• Bus trip to Brooklyn Museum, garden

    The Metuchen Arts Council will sponsor a bus trip to the Brooklyn Museum on July 24 for a guided tour of the John Singer Sargent exhibition, followed by admission to the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, which is adjacent to the museum. The “John Singer Sargent Watercolors” exhibition brings together Sargent’s works acquired by the Brooklyn Museum…

  • International film fest will begin July 15

    The Metuchen Public Library will begin its annual Edna Newby International Film Festival on July 15, and it will continue for the next five Mondays. Each film will be shown twice — at 2 and 7:30 p.m. Admission is free to all. Each film will be shown in its original language with English subtitles. The…

  • Huntington offers exam prep checklist for summer

    Eileen Huntington, of Huntington Learning Center, reminds parents that students entering their senior year of high school and planning to take the ACT or SAT should develop a study timeline and strategy this summer. “A student’s SAT or ACT score is a critical component of his or her college application package, and for that very…

  • GREEN SCENE

    Limited engagement Gotti Kelley The great blue heron visited our fishpond again, stalking the remaining goldfish, who are aware of the lurking danger and are staying low. The heron flew off, petulant, with huge wings — this time he could not outwit the fish. It’s the beginning of another trial-and-error episode of gardening, having planted…

  • St. Helena choir students create harmony in D.C.

    By AMY ROSEN Staff Writer EDISON — Students in the township’s St. Helena School Choir did their part to create world harmony when they joined voices with choir members from around the globe in the 38th International Congress of Pueri Cantores music festival. The festival, held for the first time in the United States in…

  • Sporty and smart

    Student athletes Halle Best (l-r), Ryan O’Neill, Jamie Wooding and Oliver Owens are honored June 9 at Metuchen High School’s Senior Scholar Athlete Luncheon, which was sponsored by the Booster Club. PHOTO COURTESY OF VINCENT CAPUTO

  • JCC sets New York City guided tour for July 17

    The Jewish Community Center of Middlesex County (JCC) will offer a bus trip to New York on July 17 that will feature guided tours of Gracie Mansion and Grand Central Terminal. The coach bus will leave the JCC on Oak Tree Road at 9:30 a.m. for Gracie Mansion. Attendees will lunch on their own at…

  • Assemblyman stands in as teacher for seventh-graders in Edison

    State Assemblyman Upendra Chivukula visits with students at Edison’s Woodrow Wilson Middle School for the New Jersey Education Association’s Teacher for a Day program. Pictured with him (l-r) are: Amanda Leary, Arjun Jayakumar, Haroon Saeed, Heet Patel, Tejas Venkatasubramanian, Reed Krawiec and Andrew Cheng. PHOTO COURTESY OF STACY KONAR EDISON — Students at the township’s…

  • FYI

    Greater Media introduces broadcast news Greater Media Newspapers has launched the premiere installment of Greater Media Broadcast News, featuring staff members delivering the top news headlines from Middlesex, Monmouth and Ocean counties. Filmed in Greater Media Newspapers’ newsroom in Manalapan, the newscast may be viewed at www.gmnews.com. The inaugural installment is anchored by Copy Editor…

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