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Lions Club seeks vendors for flea mkt.
The Metuchen Lions Club will hold its annual flea market 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. June 11 (rain date June 12) at the New Street municipal parking lot in Metuchen. Vendors may reserve spaces, which are 18 feet by 20 feet, for $20 in advance ($25 at the door), or by calling 732-549-5826 or 732-737-…
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Lag B’Omer at Neve Shalom May 15
Neve Shalom’s Israel Awareness Committee and the Jewish Community Center of Middlesex County will host Lag B’Omer Israeli style with a “Kumsitz” at Neve Shalom, 250 Grove Ave., Metuchen, 5:30-8 p.m. May 15. The event will feature a pizza supper, drinks and dessert, followed by Israeli singing and dancing. Attendees should bring lawn chairs or…
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M.S. Society to meet in Edison May 17
The Edison Public Library, 340 Plainfield Ave., will host the monthly meeting of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society 6:30 p.m. May 17. This group is designed to assist those withM.S. to live life to the fullest while dealing with the disorder. No registration is necessary. For more information call 732-287-2298.
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Legion auxiliary seeks vendors for flea mkt.
The American Legion Auxiliary Unit 65, Metuchen, will hold its semiannual flea market May 21 (rain date May 22) in the Pearl Street parking lot. Vendors looking to reserve space and those seeking information may contact Maryann at 732-662-1281 or email krysbee@optonline. Bring your own table and chairs; tents are permitted.
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Met. summer camp brochure available
The Metuchen Recreation Summer Camp Program brochure is available online at www.Metuchennj.org. Offerings include “Ponyshare,” science classes, sports camps, musical theater and drama classes, art classes, music classes, tennis lessons, field hockey and more. For more information, call 732-632-8502 or email [email protected]
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Church to hold yard sale May 14
Wesley United Methodist Church, 5053 Woodbridge Ave., Edison, will hold a yard sale 9 a.m.-3 p.m. May 14. Call 732-738- 0232 for more information.
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Residents invited to go on the hunt in Metuchen
New initiative aimed at bringing patrons into downtown businesses BY JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent METUCHEN — Architectural details of downtown buildings are the focus of a newly launched scavenger hunt aimed at bringing people into the business district. The goal of the inaugural Historical Preservation Scavenger Hunt is to “encourage people to visit the downtown area…
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Did voters have change of heart with school budgets?
CODA GREG BEAN A funny thing happened when they finished counting the votes in the April 27 school budget elections — most of the budgets passed. And that is almost unheard of in New Jersey, where voting down the proposed school budget every year is a better sign of spring than the arrival of the…
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Bringing suicide out of the darkness
A t sundown on June 4, nearly 2,000 people will participate in the Out of the Darkness Overnight Walk (www.TheOvernight.org), an 18- mile walk that ends the following morning at sunrise. Many of the participants walk because they suffer, or have a friend or family member who suffers, with a mood disorder, or because they…
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