• Metuchen Rec offers summer camps, classes

    The Metuchen Recreation Commission has a wide variety of summer programs for children 3 years old and older. This year has the largest selection offered, including Super Slimy Science Camp and theater, music, track and field, tennis, T-ball, baseball, softball, space, Harry Potter, CSI, pony and space camps, as well as cooking, music, art and…

  • Please, spare me the horror stories

    ARE WE THERE YET LORI CLINCH I’ve learned that the worst part of having a medical procedure looming on your horizon is the naysayers who like to tell you how bad you’re going to have it. For instance, once you start to look as though you’re carrying a beach ball in your belly, every woman…

  • Local playwrights ‘choose to laugh’ — you will, too

    Play looks at highs & lows of life in adult communities BY CHRISTINA HABERSTROH Brandon Allentoff (l-r) of Howell, and Milt Keiles and Arnold Brown, both of Monroe, rehearse a scene from “Fade Out at Clo-Achers.” The play, written by Monroe residents Myra Danon and Meryl Berness, steps beyond the security gates of an active…

  • Classmates sought for St. Peter’s reunion

    The class of 1961 of St. Peter’s Grammar School, Belleville, is planning a 50th reunion. Classmates should email Barbara @[email protected] or Marie@[email protected] for more information.

  • ‘Annie,’ ‘Hairspray,’ ‘Godspell’ in the park

    Plays-in-the-Park, Roosevelt Park in Edison, will present the following shows this summer: “Annie” June 22-July 2, “Hairspray” July 13-23, and “Godspell” Aug. 3-13. Tickets can only be purchased the night of the performance, and the box office opens at 5:30 p.m. each night. The cost is $7 for adults, $5 for seniors, and free for…

  • Dems, GOP slates set for Edison council race

    BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer EDISON — The field is set for this November’s election, when voters will choose among 10 candidates running for five seats on the seven-member Township Council. Four of the available seats are four-year terms while one is a two-year unexpired term. The June 7 primary election saw a contest for…

  • To plant a tree

    Fifth-graders at The Wardlaw-Hartridge School in Edison dig and shovel dirt around a newly planted maple tree. In the annual fifth-grade tradition, the class worked together to plant a tree on the campus grounds. BILL JENKINS

  • AARP plans trips, installation lunch

    Edison AARP Chapter 3446 will meet noon June 20 for its annual installation luncheon, to be held at The Rosewood, 2863 Woodbridge Ave., Edison. A Smokey Mountains Show trip is scheduled for Sept. 11-17. Call Bob at 732- 885-1789 for more information. Atrip to see “Newsies” at the Paper Mill Playhouse is scheduled for Sept.…

  • Family 5K fun run, walk set for June 18

    The third annual Fuce 5K Family Fun Run/Walk, sponsored by the Fuccile Foundation, a nonprofit organization striving to raise money for resident families in need, has been set for Saturday, June 18, at 8:30 a.m. The course will begin and end at the Pearl Street parking lot in downtown Metuchen and will wind race participants…

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