Tag: Fords

  • Our Lady of Peace Knights of Columbus Council 9199 to host day at Monmouth Park

    Our Lady of Peace Knights of Columbus Council 9199 to host day at Monmouth Park

    Our Lady of Peace Knights of Columbus Council 9199 of Fords has reserved a picnic grove area on Aug. 19 at Monmouth Park race track in Oceanport for a “Day At The Races.” The cost is $15 per person, advance sales only. Children under 12 are free. Sundays at Monmouth Park are Family Fun Day.…

  • Five Branches Senior Center opens in Iselin

    Five Branches Senior Center opens in Iselin

    WOODBRIDGE — Come next year, Woodbridge Township will have four senior centers, which has become a community effort. Mayor John E. McCormac, members of the Township Council, members of the Woodbridge Township Department of Health and Human Services, and Assemblyman Craig Coughlin celebrated the grand opening of the Five Branches Senior Center at 1 Brown…

  • Electricians, plumbers graduate from apprentice program

    Electricians, plumbers graduate from apprentice program

    After years of classes and on-the-job training, 49 electricians and plumbers have graduated from the Middlesex County Vocational and Technical Schools (MCVTS) Apprentice Program. The ceremony, held May 16 in the auditorium on the MCVTS East Brunswick Campus, was the culmination of an intensive educational program involving between 600 and 900 hours of classroom instruction…

  • YMCA of MEWSA summer camp open houses set for April 21

    YMCA of MEWSA summer camp open houses set for April 21

    The YMCA of Metuchen, Edison, Woodbridge & South Amboy will hold summer camp open houses on April 21. The YMCA of MEWSA offers 11 camp activities at locations in Edison, Metuchen, Woodbridge, South Amboy, Avenel, Piscataway, Colonia and Fords. YMCA camps offer traditional, specialty and extended care camps, and offer enrichment, junior enrichment, and S.T.R.E.A.M. programs.…

  • Alborada Spanish Dance Theatre to hold annual fundraiser March 18

    Alborada Spanish Dance Theatre to hold annual fundraiser March 18

    Alborada Spanish Dance Theatre’s annual fundraiser, Fiesta de Primavera, will be held from 4-8:30 p.m. on March 18 at Ria Mar Restaurant, 25 Whitehead Ave., South River. Feast on paellas, sangria and dessert. Be entertained by the Alborada dancers and musicians, as well as DJ Donny Pesce. Proceeds will benefit Alborada’s programming, which brings Spanish dance theater and…

  • Our Lady of Peace to hold blood drive on March 11

    Our Lady of Peace to hold blood drive on March 11

    The Social Concerns Ministry of Our Lady of Peace Church in Fords will hold its annual blood drive from 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on March 11. The parish center is located at 10 Franklin Ave., off Amboy Avenue, in Edison. Donors must weigh at least 110 pounds, bring an ID card, and eat and…

  • Blood drives held during Red Cross Month

    Blood drives held during Red Cross Month

    During Red Cross Month in March, the American Red Cross will hold the following area blood drives: 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. March 3 at Edison VFW Post 3117, 57 National Road, Edison 3-8 p.m. March 6, Edison Library, North Edison Branch, 777 Grove Ave., Edison 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. March 10, Muslim Community…

  • Alumni of Boy Scout Troop 53, Fords invited to 75th anniversary celebration

    Boy Scout Troop 53, of Fords, will be celebrating its 75th Anniversary on April 14, 2018. All alumni are invited to attend the 75th Anniversary celebration at Our Lady of Peace Church, 620 Amboy Ave. The Troop was chartered to Our Lady of Peace Church in Fords on April 14, 1943 and has been part…

  • Edison man dies after struck by car while crossing Amboy Avenue

    Edison man dies after struck by car while crossing Amboy Avenue

      EDISON — A 68-year-old township man died hours after he was struck by a car on Amboy Avenue in the Clara Barton section of Edison as he crossed the street near 4th Street, according to police. The victim, a Liddle Avenue resident, was struck at 7:50 p.m. on Jan. 28, police said. He was…