• Metuchen boys golf team wins NJSIAA Group I title

    VARSITY REPORT BY JIMMY ALLINDER Correspondent St. Joseph High School’s Sean Finan (8) and East Brunswick High School’s Alec Weissman both have their hands on the ball as they meet at the net during the Greater Middlesex Conference Boys Volleyball Tournament finals played at J.P. Stevens High School in Edison. The Bears beat the Falcons…

  • New Jersey International Film Fest to begin May 30

    The Rutgers Film Co-op/New Jersey Media Arts Center — in association with the Rutgers University Program in Cinema Studies, Jungle Software, Johnson & Johnson, Footage Firm, New Brunswick City Market, Jimmy John’s, and Eastman Kodak Co. — will present the 18th annual New Jersey International Film Festival Summer 2013 from May 31 to June 16.…

  • Learn to be an amateur chef at MCC

    This summer, Middlesex County College (MCC) will offer the public an opportunity to learn how to be a great amateur chef with “Today’s Table” classes for cooks. Participants should arrive hungry and enjoy tastings of food prepared by the chef. Recipes will be distributed. “This program is for cooks and noncooks, and it is both…

  • Church to hold Vacation Bible School

    The Metuchen Reformed Church, 150 Lake Ave., is offering Vacation Bible School for children entering sixth grade in the fall. “Kingdom Rock — Where Kids Stand Strong for God” will run from 9 a.m. to noon on July 22-26. Children will learn and connect to a simple Bible lesson each day through Bible adventures, games,…

  • Paws in the Park Dog Walk set for June 8

    The fourth annual Paws in the Park Dog Walk has been set for June 8 at Lake Papaianni in the Edison Municipal Complex. Registration begins at 11 a.m., and the dog walk starts at noon. The event will include a group dog walk, dog contests, raffle, prizes, vendors, music, games, entertainment and adoptions. Proceeds will…

  • Coach honored for actions on bus

    Colonia High School baseball coach Thomas Hennessy is being recognized as a hero for his quick and potentially lifesaving actions on May 7. Hennessy and approximately 40 students were traveling on a bus after a baseball game in North Brunswick when the bus driver lost consciousness. Hennessy jumped into action to take control of the…

  • Economic Forum V slated for June 18

    Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno will be the featured speaker at the Economic Forum V, which will be held 8-11:30 a.m. June 18 at the Pines Manor in Edison. She will focus her remarks on the current state of the New Jersey economy, new job initiatives, pro-business initiatives, updates from the New Jersey Business Action Center…

  • on campus 

    Alexander A. Barron, son of Alfred Barron and Janis Flynn of Metuchen, and a senior at Colby College, Waterville, Maine, was elected to membership in the Phi Beta Kappa academic honor society. He is a graduate of Metuchen High School. Middlesex County College, Edison, named the following local students to Phi Theta Kappa, the academic…

  • Postal carriers deliver 2.75-ton collection to MCFOODS

    May 11 marked more than a decade since the National Association of Letter Carriers “Stamp Out Hunger” Food Drive first debuted in Middlesex County, mainly through the efforts of local union leaders. The New Brunswick Annex, where carriers’ routes reach New Brunswick, North Brunswick and Highland Park neighborhoods, contributed more than 5,000 pounds to the…

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