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Band raising funds to get to Orange Bowl
The Metuchen High School Marching Band is having a very successful and exciting competition season on their way to the Orange Bowl. The band has taken first place in all competitions to date. Recently, the band swept Group IIIA in the South Plainfield United States Scholastic Band Association Competition, including awards for the best visual…
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Scarecrows on Main are back downtown
Scarecrows on Main are back in Metuchen. Beginning on Friday, downtown Main Street inMetuchen will host a display of scarecrows. Members of the Metuchen Area Chamber of Commerce will be decorating a scarecrow to reflect their business or organization. Visit downtown before Nov. 18 and then go to www.metuchenchamberexchange.comto cast your vote for the best…
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School administrators group recognizes Metuchen super
Schools Superintendent Theresa Pollifrone-Sinatra METUCHEN — Superintendent of Schools Theresa Pollifrone-Sinatra has been selected as the 2012 New Jersey Association of School Administrators Central Regional Superintendent of the Year. NJASA selects three regional winners each year. The two other chief education officers joining Pollifrone-Sinatra for 2012 are Northern Regional winner Roy Montesano, superintendent of the…
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Author event at Neve Shalom on Nov. 6
Congregation Neve Shalom will present the 18th annual Donald and Ruth Kahn Book and Author Event on Nov. 6 at 250 Grove Ave., Metuchen. Refreshments will be served at 9:30 a.m. and the program will start at 10 a.m. This year’s presenters are Alan Cheuse, author of “Songs of Slaves in the Desert,” Jay Neugeboren,…
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Blue Mass for fallen officers
Bishop Paul G. Bootkoski of the Diocese of Metuchen celebrated the 10th annual Blue Mass, for fallen law enforcement officers, Oct. 12 at St. Francis of Assisi Cathedral. Top: The bishop blesses area officers. Above: Officers from the surrounding area walk in formation near the cathedral. PHOTOS COURTESY OF THE METUCHEN POLICE DEPARTMENT
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Ticked-off driver hits station attendant in Edison
EDISON— Police are investigating a robbery that occurred at the Raceway gas station on Route 27 last week. The incident occurred around 7:46 p.m. on Oct. 17, police said. The victim told police an unknown male, described as heavyset and possibly Indian, in a two-door black compact car began complaining that he was next in…
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Arrests made in separate Metuchen bank incidents
BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer METUCHEN — Police made three arrests in two separate attempted bank thefts earlier this month. Police arrested and charged Tara A. Davila, 32, of Bronx, N.Y., for criminal attempt of theft and forgery from the TD Bank on Middlesex Avenue around 5:39 p.m. Oct. 12. She was also charged with…
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Nov. 3 hearing to address plan to develop piece of Visco tract
Decades-long battle continues over plan that activists say will harm Dismal Swamp ecology BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer A court-mandated public hearing will be held Nov. 3 regarding an amendment to Edison’s Recreation Open Space Inventory (ROSI) to the state Department Environmental Protection’s Green Acres Program. The proposed ROSI amendment development is part of the…
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All invited to don costumes for Metuchen’s Halloween parade
Oct. 30 parade will kick off at 3 p.m. at senior center BY JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent A lackluster pumpkin crop this year has had an unlikely consequence in Metuchen — a Halloween parade. Recreation Director Nancy Goldberg said that because the borough couldn’t be guaranteed to have enough pumpkins on hand (about 200) for the…
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