• June 6 lecture will address identity theft

    Valley National Bank will host an Identity Theft Awareness Event 9 a.m.-1 p.m. June 6 at the Edison branch, 2084 Lincoln Highway (Route 27), Edison. USA SHRED will provide an on-site truck to shred personal and confidential documents — at no cost — to help customers avoid becoming victims of identity theft. Community residents are…

  • French club to meet June 16 in Metuchen

    Francophonie Metuchen will meet 7:45- 9:45 p.m. June 16 at 243 Amboy Ave., Metuchen. Discussions are in French. Participation is free. Relaxed work meetings with moderate written preparations and active participation in discussions are required. For more information, call Sam Van Chama, using French, at 732-767-9372.

  • Environmental advocates to meet in Metuchen

    The Edison chapter of Citizens Climate Lobby, a national grassroots organization working to build political will to address the challenge of climate change, will hold its monthly meeting 12:30-2:30 p.m. June 6 at 119 University Ave., Metuchen. For more information, visit www.citizensclimatelobby.org or email the local chapter at [email protected].

  • Edison library knitting classes begin June 4

    The Edison Public Library, Clara Barton Branch, will present “Learn to Knit” at 1 p.m. beginning June 4 and continuing on Thursdays. All levels of knitters are welcome. Attendees should bring a pair of knitting needles in size 6, 7 or 8 with one skein or worsted yarn in any color.

  • Symposium to address mental-health issues

    The New Jersey Department of Children and Families will present the Hope and Resilience Symposia in collaboration with the New Jersey Department of Health, New Jersey Department of Human Services and Rutgers University, 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m. June 5 at Pines Manor, Edison. In this second symposium in the Hope and Resilience Symposia series, presenters will…

  • Junior Police Academy seeks youth recruits

    EDISON — The Junior Police Academy will once again welcome students this summer. The Police Department will host two separate sessions — 9 a.m.-2 p.m. July 27-31 and Aug. 3-7 — at Woodrow Wilson Middle School, 50 Woodrow Wilson Drive, Edison. The academy is open to all Edison middle school students who are entering sixth,…

  • Edison library to host exhibit on Lincoln

    The Edison Public Library will host “Lincoln: The Constitution and the Civil War,” a national traveling exhibition that focuses on Abraham Lincoln’s struggle to meet the constitutional challenges of the Civil War, through June 20. The exhibition evokes Lincoln’s struggle to resolve the basic questions that divided Americans at the most perilous moment in the…

  • Relay for Life participants to show ‘cancer never sleeps’

    By REBECCA CHENG Correspondent Throughout the country, purple ribbons decorate towns to honor cancer survivors and mark the return of Relay for Life, an annual overnight fundraiser for the American Cancer Society. Celebrating its 30th year nationwide and its 19th in Woodbridge, Relay for Life will begin at 1:30 p.m. June 6 at Woodbridge High…

  • Five military vets join Woodbridge police force

    The new patrol officers are, from left, David Alexander Barahona, Joseph Thomas Scarano III, Justin Vergara Cagaoan, Michael Henry Cifelli and Kevin John Smith. PHOTO COURTESY OF WOODBRIDGE TOWNSHIP Five new officers have joined the ranks of the Woodbridge Police Department after completing their statemandated training at the Monmouth County Police Academy. The officers, who…

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