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Zimmerli offers free admission May 18
The Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers University will offer free admission on May 18 as part of the Association of Art Museum Directors’ (AAMD) Art Museum Day, coinciding with International Museum Day. The day will feature a special scavenger hunt for children, as well as a free poster with the purchase of the catalogue “The…
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Edison school collects 8,600 pounds of food for county food network
EDISON — The Middlesex County Academy for Science, Mathematics and Engineering Technologies, off Mill Road, placed second overall among the 151 participating schools in the annual two-week Spring School Food Drive held by the county’s emergency food network. Despite being one of the smallest schools, with only 160 students, the academy collected 8,600 pounds of…
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Edison police stepping up seat-belt enforcement efforts
— Law enforcement officers from the Edison Police Department will be cracking down on unbuckled motorists and their passengers as part of the national Click It or Ticket campaign. Running May 21 through June 3, the annual initiative includes high-visibility law enforcement seat-belt checkpoints and saturation patrols, as well as local and national publicity designed…
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Nature tales
Northern flickers are fairly large woodpeckers and are different in one respect: They spend a great deal of time on the ground. This male obviously did not get the memo. The photo was taken in Anderson Park in Upper Montclair. IMAGE BY BILL PATRICK/www.maiseyimages.com
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Edison Family Day slated for Sunday
The 22nd annual Edison Family Day will be held 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. May 20 at the New Jersey Convention and Expo Center, 97 Sunfield Ave., Edison. The event will include a 5K run, “Taste of Edison” food sampling, clowns, magicians, face painting, BMX and skateboarding stunt show, pet adoption, teddy bear clinic, Home…
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Sponsors, vendors, classic cars sought
On Sunday, June 3, the John P. Stevens Band Parents Association will host the annual Classic Car/Motorcycle Show, Craft Show and Flea Market. The show will take place at the high school, 855 Grove Ave. in Edison, from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. In addition to a large display of cars and motorcycles, music will…
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Tuesday night jam sessions strike a chord in Metuchen
BY JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent Rich Comeau (l-r) of Hillsborough, Bill Hunt of Old Bridge, Lane Gingrich of Metuchen, Dan Shults of Edison, Deborah Grosso-Proulx of North Brunswick and Ron Victoria of Metuchen take part in an acoustic jam session at the To Be Continued bookstore in Metuchen May 8. SCOTT FRIEDMAN METUCHEN — Local musicians…
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Piccadilly Circus at St. Matthew’s Church
Piccadilly Circus will hold performances at St. Matthew’s Church, Edison, through May 20. The show includes racing camels, the largest herd of performing camels in the world; Oka, a 9,000-pound Asian elephant, who is joined by a herd of African and Asian elephants and dancing zebras; the Romanian Olympic High Bar Team; showgirls on stilts;…
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Edison officials praise firefighter ordinance
By September, township will hire new, paid firefighters for first time since 2007 BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer This year has seen a departure from the public battles waged between the Edison Township Council and the administration of Mayor Antonia Ricigliano during her first two years in office. And last week, council members and administrative…
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