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Assistance program offers help with utility bills
Enrollment for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) will take place at the Metuchen Public Library, 480 Middlesex Ave., Metuchen, 6-8:30 p.m. March 31. For those qualified, this free federal program will pay a portion of one’s utility bills. First-time applicants must bring the following: copies of Social Security cards, all pages of…
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Woodbridge expands concert schedule with Country Sundays
By JESSICA D’AMICO Staff Writer While winter walloped the region in recent months, Woodbridge officials were laying the groundwork for residents to enjoy warm nights under the stars with live music. Building on the momentum of last year, when the township offered enough free concerts to keep music lovers busy nearly every weeknight, Woodbridge will…
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Proposed legislation is worthy of support
New Jersey has some of the strictest gun laws in the United States, but not strict enough to keep guns out of the hands of domestic abusers and stalkers. Last year, there were 14 domestic abuse-related murdersuicides in New Jersey. On average, 47 women are murdered by gun monthly in America at the hands of…
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MATT DENTON Baseball season has arrived in New Jersey. High school teams will swing into regular-season action on April 1.
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Woman’s Club to host Metuchen shop owner
The Metuchen-Edison Women’s Club will host a program featuring Linda Koskoski, owner of Marafiki Fair Trade, Metuchen, at 7 p.m. April 1 at The Heritage at Clara Barton, 1015 Amboy Ave., second floor, Edison. Koskoski will offer a global view of unique fair trade products handcrafted by talented artisans from developing countries. The club’s programs…
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Holy Week church services to begin March 29
St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, 17 Oak Ave., Metuchen, will hold Holy Week services on the following dates: 8 a.m. and 10 a.m. March 29, Palm Sunday service 6:30 p.m. March 31, Passover Seder in Fryer Hall, which is linked with the Last Supper 7 p.m. April 1, Tenebrae, a somber, candlelit service…
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Edison man among suspects in distraction burglary thefts
EDISON — A township man was among three suspects arrested March 10 on racketeering charges, according to authorities. Steven Miller, also known as Steve Coats and Steve John, 41, of Estok Road, was charged after an alleged burglary in the Village of Ridgewood, according to Somerset County Prosecutor Geoffrey D. Soriano and Somerset County Chief…
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Ahoy!
PHOTO COURTESY OF NAUSHAD MULJI Members of Boy Scout Troop 66 pose in front of the USS Massachusetts, on which they spent the night during a recent trip to Battleship Cove in Fall River, Massachusetts, to explore the world’s largest collection of historic U.S. naval ships.
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Grant aids in ‘ShapingNJ’ families
Youth Enrichment Services (YES), a preschool and after-school program operated in New Brunswick by Catholic Charities, Diocese of Metuchen (CCDOM), has received a $10,000 ShapingNJ grant to provide a series of nutrition and fitness workshops to children and their families. The YES program currently provides preschool for 165 children ages 3-5 and an after-school session…
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