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Freezing Cold Hash Run scheduled for Jan. 3
The 2015 Freezing Cold Hash Run 3- mile and 5-mile group run will take place at 10 a.m. Jan. 3 beginning at Vidas Field, Durham Avenue and Hampton Street, Metuchen. A post-run party will take place at Hailey’s Harp and Pub, 400 Main St., Metuchen. The cost is $20 for preregistered run and party by…
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LEGO workshop scheduled for holiday break
The Jewish Community Center of Middlesex County, 1775 Oak Tree Road, Edison, will host a LEGO enrichment workshop, presented by Play-Well TEKnologies, Dec. 29-31. Children in kindergarten through second grade will meet 9 a.m. to noon, and children in third through sixth grade will meet 1-4 p.m. Participants can attend one, two or all three…
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Two new officers join Metuchen police force
By JESSICA D’AMICO Staff Writer METUCHEN — Borough officials welcomed two new officers to the Police Department last week. Patrolmen Christopher Fiore and Matthew Scott were sworn in during the Dec. 15 Borough Council meeting. Acting Police Chief David Irizarry recalled interviewing both men. “I remember speaking with the captain … about how I really…
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Community mourns standout in hoops, life
By JESSICA D’AMICO Staff Writer Conor McCadden’s T-shirt says it all as he, center, poses with best friend Brian Eustace, left to right, and brothers Sean and Ryan McCadden during a football game they attended. PHOTO COURTESY OF KIM EUSTACE METUCHEN — On or off the court, Conor McCadden was no quitter. From the time…
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Sierra Club lauds New York’s fracking ban
A fter years of debate, New York officials announced this month that hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, would be banned in the state. This decision is based on scientific studies and reviews by the Department of Environmental Conservation and Department of Health, which concluded that the drilling could not be done safely. Fracking is different than…
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Police charge Edison man in multiple home burglaries
EDISON — A township man is facing criminal charges in connection with a series of home burglaries in several communities in Middlesex and Somerset counties, according to police. Brian T. Arline, 36, was charged Dec. 10 with three counts of burglary in Edison, two counts of burglary in Franklin Township and one count of attempted…
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Metuchen says goodbye to Cammarano, Boerth
By JESSICA D’AMICO Staff Writer METUCHEN — Borough officials bid a fond farewell to two colleagues last week. The Dec. 15 Borough Council meeting marked the last time Councilman Peter Cammarano and Borough Administrator Bill Boerth would sit on the dais before leaving their posts. Mayor Thomas Vahalla and members of the council thanked both…
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Wreaths of remembrance
PHOTO COURTESY OF DOT JAMIESON U.S. Army World War II veteran George Ellis places a wreath to honor a fellow soldier during the Wreaths Across America ceremony hosted by the Terra Nova Garden Club of Edison at the Piscatawaytown Burial Ground on Dec. 13.
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