDISON — A Greenville, N.C., teenager was injured in an assault at the Menlo Park Mall last week, police said. Patrolman Robert Dudash said the 17-year-old was walking on the rear upper-level parking deck near the movie theater around 10 p.m. on Dec. 29 when he saw four suspects, described only as black males in…

JERRY WOLKOWITZ staff Little Danielle Freund, 5, and her mom, Janet, take a tumble together on the ice at the Roosevelt Park Family Ice Skating Rink Sunday.

The Jewish Family and Vocational Services of Middlesex County announce the availability of an elderly care program for those with memory loss and varying degrees of dementia. Transportation is provided. Fees are charged on a sliding scale. Program includes meals, snacks and activities. For more information, call (732) 777-1940.

Cats, kittens availablefor immediate adoption Cats, kittens available for immediate adoption Friends of Homeless Animals, an organization based in Metuchen that is dedicated to finding loving families for homeless cats and kittens, has healthy felines available for immediate adoption throughout Monmouth and Middlesex counties. The animals — all of which have visited a veterinarian and…

EDISON — A township police officer was seriously hurt in an early morning accident on Route 1 south near the intersection with Forest Haven Boulevard last week. Patrolman Ioannis Mpletsakis, 25, also a township resident, suffered a head laceration and internal bleeding due to a ruptured aorta after his 2000 Honda Prelude went off the…

JERRY WOLKOWITZ staff Madeline Mellor, of Edison, gets a lift from neighbor Albina Zakrevski after she takes a spill on the ice at the Roosevelt Park Family Ice Skating Rink on Sunday.

Psychic-medium event slated at E.B. Museum Old Bridge resident Barbara Lee will conduct a "psychic-mediumship" demonstration in a gallery format, similar to the television show "Crossing Over With John Edward," from 2-5 p.m. on Jan. 9 at the museum, 16 Maple St., in the historic Village of Old Bridge, at the intersection of Old Bridge…