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YMCA champions healthy children
METUCHEN — Children in the YMCA Metuchen Branch’s after-school program are in a healthy environment, thanks to Christine Tolley. The YMCA of the USA (Y-USA) has recognized Tolley, the director of the program, for successfully implementing the organization’s Healthy Eating and Physical Activity (HEPA) Standards. The YMCA of Metuchen, Edison, Woodbridge & South Amboy (MEWSA)…
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Indoor Flea Market set for Aug. 1
St. Luke’s Indoor Flea Market will be held from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Aug. 1 at the corner of Route 27 and Oak Avenue in Metuchen. Household goods, collectibles, jewelry, crafts, antiques and more will be included. A few tables are still available. Call 732-548-4308 for more information or to reserve a space.
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Radio Play Parody slated for July 23
JAWS: A Staged Radio Play Parody and 40th Anniversary Party, with Jeff Maschi, David Green and Michael Jarmus, will be held 8 p.m., July 23, at The Old Franklin School, Metuchen. Tickets are $20 at the door. Themed snacks, Bloody Mary Lees, Amity Island Coolers and a JAWS birthday cake will be available.
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County shred program set for July 25
Middlesex County will have a Shred Program from 9 a.m. to noon July 25 at the Woodbridge Department of Public Works, 225 Smith St., Keasbey. The event is open to Middlesex County residents only. Residents may bring files, receipts, bills, financial statements and any confidential documents. Books, magazines, newspapers, junk mail, X-rays, floppy disks and…
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‘Hairspray’ to keep audiences glued to their seats, mayor says
By JESSICA D’AMICO Staff Writer The Woodbridge Community Youth Players, a nonprofit summer theater program for township residents, will present “Hairspray” from July 22-25. The show will include a cameo by Mayor John McCormac, center. PHOTO COURTESY OF RICKI COHN Spirits will be as high as the bouffants onstage during Woodbridge’s upcoming production of the…
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Board OKs training center, parking deck
By JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent The Edison Planning Board voted to approve an application for a large-scale training facility and parking deck. The New Jersey Carpenters Funds presented plans to expand its headquarters at the Planning Board’s July 13 meeting. The applicant was seeking preliminary and final approval of its proposal to build a 180,500 square-foot…
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Literacy groups help students turn page toward better life
By JESSICA D’AMICO Staff Writer Chris Vecere, a volunteer tutor with Literacy Volunteers of Monmouth County, chats with students during an ESL conversation group at the Monmouth County Library’s Eastern Branch in Shrewsbury on July 15. STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR Navigating through everyday life involves innumerable small tasks that many take for granted. Signing forms,…
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SCOTT FRIEDMAN Javon Hicks (left) of St. Joseph High School in Metuchen, gets congratulations from North Brunswick’s Joe Castellanos after Hicks caught a touchdown pass for the Middlesex County All-Stars in the annual Snapple Bowl, played July 16 at Kean University in Union. The game, which features the top senior graduates from Middlesex and Union…
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Another fire breaks out at an Edison school
EDISON — A fire at a township school is the second one in the district in the span of four days, and appears to have been ignited in the same way as the first, according to authorities. A school staff member quickly extinguished the July 21 fire at Lindeneau Elementary School around 10:06 a.m., after…
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