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    The sun sets behind a tree in Freehold Borough. STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERiC SUCAR

  • Lawn care doesn’t require harsh chemicals

    I t is the season to fertilize our lawns. There is a lot of media coverage about cancer. I suggest that fertilizing and lawn feeding products, as well as weed killers, don’t have to have harsh chemical ingredients. Those poison our water supply and are contributors that are known to be cancerous. There are organic…

  • Traffic laws, road repairs are being ignored

    Despite numerous complaints to the police chief and administration, the borough of Metuchen does not effectively enforce the posted restriction of large trucks on Eggert and Grove avenues. This is a chronic and blatant disservice to the neighbors affected. It is deplorable that Metuchen residents have to tolerate such indifference and inaction to the established…

  • Walk MS nearing 25th anniversary

    Twenty-five years of progressing toward a world free of multiple sclerosis (MS) is being celebrated on April 27 at the New Jersey Metro Chapter of the National MS Society’s annual Walk MS. Each year, the society hosts the Walk MS movement in an attempt to raise awareness and funds to support those who have been…

  • COMMUNITY BULLETIN BOARD

    Edison Arts Society hosts Beatles tribute concert The Edison Arts Society will acknowledge the 50th anniversary of the Beatles’ arrival in the United States with a concert at 7 p.m. March 29 in the student center at Middlesex County College, Edison. Tickets can be purchased online at www.eventbrite.com or locally at Devine’s Pharmacy on Oak…

  • Christians in Action Trade Show slated

    The Christians in Action Trade Show will be held 4-9 p.m. March 28 and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. March 29 at the Edison Hotel, 3050 Woodbridge Ave., Edison. Families are welcome. Admission is free. The event will feature sales workshops, seminars, international conference speakers, health and wellness, financial workshops, a match-making program, employment opportunities…

  • Junebug ArtFest seeks assistance

    Volunteers and donors are needed to support this year’s Metuchen Junebug ArtFest. The event will be held 6-10 p.m. every Friday evening in June and will feature a wide array of open-air exhibits, window galleries, interactive art events, open mic sessions and live music performances. “This entire event is produced entirely through individual donations, corporate…

  • Center to offer bus trips to Atlantic City

    The Jewish Community Center (JCC) of Middlesex County will sponsor Atlantic City trips on March 24 and April 28. The bus will leave the JCC, 1775 Oak Tree Road, Edison, at 8:45 a.m., travel to Showboat Casino and leave Atlantic City at 5 p.m. The cost is $27 per person, with a casino bonus. All…

  • Poet wins publication by accidentally baring soul

    By JESSICA D’AMICO Staff Writer EDISON — A township resident recently found that she is a poet — and she didn’t even know it. Moumita Basuroychowdhury, an economics major at New York University, won a contest to have a book of her poetry published. The volume, titled “Live Nude,” is the fledgling writer’s first published…

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