• ‘Tag-O-Mania’ to benefit St. Matthew’s

    National Pro Wrestling Superstars returns to Edison’s St. Matthew’s Parish hall, 81 Seymour Ave., 7:30 p.m. May 5 with a fundraiser to benefit the St. Matthew’s Athletic Association. NPWS’s tag-team series “Tag-O-Mania” will make its first appearance at St. Matthew’s. Also during the event will be the first one-on-one encounter anywhere in pro wrestling between…

  • Delegates from India to visit YMCA

    The Edison Branch YMCA International Committee has announced that a delegation from India is arriving for a long-awaited four-day visit beginning May 8. The six delegates will spend four days touring all four YMCA of MEWSA branches, (Metuchen, Edison, Woodbridge and South Amboy), planning for further staff and member collaborations and exchanges, and visiting local…

  • JFK Auxiliary to host ball

    The 49th annual ball of the Auxiliary of the JFK Medical Center Foundation is set for Friday, May 11, at the Crystal Plaza, Livingston. The JFK Auxiliary will honor several people for their dedication and ongoing support of JFKMedical Center. MaryAnne Hale, Edison, volunteers at Haven Hospice, a program for patients and families coping with…

  • Step Up for the Arc on Saturday in Edison

    The Arc of Middlesex County will hold its our annual Step Up for The Arc walkathon May 5 in Roosevelt Park in Edison. Registration and activities begin at 9 a.m. and the walk begins at 10 a.m. There is no registration fee, but T-shirts and goody bags will be given to those who give a…

  • Greater Media Newspapers takes home 15 awards in NJPA contest

    Jeff Granit, “Balance,” first place, Feature, Independent Greater Media Newspapers received a combined 15 awards from the New Jersey PressAssociation for excellence in writing, photography and advertising in the NJPA’s Better Newspaper Contest for 2011. The photography department swept the feature category, taking home first, second and third places. The prestigious Robert P. Kelly Award…

  • Neve Shalom to hold blood drive May 20

    Neve Shalom will hold a blood drive in memory of Michael Allan Thompson from 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. May 20 at Miller Ballroom, 250 Grove Ave., Metuchen. Anyone age 16 or over can donate blood. Come and save a life. Contact Matthew Bonus at [email protected] or 732-968-4489

  • iDissect

    St. Francis Cathedral School, Metuchen, eighth-graders Justin Torres and Jimmy Howlett perform virtual dissections of frogs on their newly issued iPads in the science lab. The iPads are for classroom use by all seventh- and eighth-graders. Algebra students have the ability to interactively access their textbooks on their iPads. For the next school year, additional…

  • Neve Shalom to hold blood drive May 20

    Neve Shalom will hold a blood drive in memory of Michael Allan Thompson from 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. May 20 at Miller Ballroom, 250 GroveAve., Metuchen. Anyone age 16 or over can donate blood. Come and save a life. Contact Matthew Bonus at [email protected] or 732-968-4489

  • Talks on Golda Meir, Danny Kaye, more

    The Jewish Community Center of Middlesex County, 1775 Oak Tree Road, Edison, will host the following events in May: • “Golda Meir— A Life Of Purpose,” 2 p.m. May 6. Rene Goodwin portrays Golda Meir. The program begins with Ed Hagopian performing traditional and Jewish musical selections on piano. This is followed by a look…

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