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Scholarships open to high school seniors
The Robert J. and Deborah A. Chalfin Family Foundation Inc. is accepting scholarship applications from students who will be graduating from high school in 2013. Students interested in applying for the scholarship should go to chalfin.com and click the “Foundation” tab to download an application. The application deadline is May 10. In 2012, Egypt Pringley-Mack,…
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Young Edison journalist should take a ‘Bao’ for statewide recognition
J.P. Stevens senior wins NJPA’s Bernard Kilgore scholarship BY JESSICA D’AMICO Staff Writer Jullian Bao EDISON — Jullian Bao is making news. The senior at J.P. Stevens High School has played an integral role in her school’s newspaper, the Hawkeye, since freshman year. Now editor-in-chief of the quarterly publication, Bao has received recognition for her…
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Plant and yard sale will benefit students
The Terra Nova Garden Club will hold its eighth annual plant and yard sale from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. May 18 at 50 Livingston Ave., Edison. Perennials, native plants, herbs and bulbs will be for sale, along with a variety of yard-sale items. Proceeds will benefit scholarships for high school students in Edison.
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Memorial Day parade seeks participants
The Metuchen Area Chamber of Commerce will celebrate its 86th Memorial Day parade and ceremony at 10 a.m. May 27, rain or shine. All chamber members, nonmembers, civic groups and businesses, as well as veterans and active-duty personnel home on leave, are invited to participate in the parade. Veterans and active-duty personnel should contact the…
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Elderly woman dies in house fire
BY JACK MURTHA Staff Writer A n 81-year-old Woodbridge woman died of smoke inhalation during an April 25 fire in her School Street home, authorities said. Responders to the afternoon blaze found the body of Betty Simon on the second floor of the house after battling the fire for about three hours, Woodbridge Fire Lt.…
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Greater Media announces new on-air lineup at the new WJRZ-FM
MANAHAWKIN — Greater Media has announced the new on-air talent lineup at 100.1 WJRZ-FM. New Jersey’s Greatest Hits of the ’60s, ’70s and ’80s features a wide variety of artists, ranging from the Bee Gees and The Eagles, to Diana Ross and Elton John. The new on-air talent lineup consists of: 5:30-10 a.m.: Matt…
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Locals invited to hunt for history in Metuchen
Annual Historic Preservation Scavenger Hunt offers prizes, chance to see borough anew BY JESSICA D’AMICO Staff Writer The sculpture of a famous face from history is one of the items for which participants must search in Metuchen’s Historic Preservation Scavenger Hunt. JUDY WEINBERG METUCHEN — Throughout the month of May, it will likely not be…
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N.J. counseling program for veterans in funding limbo
CODA GREG BEAN I am writing this column on Friday, May 3, and it should be published in this week’s editions of Greater Media Newspapers, which will be online Wednesday, May 8. In that five-day period, if averages hold, five active duty military members (one a day) and 110 veterans of various wars (22 a…
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Student comes to terms with the reality of terrorism
I ’m a Metuchen High School graduate, back home after my freshman year studying at McGill University in Montreal, Canada. When I’d mentioned the Boston Marathon bombing to fellow Canadian students, the general feeling amongst them was that such things happened only in the violent country to the south — they needn’t worry. (A similar…
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