• Restaurants wanted for Chamber event

    The Edison Chamber of Commerce will host the 12th annual “Taste of Middlesex” 5:30-8 p.m. Monday, March 23, at the Pines Manor, 2085 Lincoln Highway, Edison. The event will be attended by over 400 people coming from throughout Middlesex County. The fundraiser provides educational scholarships and helps local shelters and food banks. Local restaurants can…

  • Blood drive in Edison March 22

    Our Lady of Peace Church, Fords, will hold a blood drive from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday, March 22, in the Middle School building on Amboy Avenue, Edison. All donors will receive a $15 gas card from the Blood Center of New Jersey. There will be a complimentary cholesterol screening, and baby-sitting will be…

  • ‘Taste of the Arts’ lecture Tonight

    Alfredo Franco will be the next speaker for the “Taste of the Arts” lecture series 7:30 p.m. March 18 at The Barron Arts Center, 582 Rahway Ave., Woodbridge. He will be discussing “The Birth of Modernism in Latin America.” The lectures are free, and everyone is welcome to attend. The “Taste of the Arts” is…

  • Metuchen Library to host trip to museum

    The Friends of the Metuchen Library will host a trip to the Philadelphia Museum of Art on Tuesday, March 31. During the trip, an exhibition will feature 60 works of the French painter Paul Cezanne. The purpose of the exhibit is to show Cezanne’s influence on some of the most renowned painters of the 20th…

  • Pysanky workshop scheduled for April 4

    The Middlesex County Cultural and Heritage Commission and the Folklife Program for New Jersey will sponsor a program titled “Pysanky: A Traditional Ukrainian Egg-Decorating Workshop” in two sessions, 10 a.m.-noon and 1:30- 3:30 p.m., April 4 at East Jersey Olde Towne Village, 1050 River Road, Piscataway. The event will be led by master artist Olga…

  • Diocese of Metuchen Youth Day March 21

    “The Diocese of Metuchen Youth Day: Tuned In …” will be held from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday, March 21, at Cardinal Mc- Carrick High School, 310 Augusta St., South Amboy. The event will help bring students together from the diocese through workshops, skits, music, fun and opportunities to understand Catholic teaching and ways…

  • Commission to start coffeehouse series

    The Metuchen Arts Commission (MAC) will present its 2009 coffeehouse series, which will be held at 8 p.m. March 20 and May 15 at the Borough Improvement League’s Old Franklin School Building, 491 Middlesex Ave., Metuchen. The March 20 performance will feature Spoon Phillips, a New York guitarist and songwriter, who will be performing with…

  • Scholarship Card Party on March 19

    The Borough Improvement League will host its annual Scholarship Card Party at 1:30 p.m. Thursday, March 19, at the Old Franklin School, 491 Middlesex Ave., Metuchen. The event will offer bridge games as well as different card and table games. All proceeds will benefit the league’s scholarship fund, which awards $1,000 to a Metuchen High…

  • Vas indicted on theft, misconduct charges

    Many call for assemblyman from Middlesex to step down BY JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent The indictment last week of state Assemblyman Joseph Vas (D-Middlesex) has county and state leaders, including those from his own party, calling for his resignation. Vas, 54, a former Perth Amboy mayor, was indicted by a state grand jury on March 11…

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