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St. Joe’s Mothers Club seeking donations
METUCHEN — The Mothers Club of St. Joseph High School, 145 Plainfield Ave., Metuchen, will host its 39th Annual Basket Raffle on Friday, March 22. This year’s theme is “Springtime in Paris.” More than 750 attendees will compete for more than 300 general baskets (valued at $100 to $299); super-prize baskets ($300- $999); and grand-prize…
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Photographer to give garden talk March 5
Walter Choroszewski will retrace the path taken in creating his award-winning book, “The Garden State in Bloom,” and revisit the public gardens of New Jersey on Tuesday, March 5, from 1:30-2:30 p.m at the Jewish Community Center (JCC). This program will showcase the author’s 25 favorite public gardens, with colorful photography and historical information about…
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Metuchen H.S. Disney fundraiser March 2
Metuchen High School’s Music Department Disney Fundraiser will take place 8- 10 a.m. March 2 at Applebee’s, 1045 Route 1 south, Edison (at Edison Crossroads Shopping Center). Students will be on hand to serve breakfast and to thank attendees for showing their support. Advance ticket purchase is recommended. Tickets are $10 each and can be…
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Edison Chamber seeks award nominations
The Edison Chamber of Commerce is accepting nominations from the community for the Annual Edison Outstanding Awards event, to be held in June. Anyone can make nominations. The submission deadline is March 1. This year, a new category has been added — the Hurricane Sandy Relief Award — to recognize individuals or groups for their…
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Garden Club to host talk on wild animals
New Jersey’s wild garden visitors are the topic of the Clean Communities Wildlife Program hosted by the Metuchen Garden Club on March 4. Diana Dove, a senior naturalist for Somerset County Parks, and Mike Dove, who has more than 30 years of experience in forestry and wildlife management, will present a program titled, “NJ Wild…
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MCC offers Women’s History Month events
Middlesex County College will honor Women’s History Month in March with the theme of “Women’s Health, Body, Mind and Spirit.” The program will include workshops from motivational speaker Traciana Graves, and a discussion of eating disorders by Stacey Prussman. Other than where noted, all programs are free and open to the public. A lecture on…
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Community Flea Market to be held March 2
Grace Reformed Church will host a 21- family community flea market on March 2 from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m in the Church Fellowship Hall at 2815 Woodbridge Ave., Edison. The entrance to the parking lot is on Old Post Road. New and used clothing, shoes, purses, household items and jewelry will be for sale.…
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Tricky Tray scheduled at Edison High School
The Edison High School Band Parent Association is hosting a Tricky Tray fundraiser on Friday, March 1 at Edison High School, 50 Boulevard of Eagles. Admission tickets will only be sold at the door for $20, which will include two sheets of white tickets, 10 red tickets and two gold tickets, which correspond to prizes…
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Women’s self-defense workshop March 2
Women of the area will have a chance to learn self-defense skills on March 2, from 12:30-2:30 p.m. Kicks Are For Kids, a New Jersey nonprofit, along with the instructors of Black Belt Institute in Metuchen, are inviting women age 15 and older to learn how to defend themselves mentally and physically. The instructors of…
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