• Moss School hosts kindergarten meeting

    Parents of Metuchen children who will have reached the age of 5 by Oct. 1 are invited to a kindergarten orientation meeting Feb. 5 at Moss School, 16 Simpson Place. Kindergarten classrooms will be open from 7-7:30 p.m. A meeting will follow in the gym for parents to learn about curriculum and registration procedures. This…

  • Metuchen to revisit days of yore

    By AMY ROSEN Staff Writer METUCHEN — The public is invited to take a peek into history as the borough goes back in time for a day. The Metuchen-Edison Historical Society is set to host its annual Local History Day from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. on Feb. 8 in the community meeting room of the…

  • YMCA to sponsor trip to Branson-style show

    The Metuchen YMCA will sponsor a trip to see “Beer & Broken Hearts” at the Hunterdon Hills Playhouse on Feb. 12. The Branson-style show, starring the Tim Gillis Band, offers lively tunes and heartbreaking ballads. The fee is $80 per person, which includes transportation and lunch. The bus will depart the South Amboy YMCA at…

  • Community center to host jewelry designer

    The Jewish Community Center (JCC) of Middlesex County, Edison, will host a jewelry sale, restyling and repair event with jewelry designer Mara Levine from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Feb. 11 and 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Feb. 12. Proceeds will benefit the Bright Beginnings Preschool and senior adult programs. The event will be held…

  • Tickets to garden show available for seniors

    The Edison Senior Center has announced that a limited number of seniors (age 65 and older) have the opportunity to receive a free pass and transportation to visit the 12th annual New Jersey Flower and Garden Show Feb. 12-14 at the New Jersey Convention and Exposition Center, 97 Sunfield Ave. Participants will be picked up…

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    Allison Li, 8, a third-grader at Martin Luther King Elementary School in Edison, had her artwork, “Aftermath of Storm Sandy,” chosen from among 35,000 submissions to appear in the February issue of Highlights magazine. PHOTO COURTESY OF HIGHLIGHTS MAGAZINE

  • Phone scam targets Asian-Americans

    EDISON — Police are warning the public about a phone scam that has targeted several township residents who are of Asian descent. The incidents involve scammers misrepresenting themselves as members of the Internal Revenue Service, the FBI and, most recently, the Edison Township Police Department, according to police. Over the past few months, the suspects…

  • U.S. heroes should be remembered

    A nation should always remember its heroes. Where would we be today without Thomas Alva Edison, who invented the light bulb; Charles Babbage, who invented the modern computer; Martin Luther King Jr., who put an end to segregation; or Abraham Lincoln, who stopped slavery? All these people have done something amazing for our nation, and…

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    A snow-covered trail at Holmdel Park, Holmdel, provided solace for a lone walker on Jan. 22. STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR

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