• Metuchen home to donation center

    METUCHEN — The borough recently became a little greener, when it welcomed a GreenDrop donation center. Located at 359 Amboy Ave., the center provides residents with a novel way to support charities while getting rid of unwanted items. Donors simply gather their unwanted lightly used clothing, electronics and household goods, and pull up to the…

  • Edison girl wins prize for art on how plastics pollute oceans

    Seventh-grader Christina Chen’s rendering of a ribbonfish filled with refuse paints a grim picture for aquatic life being inundated with pollution from plastics. EDISON — A student at John Adams Middle School received an award for her portrayal of the destruction plastics that are wreaking the world’s oceans. Seventh-grader Christina Chen won Honorable Mention and…

  • Women’s club hosts quilt show-and-tell

    The Metuchen Edison Women’s Club will hold a show-and-tell program of contemporary and antique quilts at 7 p.m. on Nov. 4 at The Heritage at Clara Barton, 1015 Amboy Ave., Edison. Diane Colucci, a noted quilt maker who has shown her work at local, state and regional trade shows, will present. For more information, contact…

  • ‘War of the Worlds’ set at Metuchen library

    Raconteur Radio will present a staged radio production of Orson Welles’s 1938 broadcast of “The War of the Worlds” at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 4 at the Metuchen Public Library, 480 Middlesex Ave. Seating begins at 7:15 p.m. The radio play at the library will include costumes, lighting and sound effects. This is a free family…

  • ‘Spooky Sprint’ benefit set for Oct. 31

    Spectrum for Living will hold a 5K Spooky Sprint Oct. 31 at Johnson Park in Piscataway. Registration will begin at 9 a.m. in Grove 4. The race will begin at 10 a.m., followed by the walk. Participants of all ages are encouraged to run, walk or stroll and roll in their costumes. Prizes will be…

  • ‘The Thomas Edison Papers’ project shines on national stage

    EDISON — “The Thomas Edison Papers” recently came into the spotlight for an event on Capitol Hill that showcased the impact of grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). Marking the NEH’s 50th anniversary, the Oct. 20 event in Washington, D.C. was hosted by Congressmen Leonard Lance (REssex, Hunterdon, Middlesex, Morris, Somerset, Union,…

  • Vrtaric trying again to unseat McCormac as Woodbridge mayor

    By KENNY WALTER Staff Writer WOODBRIDGE — Mayor John Mc- Cormac is hoping to secure another term as mayor, while challenger John Vrtaric will try to pull the upset during the Nov. 3 municipal election. McCormac, a Democrat who has served as mayor since 2006, said it is important he wins another term to oversee…

  • Former councilman, attorney vie for mayor; council uncontested

    By JESSICA D’AMICO Staff Writer Peter Cammarano METUCHEN — A former councilman and a longtime attorney in the borough will face off in the Nov. 3 election for mayor. Current Mayor Thomas Vahalla opted not to run for the post after the borough’s Democratic organization lent its support to former Councilman Peter Cammarano. Cammarano left…

  • Friends of Library host trip to Met museum

    The Friends of the Metuchen Library will sponsor a trip to The Metropolitan Museum of Art on Dec. 1. The bus will depart from Library Place in Metuchen promptly at 9:15 a.m. Please be on the bus by 9 a.m. The return trip from New York City leaves promptly at 3:30 p.m.; be on the…

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