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Winter Festival parade set for Nov. 29
The Metuchen Area Chamber of Commerce will present its 56th annual winter festival parade, “A Hometown Holiday,” at 2 p.m. Nov. 29 (weather permitting). The parade will assemble at Edgar School, 49 Brunswick Ave., Metuchen, with drop-off in pool parking lot (use Lake Avenue to access pool lot. Brunswick Avenue will be closed to all…
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Met-Ed Women’s Club meeting Dec. 2
The Metuchen-Edison Women’s Club will hold its monthly meeting 7:30 p.m. Dec. 2 at The Heritage at Clara Barton, 1015 Amboy Ave., Edison. This will be the club’s Christmas Party, and each member of the club to bring a finger food, for the finger food buffet. A $10 gift, for participation in the grab bag,…
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Metuchen YMCA to offer classes
The Metuchen Branch YMCA, 65 High St., is offering the following classes: • De-Cluttering & Organizing, Nov. 28, 1:30-3 p.m. Cost: $45 for members and $65 for nonmembers. • Amateur Radio, Nov. 30, Dec. 7, 14 and 21. Cost: $70 for members, $135 for nonmembers. • MS Word Workshop, Dec. 1 and 2, 7:30-9:30 p.m.…
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First Presbyterian Church slates events
The following are upcoming services and events to be held at First Presbyterian Church of Metuchen, 270 Woodbridge Ave.: • Sunday, Dec. 6, 6-8 p.m., the annual Advent workshop at the social center. Many different projects will be available to make, and there will be something for all ages and abilities. There will also be…
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Operation Medicine Cabinet takes drugs out of N.J. homes
More than 9,000 pounds of medicine, with a street value of more than $35 million, was collected during Operation Medicine Cabinet New Jersey, the statewide day of disposal of unused, unwanted and expired medicine. The effort was spearheaded by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) New Jersey Division, the New Jersey Office of the Attorney General,…
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Lights, camera, action!
PHOTO COURTESY OF WARDLAW-HARTRIDGE SCHOOL Devi Mody of Edison, who portrayed Florence Unger, Sam Brukhman of Cranford (Manolo Costazuela), Aneesa Sonawalla of Edison, who played Olive Madison, and Charles Kennedy of Watchung (Jesus Costazuela) perform a captivating scene during “The Odd Couple: Female Version” at The Wardlaw-Hartridge School in Edison on Nov. 12.
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Just flying by
JEFF GRANIT staff A seagull takes flight over the Raritan River at the Edison Boat Basin on Meadow Road Nov. 18.
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Edison enters into partnership, opens new recycling center
BY DAN NEWMAN Staff Writer JEFF GRANIT staff Edison Township opened a new recycling center on Meadow Road that is now available to residents seven days a week, 12 hours a day. EDISON — On the heels of receiving an award from the state Department of Environmental Protection, Edison Township has opened a new recycling…
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Solar-powered ticket machines installed at Edison train station
BY DAN NEWMAN Staff Writer EDISON — Formerly, if a person wanted to buy a ticket to ride on the Edison Light Transit System, it meant buying a ticket off-site at one of two local stores. That has now changed, thanks to two new solarpowered automated ticketdispensing machines that have been installed on either side…
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