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JCC to host healthy cooking workshops
The Jewish Community Center (JCC) on Oak Tree Road in Edison is offering two cooking workshops through TableHealth, designed to teach healthy cooking with flavor. On Sunday, March 10 at 10:30 a.m., the workshop will include a cooking demonstration, featuring dishes that include nature’s superfoods. On Sunday, May 5 at 10:30 a.m., attendees will learn…
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Metuchen police warn residents about scams
Two Metuchen residents targeted by crooked callers BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer METUCHEN — Police are warning the public to be alert after two borough residents recently found themselves on the receiving end of phone scams. One incident occurred around 7:12 p.m. Feb. 11, when elderly residents told police that they received a call from…
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Expert to speak about Negro League baseball
Lawrence Hogan, senior professor of history at Union County College, is an expert on African-American baseball before race barriers were broken in the sport. Lawrence Hogan, the nation’s foremost expert on African-American baseball before Jackie Robinson cracked the color barrier, will speak at Middlesex County College 5-7 p.m. Feb. 21 in the College Center Gallery…
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Edison doctor pleads guilty in cash-for-patients scheme
EDISON — A township cardiologist admitted Feb. 14 to referring patients for diagnostic testing in exchange for cash kickbacks as part of a cash-for-patients scheme with a diagnostic facility in Orange, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced. Shashi Agarwal, 60, who has his own cardiology practice in East Orange, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge…
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Exhibit will highlight African-Amer. history
The Barron Arts Center will present “African Americans — Who We Are, Where We’ve Been and Where We Are Going,” a historical exhibit curated and arranged by the Independent Club of Colonia (ICC). The exhibit will be on display at the Barron Arts Center from Feb. 16-26. A reception for the show, featuring light refreshments,…
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Movie star-turned-author to appear in Metuchen
‘80s teen heartthrob Andrew McCarthy to present travel memoir BY RENEE SAGIV RIEBLING Correspondent METUCHEN — Actor and writer Andrew McCarthy will be coming to Metuchen for a meet-and-greet and author presentation on March 3 at the Forum Theatre, 314 Main St. Readers may remember McCarthy as the preppy heartthrob Blane McDonnagh in “Pretty in…
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CODA In contest between deer and cars, the deer usually lose
GREG BEAN There’s nothing like the sound of several gunshots to get your blood pumping in the morning, but it happens from time to time out here in the wilds of East Brunswick, as local police put down another deer that has been injured crossing Riva Avenue near the Foerter Farm, which backs up against…
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Right to bear arms must be protected
I highly oppose any new regulations that infringe on the rights of good law-abiding citizens in New Jersey. I am extremely upset with the frenzy of new anti-gun bills and those who helped introduce them. But I want to try and answer a question for you. I hear people ask, “Why does anyone need more…
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Keep on truckin’, Metuchen
Have you heard the one about … ? It’s an enforcement joke that’s not funny if you live here. Metuchen has a posted traffic restriction on trucks over 4 tons on Eggert/Grove avenues (a main north/south corridor through the borough). Unfortunately, enforcement is a joke, as witnessed by this resident at the junction with Amboy…
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