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‘Friday Night Alive’ at Neve Shalom
Congregation Neve Shalom, 250 Grove Ave., Metuchen, will celebrate Shabbat with “Friday Night Alive,” featuring the Neve Shalom adult choir and band, 7:45 p.m. June 17. There will also be an installation of officers and board members for the coming year. Light refreshments will be served. For more information, contact Hazzan Levin at 732- 548-2238,…
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New film explores Raritan River’s rescue
Film to screen June 14 at Forum Theater, Metuchen BY SAM SLAUGHTER Staff Writer Edison Wetlands Association Executive Director Robert Spiegel leads a cleanup rally in a scene featured in the documentary “Rescuing the River: The Raritan.” The Raritan is a river transformed. Its shift from a toxic witches’ brew to a wildlife sanctuary and…
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Crowd heralds building’s transformation to castle
BY CHRISTINA HABERSTROH Staff Writer Make-A-Wish Foundation of New Jersey President Tom Weatherall addresses the audience on hand for the tower-raising ceremony at the Samuel and Josephine Plumeri Wishing Place in Monroe May 27. PHOTO BY ERIC SUCAR staff MONROE — The crowning touch was added to the castle being built by the Make- A-Wish…
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Museum tells story of Jews in USA
Philadelphia is home to new museum filled with interesting exhibits BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer The National Museum of American Jewish History in Philadelphia opened in November with a program of entertainment featuring Jerry Seinfeld, Bette Midler and Barbra Streisand. The new National Museum of American Jewish History, just across the street from the Liberty…
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Cast members sought for ‘Bye Bye Birdie’
Auditions for the GB Productions upcoming production of “Bye Bye Birdie” are set for 7-9 p.m. June 13, 14, and 15 at St. Thomas the Apostle School, Route 18 south, Old Bridge. Tryouts are open to individuals ages 7- adult. Auditioners should bring sheet music and come prepared to sing and dance. An accompanist will…
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Candlelight walk for unity on June 16
Members of the Metuchen-Edison Area Clergy, Metuchen-Edison-Woodbridge and South Amboy YMCAs, Metuchen Municipal Alliance-YSB, Metuchen Seniors Inc. and Metuchen Mayor Thomas Vahalla invite the public to join in their candlelight walk through Metuchen to celebrate Unity in Our Community on June 16. The event kicks off at Borough Hall at 6 p.m. with stops at…
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Elks to host Flag Day service June 14
Edison Elks Lodge No. 2487 officers will perform the Elks Flag Day Service at 7 p.m. June 14 at 375 Old Post Road, Edison. All are welcome to attend the event, which will focus on the history of the U.S. flag. The local Boy Scout Troop will be involved with the service. For more information,…
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Residents invited to shred documents
The Middlesex County Board of Chosen Freeholders, in conjunction with the borough of Spotswood, will hold a free mobile paper-shredding event 9 a.m.-noon (or until the truck is full) June 11 in the parking lot at the Spotswood Municipal Building, 77 Summerhill Road. County residents are invited to recycle their old documents and confidential files…
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Carolina Alberta Sinibaldi
Ms. Sinibaldi, 105, of Edison, died May 25, 2011. Born in Alberta, Canada, and raised in Abruzzi, Italy, she immigrated to Newark in 1936 with her husband and two oldest children. She moved to Colonia before retiring to Florida in 1970, and in 2000 she moved to Edison to live with her youngest daughter, Gloria…
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