• First Step Counseling honored

    METUCHEN — First Step Counseling Services has been recognized as a Tree of Hope in the world of addiction. The National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence (NCADD) presents the Tree of Hope award annually to an organization that promotes recovery from addiction. A ceremony to recognize the counseling center will be held Sept. 18…

  • Edison Arts Society plans musical revue

    The Edison Arts Society will present “There’s Nothing Like A Dame,” a musical revue featuring the songs of Rodgers & Hammerstein, at 1 p.m. Oct. 19 at the Pines Manor, Edison. Tickets are now available at $35 per person and can be ordered on www.eventbrite.com or by calling 732-548- 9134. To order tickets by mail,…

  • YMCA will hold Tot Trot, Youth Fun Run

    The child care services branch of the YMCA of Metuchen, Edison, Woodbridge and South Amboy will host its annual Tot Trot & Youth Fun Run on Oct. 12 at Metuchen High School. Advance registration of $12 is required by Oct. 10. The cost is $15 thereafter and on the day of the run. All participants…

  • College honors a founding father

    Frank Deiner EDISON — Fifty years after he lobbied for the land that would become the campus of Middlesex County College, Frank Deiner has been honored with the college’s Paige D. L’Hommedieu Award. Deiner was a Middlesex County freeholder in the 1960s and one of the founding fathers of the college. He led a contingent…

  • St. Matthew School to mark anniversary

    St. Matthew School, 100 Seymour Ave., Edison, is celebrating 60 years of education this fall. To commemorate this event, a pep rally in the school gym will kick off the weekend of festivities at 7 p.m. Nov. 14. A tour of the school for alumni, Mass and an on-campus dinner will take place on Nov.…

  • Holidays at the High event seeks vendors

    The organizers for Edison High School’s second annual Holidays at the High event are seeking vendors. Set for 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Nov. 15, the event will be held at Edison High School, 50 Boulevard of the Eagles, Edison. The registration fee is $20 per table, payable by money order to EHS PTSO or cash. Checks…

  • Metuchen library to host book sale

    The Friends of the Metuchen Library will hold their annual book sale 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Oct. 11 on the front lawn of the library, 480 Middlesex Ave., Metuchen. All proceeds from the fundraiser support library programs for adults, teens and children. Hardcover books are priced at $2, and paperbacks are $1. Children’s books will be…

  • Program on Medicare facts slated at library

    “Medicare 101,” a program explaining Medicare and its loopholes, will be offered at 7 p.m. Oct. 14 at the Edison Main Library, 340 Plainfield Ave., Edison. The lecture will discuss Medicare Parts A, B, C and D; its deadlines; and how to have prescriptions covered. Register at www.edisonpubliclibrary.net.

  • Middlesex County College names new vice president

    Mark McCormick EDISON — Mark Mc- Cormick has been named vice president for academic and student affairs at Middlesex County College. An educator with 28 years of experience in higher education, McCormick has served institutions from 1,300 students to almost 30,000 in a wide range of capacities — faculty member, program coordinator, dean and chief…

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