• Junebug Artfest opens June 4 in Metuchen

    Junebug Artfest opens June 4 in Metuchen

    The annual Metuchen Junebug ArtFest opening will be held from 6-10 p.m. on June 4 with open air art exhibits, interactive events and live performances throughout the streets of downtown Metuchen. Now in its ninth year, the Junebug has moved to Saturday evenings. Event dates for 2016 are June 4, 11, 18 and 25. On…

  • Coldwell Banker volunteers at New Jersey Institute for Disabilities

    Coldwell Banker volunteers at New Jersey Institute for Disabilities

    On April 14, approximately 20 volunteers from Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage in Metuchen/Edison returned to the New Jersey Institute for Disabilities at The Lakeview School in Roosevelt Park, Edison, for the fourth consecutive year. The charitable project was part of the real estate company’s statewide Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage Cares Day event. Branch Vice President…

  • Quaker Steak & Lube celebrates turning 2 by raising funds for local volunteer fire company

    Quaker Steak & Lube celebrates turning 2 by raising funds for local volunteer fire company

    Representatives from Quaker Steak & Lube — the award-winning casual-dining concept known for its Best Wings USA and more than 25 signature sauces — recently presented a check for $2,788 to Raritan Engine Company No. 1 on May 21. In honor of its Edison location’s second anniversary, the restaurant donated 10 percent of its anniversary…

  • Metuchen Public Library to hold book signing, reading with Scott Schober June 4

    Metuchen Public Library to hold book signing, reading with Scott Schober June 4

    Metuchen Public Library will welcome author and cybersecurity and wireless technology expert Scott Schober on June 4 from 2-4 p.m. Schober, a highly sought after cybersecurity specialist, has appeared on numerous national television programs including CNN, Good Morning America, CBS This Morning, Fox News, MSNBC and CNBC to name only a few. Schober will be…

  • Barbara Penny hosting annual Tower Area Garage Sale on June 4

    Barbara Penny hosting annual Tower Area Garage Sale on June 4

    Barbara Penny, broker sales associate with Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage in Metuchen/Edison, will sponsor the 13th Annual Tower Area Garage Sale in North Edison on June 4  from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., with a rain date of June 5. The event will include more than 35 homes, each hosting an individual garage sale. All…

  • J.P. Stevens’ baseball team sets new school wins record

    J.P. Stevens’ baseball team sets new school wins record

    By Jimmy Allinder The John P. Stevens High School baseball team (20-8) has already broken the school record for wins in a season, but the Hawks hoped to add one more important win to the ledger. J.P. Stevens (ninth seed) met the second seed, East Brunswick High School (20-3-1), in the championship game of the…

  • On Campus

    On Campus

    Ryan Thomas Goetz of Fords graduated from Clemson University on May 7 with a Bachelor of Science in Management. Goetz was among 3,200 students who received degrees in the graduation ceremony at Bon Secours Wellness Arena in Greenville, South Carolina.

  • Woodbridge baseball, softball fall early in state tourney

    Woodbridge baseball, softball fall early in state tourney

    By Jeff Appelblatt Harry Rutkowski was the best pitcher on Woodbridge High School’s baseball team the last two years and like most all aces do, he was going to be first on the hill for the first game of the playoffs — in this case, the first round of the NJSIAA North Jersey, Section II,…

  • Hopeful ‘First Spouse’ stumps for Hillary in Edison

    Hopeful ‘First Spouse’ stumps for Hillary in Edison

    By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer EDISON — As New Jersey’s primary election nears, former President Bill Clinton made a stop at Edison High School last week to tell the people why he believes his wife, Hillary Clinton, is the best candidate for the president of the United States. As the crowd filled the hot and…

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