• Metuchen H.S. is New Jersey winner in Optimum Community Charity Champions program

    Metuchen H.S. is New Jersey winner in Optimum Community Charity Champions program

    Optimum Community recognized students at Metuchen High School as the New Jersey grand-prize winners in this year’s Charity Champions, a program that promotes volunteerism and encourages area high schools to raise funds for a charity of their choice. The school was presented with $5,000 to be donated to Breaking the Chain through Education, an international…

  • As enrollment increases in Edison, so do school taxes

    As enrollment increases in Edison, so do school taxes

    By JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent EDISON — A combination of capital projects, new personnel and rising insurance costs are behind a school budget that comes with an average $141 increase. According to Board of Education President Frank Heelan, this year’s $234 million budget had a number of challenges, so despite the amount of cuts the district has…

  • Karabinchak sworn in as newest member of General Assembly

    Karabinchak sworn in as newest member of General Assembly

    TRENTON – Lifelong Edison resident Robert Karabinchak received the oath of office to become the newest member of the New Jersey General Assembly. Karabinchak will represent the 18th Legislative District – including the municipalities of East Brunswick, Edison, Helmetta, Metuchen and South River – alongside Assemblywoman Nancy Pinkin (D-Middlesex). “I’m honored that I can serve the…

  • On Campus

    On Campus

    Sylvia Jaroslawski of Colonia graduated from Widener University’s School of Nursing on May 21. On May 19 students participated in a Nightingale Ceremony, a traditional pinning ceremony for graduating nursing students, reflecting the values and traditions of the profession. While holding a lit candle to honor the late Florence Nightingale, who made late night, solitary…

  • 34 students inducted into MCC’s education honor society

    34 students inducted into MCC’s education honor society

    Thirty-four Middlesex County College (MCC) students were recently inducted into MCC’s chapter of Kappa Delta Pi, the international honor society in education designed to foster excellence in education and promote fellowship among those dedicated to teaching. The Middlesex Chapter, Alpha Theta Zeta, also received its charter as this is its inaugural year. Front row, seated…

  • Art in The Garden Tour set in Metuchen

    Art in The Garden Tour set in Metuchen

    The Metuchen Arts Council, in association with the Woodwild Park Association, the Borough Improvement League, the Metuchen Garden Club and St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, will present the fourth annual Art in The Garden Tour, June 26, from 1-4 p.m., with a rain date of July 3. The Tour begins at St. Luke’s Church, on the…

  • Workshop on meditation on June 1, 8

    Workshop on meditation on June 1, 8

    The North Edison Public Library, 777 Grove Ave., will hold a workshop on meditation at 7 p.m. on June 1 and June 8. The workshop will be led by Umesh Bhatia, who has been meditating regularly for 20 years and offering these inspiring programs. People have been practicing meditation for centuries and its popularity is…

  • It is tough to estimate landscape value

    It is tough to estimate landscape value

    Conveniently, spring marks the start of both the gardening and home selling seasons. Research and the collective wisdom of real estate professionals keeps piling up linking better landscaping to improved home values. But unlike the annual “Cost Vs. Value Report” issued by Remodeling Magazine, there are no surveys linking specific plantings, like backyard trees, to…

  • Volunteers needed to assist victims of sexual violence

    Volunteers needed to assist victims of sexual violence

    180 Turning Lives Around will conduct a 40-hour Sexual Assault Response Team (SART) training course for new volunteers from 6 p.m.-9:30 p.m. from June 7-30, Tuesdays/Wednesdays/Thursdays, at Neptune Township Municipal Complex, 25 Neptune Boulevard. Basic requirements for volunteers to apply include that applicants must be eighteen years of age or older, have access to reliable…

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