• Marlboro wins round in court in affordable housing trust fund battle

    MARLBORO — David F. Bauman, presiding judge of the Civil Division of state Superior Court, has issued a temporary restraint enjoining the state and the New Jersey Council on Affordable Housing (COAH) from seizing Marlboro’s $13 million affordable housing trust fund. The administration of Mayor Jonathan Hornik announced the court’s action in a press release…

  • For hockey star Welsh, classroom comes first

    BY JIMMY ALLINDER Correspondent Let’s get this straight about students who play sports at St. Joseph High School. No doubt many are attracted to enroll at theMetuchen parochial high school because of its well-earned reputation for producing winning teams in many sports. However, St. Joe’s takes a backseat to nobody when it also comes to…

  • Fitzpatrick excels at golf, still has passion for hoops

    BY JIMMY ALLINDER Correspondent Brian Fitzpatrick Maybe Brian Fitzpatrick won’t flatout admit it, but the varsity basketball player for St. Joseph High School of Metuchen has had better success putting the ball in the hole as a golfer. For a couple of reasons. Fitzpatrick is an outstanding athlete with superb ball skills on the court,…

  • ‘The Golden Goose’ at MCC June 29

    Taubenslag’s Theater Camp at Middlesex County College will perform “The Golden Goose,” a musical comedy for children, June 29 at 9:30 a.m. and 11 a.m. at the Middlesex County College Performing Arts Center, 2600 Woodbridge Ave., Edison, The one-hour show is appropriate for ages 3 through adults. Tickets, which are $3, will be sold on…

  • Teams sought for co-ed softball league

    Team applications are being accepted for Edison’s 19th annual Adult Co-Ed Softball League. There is an entrance fee of $200 per team. The league is open to everyone. League play will begin on Sept. 4 and end in early November. Applications will be available at the Recreation Office, 100 Municipal Blvd., Edison, beginning July 9…

  • Wine and cheese reception July 6

    A wine and cheese reception will be held 7 p.m. July 6 in the Old Franklin School, Middlesex Avenue, Metuchen. Tastings will be available for $5 a glass. The wine and cheese reception is the launch event for Metuchen Market Day and the Borough Improvement League’s 2012 Summer House for the Arts events series. Additional…

  • Yiddish, American music at JCC July 10

    On Tuesday, July 10, at 10:30 a.m., Dr. Mark Kligman, professor of Jewish musicology at Hebrew Union College, will illustrate, through audio and video examples, the many connections of Jews and non-Jews in popular music. He will discuss how Yiddish songs and the music of Yiddish theater have made their way into American popular music…

  • Bollywood, rockmusic at Beech Woods Park

    The following free concerts will be held at Beech Woods Park, 137 Beekman Road, Monmouth Junction. (The rain location is the South Brunswick Community Center, 124 New Road, Monmouth Junction.) • Hidden Gems (Bollywood music) —7- 8:30 p.m. July 13; and • Virgin Vinyl (classic rock) — 7-8:30 p.m. July 20. For more information, call…

  • Bridge classes at JCC this summer

    The following events and classes will be held at the Jewish Community Center of Middlesex County, 1775 Oak Tree Road, Edison: • Duplicate Bridge will be offered 1-4 p.m. Wednesdays; fees are $6 for members and $8 for nonmembers. • Basics of Bridge, a six-session course, will be held 3-5 p.m. Mondays, July 9, 16,…

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