• Free chair yoga at Edison library April 4

    Chair yoga will be offered at the North Edison Branch Library, 777 Grove Ave., 3:30 p.m. beginning April 4 for 6 sessions. This free program is designed to be a gentle yoga with positions to help balance the body and mind. The exercises can help increase lung function. Registration is required. Visit www.lmxac.org/edisonlib or call…

  • Casino Night to benefit college fund

    The Middlesex County College Foundation will hold a Casino Night on April 8 at the Rosewood, 2863 Woodbridge Ave. in Edison. Doors open at 5:30 p.m.; the games begin at 6 p.m. In a casino atmosphere, attendees will gamble to win tickets to put in the tricky trays for prizes. This fundraising event will help…

  • Lenten concert series Wednesday at church

    The First Presbyterian Church of Metuchen, 270 Woodbridge Ave., will host a free Lenten concert series on Wednesdays at noon through April 11. The schedule of performances is: March 30 – Metuchen High School Ensembles April 6 – Se-Eun Lim, Organ April 13 – Briana Tarby, oboe, and Brenda Day, piano. For more information, call…

  • All-breed dog show at expo center

    The New Brunswick Kennel Club will host an all-breed dog show 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. March 25 and 26 at the New Jersey Convention and Expo Center, Edison. Admission is $8 for adults, $6 for seniors 65 and older, and $2 for children 10 and under. Baby/animal strollers are not allowed in the building.…

  • Civil War books on sale March 26, 27

    The Civil War Library and Research Center, 94 Green St., Room 104, Woodbridge, will hold a Civil War Book Sale 10 a.m.-2 p.m. March 26 and 27. The public is invited to attend.

  • Former L.L. coach sentenced on child pornography charge

    EDISON — A former Little League coach was sentenced Monday to 37 months in federal prison for possession of child pornography, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced. EverettAbney, 43, of Edison, previously pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Stanley R. Chesler to charges of possessing the criminal images. Chesler imposed the sentence in Newark federal…

  • Edison youth skates his way to the national stage

    Young figure skater works with top coaches to realize his Olympic dreams BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer Steven Rossi of Edison performs in the March 13 Skating Stars of the Future program at Rockefeller Center in New York. I t’s 4:15 a.m., and 11-year-old Steven Rossi is gearing up for his two-hour training session with…

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    Poonam Setlur, a fourth-grader at Menlo Park Elementary School, poses a question to state Sen. Barbara Buono March 2, when the longtime legislator visited the school to read to the children. JEFF GRANIT staff

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