• Thrift shop open at Edison church

    Wesley United Methodist Church, 5053 Woodbridge Ave., Edison, holds a thrift shop event each Wednesday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Thursdays from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 6-8 p.m., and Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. The thrift shop offers brand-new, gently used, vintage and dollar-a- bag clothes; household items; toys; collectibles;…

  • Youth Soccer Coaches Workshop Jan. 9

    The New Jersey Youth Soccer (NJYS) has announced that it will hold its annual Youth Soccer Coaches Workshop and Vendor Exhibition from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Jan. 9 at the N.J. Convention Center, Raritan Center, Edison. The workshop will feature clinics and seminars throughout the day designed to meet the needs of coaches, managers,…

  • Congregation to offer abuse lecture Jan. 9

    The Congregation Ohr Torah, 48 Edgemount Road, Edison, will offer a lecture titled “Facing up to Abuse in the Orthodox Community: A Victim and a Rabbinic Leader Speak Out” 8-9:30 p.m. Jan. 9. Speakers include Mutty Weiss, a survivor of childhood sexual abuse, and Rabbi Yosef Blau, mashgiach ruchani at Yeshiva University and current president…

  • Chapter of Hadassah meeting Jan. 5

    The Colonia Chapter of Hadassah will hold an afternoon meeting 1:30 p.m. Jan. 5 at Temple Neve Shalom, 250 Grove Ave., Metuchen. Guest speakers Gil and Lil Zinn will present a program on the Jews of Uganda. Dessert will be served. RSVP to Priscilla at 732-527-08l9.

  • MCC to offer winter session classes

    Middlesex County College (MCC) offers students who are home on holiday break a chance to complete a full semester course in a shortened time period. Winter session classes that run from Monday, Dec. 28, through Wednesday, Jan. 13, are available at MCC’s main campus, 2600 Woodbridge Ave., Edison. Winter session provides the opportunity to complete…

  • Middlesex County Drug Court holds ceremony

    Twenty enrollees complete intensive probationary and drug treatment program Twenty participants graduated Dec. 1 from Middlesex County Drug Court, which held a ceremony in recognition of the dedication and hard work the participants exhibited to successfully complete an intensive probationary and drug treatment program. More than 250 people, including Superior Court judges, Middlesex County probation…

  • Singin’ it loud and proud

    TERRY GEERDTS Members of Daisy Troop 80612 sing “Rudolf the Red-nosed Reindeer” during the Metuchen tree-lighting ceremony Dec. 4. TERRY GEERDTS

  • IRS announces 2010 standard mileage rates

    The Internal Revenue Service has issued the 2010 optional standard mileage rates used to calculate the deductible costs of operating an automobile for business, charitable, medical or moving purposes. Beginning on Jan. 1, 2010, the standard mileage rates for the use of a car (also vans, pickups or panel trucks) will be: • 50 cents…

  • The whole gang’s here

    TERRY GEERDTS The Forum Theatre in Metuchen hosted “Winnie the Pooh & Friends Jamboree” on Dec. 10-13. TERRY GEERDTS

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