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Tractor-trailers travel on prohibited roads
In my travels, I have been behind these trucks on a couple of roads where they are prohibited. Route 531 from Park Avenue in South Plainfield going toward Metuchen is a truck route. However, trucks have been turning onto Stephenville Parkway even though it is prohibited to trucks. There is a main gas pipeline under…
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Plays-in-the-Park offers high-quality shows
YOUR TURN Ronald G. Rios GUEST COLUMN Middlesex County’s Plays-in-the-Park is an institution that should not be missed. For more than 50 years, Plays-in-the-Park has been providing Broadway caliber shows to the community inside the County’s beautiful Roosevelt Park. What began in a small shed that was used for a theater in the summer and…
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RAY CHISTE Colorful zinnias bloom on a commercial flower farm in western Monmouth County on July 12.
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Police seek witnesses to hit and run
EDISON — Township police are seeking the driver of a passenger vehicle that struck and seriously injured a 31-year-old bicyclist in the late night hours of July 5. The bicyclist, an Edison resident, was badly injured in what police described as a serious hit-and-run accident at 11:20 p.m. Sunday at Grandview Avenue and Route 1.…
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Performance offered at JCC July 28
The Jewish Community Center (JCC) of Middlesex County, 1775 Oak Tree Road, Edison, will present Various Sounds of Music, The Tony Saxon Show at 1 p.m. July 28. The performance starts at 1:30 p.m. Make-yourown sundae will be offered at 1 p.m. Tony is a one-man show, an entertainer who sings, does vocal impressions of…
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Learning center offers full-day kindergarten
Centenary Early Learning Center in Metuchen, a childcare branch of the YMCA of Metuchen, Edison, Woodbridge and South Amboy, is offering full-day kindergarten. Registration is open now, and classes begin Aug. 31. The full-day kindergarten program offers a progressive curriculum, including reading; writing; science, technology, engineering and math (STEM); enrichment programs; music; and swimming lessons.…
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Workshop set for July 25 in Metuchen
Preserving our History workshop will be held in the Metuchen Old Colonial Cemetery July 25. The workshop is the second phase of Dominique Liantonio’s Silver Award, involving preservation and some restoration of the Old Colonial Cemetery of Metuchen. Rob Myer, owner of the Gravekeepers of Pennsylvania, will present the workshop. The fee is $35 for…
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Summer recreation brochure available
The Metuchen Recreation Commission’s Summer 2015 brochure is available on the borough’s website on the “Recreation” page at www.metuchennj.org. Courses and programs are available for youngsters from ages 3-15. Classes include soccer, science classes, cooking classes, pony camp with real ponies, drama, tennis lessons, baseball camp, art/yoga, art classes, track and field, chocolate classes, multisport…
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Youth Conservation Corps seeks applicants for open space work
The Middlesex County Youth Conservation Corps seeks applicants to join its ranks and become stewards of the environment. “Our Youth Conservation Corps members have been an incredible asset in maintaining and preserving our open spaces and trails,” said Freeholder Charles E. Tomaro, the chair of the county’s Infrastructure Management Committee. “The lessons they learn while…
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