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Silly season is over, and now it’s the Season of the Weird
Coda • GREG BEAN It was the late, great Hunter S. Thompson who observed that “when the going gets weird, the weird turn pro.” And these days, it looks like we’ve got a whole passel of people looking to shed their amateur rags and exchange them for the flashy professional variety. We have definitely entered…
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Blood center honors WRAT and WJRZ
Ryan Ragan, the COO of the Central Jersey Blood Center, presented Greater Media radio stations WRAT, 95.9 FM, and WJRZ, 100.1 FM, with the Central Jersey Blood Center’s “Outstanding Service Award” on March 20 at the New Jersey Nets basketball game at the Izod Center, East Rutherford. Doug Sjonvall, marketing director of WRAT and WJRZ,…
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Business Briefs
The Goddard School, 50 Route 520, in the Morganville section of Marlboro, recently earned a perfect score of 100 percent in curriculum, health and safety, and programming and support from its franchisor, Goddard Systems Inc. The score was determined during the semi-annual Quality Assurance Audit held March 16-17. The school’s previous 100 percent score was…
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Library to host Teen Poetry Workshop
The Metuchen Public Library, 480 Middlesex Ave., Metuchen, will host a Teen Poetry Workshop from 7-8:45 p.m. on April 7 (over spring break). The workshop, “Ekprhasis! Poetry in Response to Art,” is designed for both the budding poet and the more experienced writer. Inspiration will be provided by instructor Gail Gaspar and some familiar works…
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H.S. to present card party and basket raffle
The St. Joseph High School Mothers Club will sponsor “Destination: Paradise, Annual Card Party/Basket Raffle” at 6 p.m. April 3, in the school gym at 145 Plainfield Ave, Metuchen. Tickets are $20 per person and includes beverages. There will be over 250 prizes with a grand prize of a 42-inch HDTV. Please visit www.stjoes.org for…
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Women’s Club to hold monthly meeting
The Metuchen-Edison Women’s Club will hold its monthly meeting at 7:30 p.m. on April 1, at The Heritage at Clara Barton, 1015 Amboy Ave., Edison. The program will feature Iola Hitt, who will speak on “Aging Gracefully and Fighting It All the Way.” The club is looking for new members and would like to welcome…
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‘Genetic Diseases’ program March 31
Sisterhood Neve Shalom in collaboration with the Colonia Hadassah and Metuchen- Edison Gesher Hadassah will present a program, “Genetic Diseases,” 7-9 p.m. March 31 at Neve Shalom, 250 Grove Ave., Metuchen. Adele Schneider, M.D., director of clinical genetics at Albert Einstein Medical Center in Philadelphia, will present the program. Refreshments will be served, and there…
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Ladies Night Out event set at Beth-El
Congregation Beth-El, 91 Jefferson Blvd., Edison, will hold its annual Ladies Night Out, which will feature a Chinese dinner and bingo party, at 6:15 p.m. March 30. The cost is $25 and includes buffet dinner, admission and bingo sheets. Prizes are furnished by local merchants. Attendees can bring their own marker or may purchase one…
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Cash for Gold event at Bishop Ahr H.S.
Bishop Ahr High School, 1 Tingley Lane in Edison, will host a Cash for Gold fundraising event 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. March 28. Attendees are invited to bring unwanted gold jewelry, regardless of condition, and turn it into cash. A representative from Cash for Gold will be on-site, and they are licensed and insured.…
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