• Rutgers Day, Ag Field Day, Folk Festival offer fun for all

    Rutgers Day will welcome new additions this year, including a parade along College Avenue, displays about Rutgers’ participation in the Big Ten conference and health sciences programming on Busch Campus. The event takes place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. April 26, with programming taking place on the Busch, College Avenue and Cook/Douglass campuses in…

  • Magic Show set for April 25 in Metuchen

    A magic show will be held at 7 p.m. April 25 at the Campbell School, 24 Durham Ave., Metuchen. Doors will open at 6:30 p.m. General admission costs $10. One child will be admitted free with each paid adult admission. Additional children will be admitted for $3 each. Tickets will be available at the door.…

  • Earth Day Celebration scheduled for April 27

    Edison Township will hold its Earth Day Celebration from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. April 27 at Papaianni Park, 100 Municipal Blvd., Edison. The event will be presented by Edison Township, the township’s Environmental Commission, the Edison Clean Communities Program and the Edison Sustainable Jersey Green Team. Earth Day is intended to inspire awareness and…

  • Hadassah to conduct symposium on Israel

    The Hadassah Southern New Jersey Region will host its annual educational symposium from 8:45 a.m. to 3 p.m. April 30 at the Forsgate Country Club, Monroe. This year’s theme is “Israel at 65: Focus on a Nation — Impact, Innovation, Invention and Introspection.” The keynote speaker is National Hadassah President Marcie Natan. Guest speakers are…

  • ‘Orchestra of Exiles’ screening scheduled

    To commemorate Yom HaShoah, also known as Holocaust and Heroism Remembrance Day, a screening of “Orchestra of Exiles” by Academy Award-nominated director Josh Aronson will be shown at 1:15 p.m. April 29 at the Jewish Community Center of Middlesex County, 1775 Oak Tree Road, Edison. The film depicts the dramatic story of Bronislaw Huberman, the…

  • Garden club offers talk by local floral designer

    The Terra Nova Garden Club of Edison will host floral designer and Metuchen native Rebecca Weissenburger at its April 26 meeting at 6:45 p.m. at the North Edison Branch Library, 777 Grove Ave., Edison. Weissenburger, a noted designer who opened her custom boutique studio in Los Angeles in 2000, has worked on the Grammys and…

  • MCC to present pair of dance performances

    The Middlesex County College (MCC) Dance Ensemble will present its 13th annual spring dance concert “Impedimentum” at 7 p.m. April 26 and at 2 p.m. April 27. Both performances will be held in the Performing Arts Center of the Edison campus. Admission is free, with a suggested donation of $5 per person. “The dances presented…

  • The ‘bunny’ system

    Marissa Shipman and Jeremy Sierra, prekindergarten students at Our Lady of Peace School in Fords, use teamwork to fill their bucket with eggs during an Easter Egg Hunt that teacher Renee Cusick held in the school’s gym classes.

  • Garden Club offers scholarship

    The Terra Nova Garden Club of Edison awards a college scholarship to a high school senior each year. Any student residing in Edison who has successfully completed four years of high school is eligible if he/she has been actively involved in an environmental or gardening project or program. This year, the scholarship will be $400.…

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