• Library to host college admissions workshop

    The Edison library will hold a college admissions workshop at 6 p.m. Sept. 16. Students and parents getting ready for college can get help navigating opportunities, learn about financial aid and prepare for college finances. Registration is open to the community at www.edisonpubliclibrary.net or by calling 732-287-2298.

  • ‘I Do! I Do!’ musical set for Edison playhouse

    I Do! I Do! a musical co-produced by The Edison Arts Society and the Historic Edison Valley Playhouse located at 2196 Oak Tree Rd., Edison, will be held at 8 p.m. on Sept. 18, 19, 25, 26 and at 2 p.m. on Sept. 20. Ticket prices are $20 for adults and $15 for students, senior…

  • Arthur “Artie” MacCollum

    Arthur “Artie” MacCollum, 77, peacefully left this world on Thursday morning, Aug. 27, 2015, at his home in Burnside, Pennsylvania. Born on June 6, 1938, in New Brunswick to the late Arthur A. and Dorothy MacCollum Sr., he lived most of his life in Edison. After making a pit stop in Manalapan for 12 years…

  • Vito Anthony Naturale

    Vito Anthony Naturale, 85, passed away Sept. 6. He was a devoted father and grandfather . Vito, who was a lifelong resident of Belleville, retired from Hoffmann La Roche in Nutley as a supervisor. An Army veteran of the Korean Conflict, he was a member of the Italian Fiorente Club and the Belleville High School…

  • Youth choir, dance troupe seek members

    The Schola Cantorum Youth Choir of St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, 17 Oak Ave., Metuchen, and LDY (Let’s Dance Yeshua) St. Luke’s liturgical dance company, will hold a rehearsal and open house 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Sept. 19. The Schola Cantorum (school singing) is an auditioned choir, open to children and teens in grades 3-12, with firstand…

  • Edison to hold POW/MIA ceremony

    The Township of Edison will hold a POW/MIA Recognition Ceremony from 12:30-1:30 p.m. Sept. 18 at the Veterans Memorial Monument outside the Edison Municipal Complex, 100 Municipal Blvd. The ceremony is to mark POW/MIA Recognition Day, which was established by Congress in 1998. Participating in the Sept. 18 ceremony will be Mayor Thomas Lankey; members…

  • Edison’s leaf-bag program to be in full harvest

    By JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent EDISON — Council members recently said if they had known that the township’s leaf-bag program — through which bags are distributed to residents — had been funded through a grant, they would have voted in favor of it last month. As such, when the issue came up again at the Sept.…

  • Metuchen firehouse, industrial site deemed in need of redevelopment

    By JESSICA D’AMICO Staff Writer METUCHEN — Officials recently deemed two borough properties in need of redevelopment — one without debate, while the other required a tiebreaking vote by the mayor. “[It] allows the citizens of Metuchen a voice in how these properties are going to be developed,” Borough Council President Ronald Grayzel said during…

  • September is Library Card Sign-Up Month

    The Metuchen Public Library, 480 Middlesex Ave., will offer Library Card Replacement Amnesty in September to people who already had the Metuchen Public Library card. September is also Library Card Signup Month; a time when the Metuchen Public Library joins with the American Library Association and libraries nationwide to ensure everyone has a free library…

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