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St. Joseph High School’s Matt Dezenzo swims the breast-stroke leg of the 200-yard medley relay during the Greater Middlesex Conference Swimming Championships held at Rutgers University Werblin Aquatics Center in Piscataway on Feb. 4. St. Joe’s of Metuchen won the relay and the team championship. ERIC SUCAR staff
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Preschool to hold open house Sunday
Bright Beginnings Preschool at the Jewish Community Center of Middlesex County, 1775 Oak Tree Road, Edison, will hold an open house from noon to 2 p.m. Feb. 12. The preschool offers a low studentteacher ratio and a comprehensive curriculum for children ages 2½ to 5. Swimming, physical education, and music appreciation are all taught by…
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‘Brainy Borough Chili Challenge’ on Feb. 26
The Borough Improvement League (BIL) is hosting a new event, the “Brainy Borough Chili Challenge,” 1-5 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 26, at the Old Franklin School, 491 Middlesex Ave., Metuchen. More than a dozen local chilis will be available for tasting. Prizes will be awarded for people’s choice as well as judge’s choice, to be selected…
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Warm clothing drive for refugee families
Unity Bank’s Edison branch and the Rotary Club of Edison are coordinating a warm clothing drive for 40 Bhutanese refugee families who have recently relocated to the local community. Clothes can be dropped off at Unity Bank, 1746 Oak Tree Road, through Feb. 15. The clothing drive started on Jan. 15, and some donors have…
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Concerns surround election of Edison board vice chair
BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer EDISON — It was a simple misunderstanding. That is how resident Sal Pizzi described his swearing-in as vice chairman during the Zoning Board of Adjustment’s meeting on Jan. 17. Pizzi’s term on the board, as it turned out, had expired more than two weeks earlier. “If anyone was offended by…
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English classes offered at JCC in Edison
The Jewish Community Center of Middlesex County, 1775 Oak Tree Road, Edison, is offering English as a second language (ESL) classes February through March. The classes will run twice a week for five weeks. Testing for new students will take place the week of Feb. 13, and classes begin Feb. 27. The cost is $100.…
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Metuchen school board keeps election in April, for now
METUCHEN — While many school boards are acting upon a new state law by moving their annual elections from April to November, borough school officials are reluctant to take such an action so soon. Superintendent of Schools Vincent Caputo said he briefed the Board of Education on the new law in January, but he said…
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Songs & stories of Civil Rights movement Feb. 11
Members of the public are invited to attend “Ain’t Gonna Let Nobody: Songs and Stories of the Civil Rights Movement,” to be performed 8 p.m. Feb. 11 at Crossroads Theatre. This event will take attendees on a journey back to a turbulent time in American history, the 1950s and ’60s, when blacks and whites were…
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Time for fuzzies, curdles and taxes
ARE WE THERE YET LORI CLINCH Following a serious bout with the tax season, I recently emerged from our home office and celebrated with a yawn. There’s nothing quite like giving your neck a stretch to the left and then one to the right while enjoying a nice little twist of the old spine. I…
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