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Students offering keepsake cookbooks
A group of fourth-grade students at Solomon Schechter Day School of Raritan Valley, East Brunswick, has collected recipes from family and friends and compiled them into a keepsake cookbook. The cookbooks are available at a cost of $10 each. Proceeds will benefit the school. To order or for more information, call 732-238-7971.
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Robotics team summer scrimmage July 17
The Say Watt Robotics Team will hold a Summer Robotics scrimmage for 12- to 18- year-olds at the First Baptist Church of Metuchen, 225 Middlesex Ave., on Saturday, July 17, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Come watch and participate as up to eight small robots battle each other in a competition that is a…
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Surprise award follows somber period for Kohl
Longtime Metuchen board member receives county award BY ENID WEISS Correspondent METUCHEN — An annual dinner honoring proverbial “unsung heroes” among Middlesex County’s students has become a pet project for Board of Education member Terry Kohl. Not only has she had a hand in organizing the dinner, but as state regulations regarding school district spending…
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We have another good name for a rock band
CODA GREG BEAN Idon’t know why Dave Barry decided to quit writing his weekly column for the Miami Herald in 2005, but that was a dark day for readers and jealous newspaper columnists everywhere. Barry was one of the greats, right up there with Mike Royko, and reading his column made me laugh so hard…
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Physical activity program starts July 19
The Edison Branch YMCA in collaboration with the Livestrong Foundation is providing a free 12-week physical activity program for cancer survivors age 18 and over. The new program is called “Energy for Life,” and the next session begins on July 19. Sessions will meet Monday and Wednesday at 7:15 p.m. For more information, call Lexy…
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Juneteenth Festival
Members of the Afro-Brazilian Cultural Center of New Jersey perform Capoeira, an Afro- Brazilian martial art, during the sixth annual Metuchen Edison Area Branch NAACP Juneteenth Festival at the Edison Job Corps Academy on June 10. SCOTT FRIEDMAN
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N.Y. man charged with luring
Sean C. Edwards EDISON — Police have arrested a man from Brooklyn, N.Y., on charges that he tried to lure a 14-year-old girl in the township. Sean C. Edwards, 37, was arrested on June 30 and charged with luring and unlawful possession of a controlled dangerous substance, according to a press release from Middlesex County…
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Chief: Bias vandalism won’t be tolerated
BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer EDISON — An ongoing string of bias graffiti in the township has some calling for a greater effort on the part of law enforcement to catch the perpetrators. Rabbi Bernhard Rosenberg, who has been a vocal advocate in the effort to fight bias crimes, said in an email that he…
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Register for Metuchen recreation programs
The Metuchen Recreation Commission offers a wide variety of programs, with additional programs still being added for the summer. For more information and program details, visit www.metuchennj.org or call Nancy Goldberg at 732-632-8502.
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