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Lab partners
Rekha Saxena (l), of Edison, and Kyle Van Bramer, of South Amboy, work in the Biotechnology Lab at Middlesex County College in Edison.
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Fundraiser offers fine wines, elegant edibles
The Metuchen Education Foundation will hold its annual spring fundraiser, Fine Wines & Elegant Edibles, 7-10 p.m. on April 5 at the Metuchen Inn, 424 Middlesex Ave., Metuchen. The fee is $65 per person and can be paid online at metucheneducationfoundation.org or at the door. If paying at the door, an RSVP is appreciated. The…
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Metuchen Rec. offers youth sports options
The Metuchen Recreation Commission will team up with the United States Sports Institute to offer an array of sports options for youngsters ages 2-14. The courses include spring tennis for ages 3-14, spring sports options for ages 2- 5, a parent-and-child class and a soccer clinic. Pricing and complete course details can be found at…
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Democratic mayor loses party nod to councilman
Ricigliano says she will run, one way or the other BY DANIELLE TEPPER Staff Writer Thomas Lankey EDISON — The race is on. Although current Mayor Antonia Ricigliano did not receive the endorsement of the Edison Democratic Organization, she still plans to run against its pick, Councilman Thomas Lankey. Ricigliano, who is in the final…
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Metuchen officials seek to make intersection safer
Council approves three-way stop for Memorial Parkway and Rose Street intersection BY JESSICA D’AMICO Staff Writer METUCHEN — In line with the borough’s ongoing efforts to make its streets safer, the intersection at Memorial Parkway and Rose Street will be equipped with three stop signs. “What we want to do is slow people down, because…
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Resident does not believe in gun buy-back programs
Greater Media Newspapers’ recent article, “Triggering Business,” about firearms sales being a booming business, was terrific because it showed what no other newspaper in New Jersey would print: what a gunbuying frenzy has been started over already ridiculous laws forced upon law abiding gun owners. If this is happening in New Jersey, think of what…
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Pine Barrens remains an untouched region
GUEST COLUMN MICHELE S. BYERS When author John McPhee was researching his book “The Pine Barrens” in the mid-1960s, nobody knew exactly where this unique region started or ended. Its borders had not been officially mapped. McPhee spent eight months driving, hiking and camping in this wilderness dominated by pitch-pine forests, swamps and bogs. He…
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Anniversary of Iraq War largely ignored in U.S.
CODA GREG BEAN A somber anniversary came and went on March 19, 10 years since the day then- President George W. Bush ordered the invasion of Iraq and our nation’s all-volunteer military went off to that costly and misguided war. You would hardly have known it was a milestone day in our nation’s capital, however,…
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A red fox greets beach cleanup volunteers at Island Beach State Park, Seaside Park, on March 16. ELLEN TUOZZOLO
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