• Free SAT/ACT combo practice test Feb. 17

    Kaplan Test Prep will offer a free SAT/ACT combo practice test at the Metuchen Public Library, 480 Middlesex Ave., 12:30 p.m. Feb. 17. The 3.5-hour practice test can help students decide which test is right for them. Students will receive scores and feedback via email that compares their performance on each of the analogous test…

  • Boy Scouts to host all-you-can-eat breakfast

    Boy Scout Troop 12, Edison, will host an all-you-can-eat buffet breakfast March 4 at the Edison Elks Lodge, 375 Old Post Road, Edison. Seating will be 8-11:30 a.m. Donations of $7 per person are requested. For more information or advance tickets, call Lyn Fales at 732-985-5168.

  • Coco Key: Water park fun in the winter

    DINNIGAN’S DIVERSIONS LIZZ DINNIGAN Instead of buying our sons gifts for their birthdays, my husband and I give them a fun, interactive “experience.” Our boys were born in December and January, so between the overwhelming number of presents received at their birthday parties, Hanukkah and Christmas, there is nothing left to buy them that would…

  • Local History Day Feb. 12 at Metuchen library

    The Metuchen-Edison Historical Society presents its 22nd annual Local History Day 1:30- 4:00 p.m. Feb. 12 in the community room of the Metuchen Library, 480 Middlesex Ave. Because Feb. 12 is Lincoln’s actual birthday, the theme of this year’s event is the Civil War, with related items among the many artifacts from the collections of…

  • Dance extravaganza Feb. 3 at MHS

    “Breaking the Chain Dance Extravaganza” will be held 6:30 p.m. Feb. 3 at Metuchen High School, 400 Grove Ave., Metuchen. The event will feature several local dance companies, including Star Essence Performing Arts Academy, Strauss Performing Arts, Metuchen Dance Centre and Miss Doreen’s Fabulous Feet School of Dance. Each company will put on its own…

  • Edison Rec sponsoring trip to circus

    The Edison Recreation Department is sponsoring a trip to the 2012 Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus at the Prudential Center on March 3 for an 11 a.m. show. Tickets are $35 per person and include bus transportation. Limited tickets are now available on a first-come, first-served basis, 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. at the Stelton…

  • Emanu-El to offer events in February

    Temple Emanu-El, 100 James St., Edison, will host the following events: • Feb. 3, Environmental Shabbat Service and Tu B’shevat celebration at 8 p.m. Special Tu B’shevat Oneg to follow. • Feb. 4, Torah study at 9:15 a.m., followed by Shabbat B’shir Intergenerational Music Service at 10 a.m. The service will have a Tu B’shevat…

  • Purse snatchings reported in Edison

    BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer EDISON — Police are investigating two recent reports of purse snatching in the township. The more recent theft occurred at 11:29 p.m. on Jan. 25. Police Lt. Sal Filannino said the victim, a 36-year-old woman, told police that she was walking home from a convenience store on Route 27 when…

  • Jewish film series at Neve Shalom

    Neve Shalom, Metuchen, will present a Jewish film series hosted by Hazzan Levin. • 7 p.m. Feb. 8, “The Band’s Visit,” a comedy about an Egyptian band stranded in an Israeli small town. • 7 p.m. Feb. 29, “100 Voices,” an award-winning documentary about cantorial concerts in modern Poland. • 7 p.m. March 28, “When…

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