• Center will sponsor Atlantic City trips

    The Jewish Community Center (JCC) of Middlesex County will sponsor Atlantic City trips on Jan. 27 and Feb. 24. 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…

  • Incoming mayor to get additional staff member

    By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer EDISON — Mayor-Elect Thomas Lankey will be able to appoint three personnel to his staff when he begins his four-year term on Jan. 1. The Township Council voted at its Dec. 11 regular meeting in favor of increasing the number of the mayor’s staff members from two to three. The…

  • Nonprofit looks to end homelessness

    By JESSICA D’AMICO Staff Writer Making it Possible to End Homelessness Board Treasurer Mark Berkowitz, left, and Executive Director Philip Webb, center, sit with Greater Media Radio’s Bert Baron, of 1450 WCTC. PHOTO COURTESY OF PHILIP WEBB EDISON — ’Tis the season that often puts a squeeze on families’ finances, between decking the halls, purchasing…

  • Lego engineering workshop offered

    A “FUNdamentals of Lego Engineering” workshop will be offered 4:30-6 p.m. every Wednesday, Jan. 8 to March 12, at the Jewish Community Center of Middlesex County, 1775 Oak Tree Road, Edison. The program is presented by Play-Well TEKnologies and geared toward children in third through sixth grades. Physics, engineering and architecture will be used when…

  • Handbell choir to host holiday concert

    The Raritan Ringers, a choir of advanced handbell ringers from communities in New Jersey, will present a concert of sacred and secular holiday music at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 18 at the Old Franklin Schoolhouse, 491 Middlesex Ave., Metuchen. The select group of 13 adult handbell ringers is led by F. Paul Dickey, director of music…

  • Chilly reception

    A bundled-up Santa stands before an icy reindeer on the snowy Sunday of Metuchen’s Holiday House Tour on Dec. 8. PHOTO COURTESY OF PHOTOGRAPHY BY HEATHER LEE

  • Fords Jewelers opens boutique of TAG Heuer

    By DONNA KENYON Executive Editor A TAG Heuer boutique makes its debut this week at Fords Jewelers, located on New Brunswick Avenue in the Fords section of Woodbridge. A good thing just got better. Already offering fine jewelry and diamonds, as well as the popular Alex and Ani and Pandora brands, a TAG Heuer boutique…

  • Make a difference and adopt a foster child

    Thank you for the recent article, “Adoption Day Brings Together Adoptive Children, Parents.” There are over 500 foster children in Monmouth County, most of whom would love to be adopted by a forever family. Adults who are willing to open their hearts and homes by adopting a foster child, particularly older and other harderto place…

  • GUEST COLUMN

    ‘Unforgiveness’ is toxic to the mind, body RABBI BERNHARD H. ROSENBERG What do you do when you are offended or hurt by other people’s words or actions? I believe we’ve all been hurt in some point of our life — maybe betrayed and disappointed by a friend, boyfriend, girlfriend or even a brother/sister. After any…

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