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State Fair will open at Meadowlands June 24
For its 25th anniversary year, State Fair Meadowlands will be treating fairgoers to brand-new entertainment during the 17-day event, running June 24 through July 10 at the New Meadowlands Fairgrounds, next to the New Meadowlands Stadium, formerly Giants Stadium, in East Rutherford. State Fair Meadowlands is the largest fair in the NewYork metropolitan area, with…
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Art show
Susan Howard, Lower School art teacher at the Wardlaw-Hartridge School, Edison, addresses parents and students during a May 13 art show. Howard matted and hung approximately 400 pieces of artwork and displayed ceramic sculptures created by the pre-kindergarten through fifth-grade students. The art room, hall and library were turned into a colorful feast for the…
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Metuchen teen wins national contest on knowledge of Civil War
Rep. Frank Pallone (D-NJ) presented a check to St. Joseph H.S. junior Alex Frey on May 17. Frey won first place in the National Civil War Student Challenge. BILL KOSTROUN/AP IMAGES FOR HISTORY ANDHOUGHTON MIFFLIN HARCOURT METUCHEN — When it comes to knowledge of the Civil War, Alexander Frey, a student at St. Joseph High…
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Edison Recreation slates summer trips
The Edison Recreation Department will host the following trips this summer: Philadelphia Zoo, July 13 Hurricane Harbor Water Park, July 20 Keansburg Amusements & Runaway Rapids, July 27 Dorney Park, Aug. 3 Citi Field (Mets vs. San Diego Padres), Aug. 11. The final three trips are all parent/child trips: …
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Stars and planets align for No. Brunswick filmmaker
Ariel Frenkel to screen ‘Pluto’ at Rutgers Univ. on June 5 BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK — A township native will be showing his feature film at the New Jersey International Film Festival June 5. Ariel Frenkel, 25, will be screening “Pluto,” a film he wrote, directed, produced and stars in. According to…
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Exhibits sought for Metuchen street fair
The Metuchen Area Chamber of Commerce will host a spring street fair along Main and New streets in downtown Metuchen on June 5. Exhibitor applications are available by visiting the Chamber of Commerce website at www.metuchenchamber.com or by calling 732-548-2964.
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Passengers reminded to wear seatbelts
BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer NORTHBRUNSWICK— Through June 5, local law enforcement officers will be promoting seat-belt use, but a local mother stresses the importance all year long. Beginning May 23, Click It or Ticket went into effect; the annual initiative includes highvisibility law-enforcement seat-belt checkpoints and saturation patrols, as well as local and national…
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Middlesex County road projects included in Christie capital plan
Twenty capital projects in Middlesex County are scheduled to advance with a total of over $175 million in state funding under Gov. Chris Christie’s $3.5 billion transportation capital program for fiscal year 2012. The program represents the first of a fiveyear plan that Christie announced in January to increase pay-as-you-go cash funding. “New Jersey’s transportation…
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Edison man sentenced to 30 years for murder
Dwayne Jackson strangled, burned body of No. Brunswick woman in 2010 BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer NEW BRUNSWICK — An Edison man was sentenced to 30 years in prison for murdering his daughter’s mother in 2010. Dwayne Jackson, 27, pleaded guilty April 14 in state Superior Court, admitting that he strangled Patricia Belizaire, 25, in…
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