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Sing-along ice cream party at Neve Shalom
Neve Shalom Nursery School will host a sing-along ice cream party at 3 p.m. Aug. 11 at What’s the Scoop, 410 Main St., Metuchen. Participants can sing some of their favorite songs, led by Hazzan Levin and Mrs. Mack, and later enjoy a delicious makeyour own ice cream sundae. Those interested should RSVP to Martha…
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Plays-in-the-Park will stage ‘Xanadu’
Plays-in- the-Park will present the musical comedy “Xanadu” as the third and final production of its 2013 summer season. Performances are Aug. 7-17. There is no show on Aug. 11. All shows begin at 8:30 p.m. and are staged at the Stephen J. Capestro Amphitheater at 1 Pine Drive in Roosevelt Park, Edison. “Xanadu” is…
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India Day Parade scheduled for Aug. 11
The Indian Business Association (IBA) will host the New Jersey India Day Parade on Aug. 11. The parade will begin at 1:30 p.m. and pass through the heart of New Jersey’s “Little India.” Resuming its traditional route, the IBA parade will be staged on Cinder Road in Edison (behind the Lincoln Technical Institute) and run…
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Exhibit celebrates the beauty of the human body
By JESSICA D’AMICO Staff Writer Figure drawing by Ray Skibinski A visit to any of the world’s renowned museums will inevitably reveal renderings from throughout history of what is perhaps one of the greatest natural masterpieces — the human form. “Since prehistoric times, the human body has been of interest to people. … And so…
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Chinese educators get lessons at Middlesex County College
By SUZIE XIE Staff Writer Chinese principals from Shanghai look on as Nancy Berger (l), director of the joint Middlesex County College- Raritan Bay Medical Center Nursing Program, discusses a lesson in which students learn how to work with expectant mothers. TOM PETERSON EDISON — It might have been warm in Middlesex County this month,…
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Volunteers needed to assist at blood drives
New Jersey Blood Services — a division of New York Blood Center, which supplies blood products and services to 60 hospitals throughout the state — is in need of volunteers at blood drives. The blood-service volunteer is an integral member of the collection team whose task is to assist donors with registration, escorting and canteen…
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Weekend event brings Dead culture to life
By JESSICA D’AMICO Staff Writer METUCHEN — Although he’s gone, Grateful Dead frontman Jerry Garcia’s legacy lives on in the hearts of fans, or “Deadheads,” everywhere. DeadFest, a two-day event honoring the life of the cult hero also known as Captain Trips, will prove that. The Aug. 10-11 celebration at the borough’s Old Franklin Schoolhouse…
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Fords pool closed until next year
The Highland Grove Pool in Fords will remain closed until 2014. Though Woodbridge officials said in June that they hoped to cap the contaminated soil at the recreation facility in time for it to reopen in July, Mayor John McCormac said this week that the remediation work will not be completed in time for a…
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Resident accused of stealing $55K from Sandy victims, others
David Scott Ruddy METUCHEN — A borough man accused of scamming superstorm Sandy victims and others out of about $55,000 was indicted July 31, according to acting Attorney General John J. Hoffman. David Scott Ruddy, 32, is accused of preying on those who suffered losses from Sandy by promising them low-cost housing or cars and…
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