• Make sterling silver earrings at library

    Make two pairs of sterling silver earrings — complete with pearls, crystals and gemstones — at classes offered at 11 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. Feb. 15 at the Edison Main Library, 340 Plainfield Ave. The materials fee is $23. An instructor will guide the process. Tools will be provided, but are not included in the…

  • Literacy group receives grant

    METUCHEN — Borough-based Literacy Volunteers of New Jersey received an $11,000 grant from the Horizon Foundation for New Jersey to support its Building Literacy Skills for Health Care and Healthy Living Program. The program provides health literacy training, support and resources to the organization’s network of local adult-literacy programs. This funding was part of the…

  • Local teachers honored for making ‘Magic’

    By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer Kenneth Brown Three area teachers have been named “Teachers Who Make Magic” by Greater Media’s radio station WMGQ 98.3 FM. The teachers are Frank Wagenblast, an English teacher at Metuchen High School; Kenneth Brown, the choir director at Edison High School; and Kate Rosenberg, a special education teacher in English…

  • MLK School celebrates cultures near and far

    By AMY ROSEN Staff Writer Entertainer Patricia Shih, left, has some fun with third-grader Anika Santhanam, center, as fifth-grader Ryan Lee cheers her on during the recent Cultural Celebration at Martin Luther King School in Edison. PHOTO BY AMY ROSEN EDISON — In honor of their school’s namesake, students at the township’s Martin Luther King…

  • Students join Queen Latifah for Super Bowl performance

    Sisters Nikki and Makena Mugambi of Edison, students at the Wardlaw-Hartridge School, performed with Queen Latifah at the Super Bowl on Feb. 2. PHOTOS COURTESY OF RUDY BRANDL EDISON — Two sisters who live in the township were queens for a day when they got the chance to perform with Queen Latifah at Super Bowl…

  • Crime Stoppers provides anonymous route for tipsters

    By STELLA MORRISON Staff Writer Middlesex County Acting Prosecutor Andrew C. Carey. Middlesex County Crime Stoppers, part of an international tip-collection program, has proven effective in helping law enforcement solve crimes. “In law enforcement, we need the community,” said Middlesex County Acting Prosecutor Andrew C. Carey. “We can use their eyes and ears, and what…

  • Parents’ group to host Feb. 17 fundraiser

    The Academy Education Foundation Inc., the parent group of the Middlesex County Academy for Science, Mathematics and Engineering Technologies, will hold a fundraiser from 11:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. Feb. 17 at Anthony’s Coal Fired Pizza, 80 Parsonage Road, Edison. When patrons mention that they are there for the fundraiser prior to paying, 20 percent…

  • Hadassah hosts Progressive Dinner

    Metuchen-Edison Hadassah will present its Progressive Dinner at 7 p.m. Feb. 22, giving members and nonmembers an opportunity to enjoy an evening on the town. Participants will gather for appetizers at a member’s home in Metuchen and then split into smaller, preassigned groupings for an elegant main course at several individual homes. At 9:30 p.m.,…

  • Martha Washington will be portrayed

    Annette Winter will portray the life and love of Martha Washington, the inaugural first lady of the United States at 1:30 p.m. Feb. 18 at the Jewish Community Center (JCC) of Middlesex County, 1775 Oak Tree Road, Edison. The fee is $11, or $8 for Community Campus members. For more information, call 732-494-3232.

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