Tag: Iselin
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Garden clubs to discuss Victorian houseplants
The Garden Club of Metuchen and the Woodbridge Garden Club will present “Beyond the Potted Palm: Victorians and their Houseplants” at 7 p.m. on March 12 at the Iselin Branch Library, 1081 Green St., Iselin. Lesley Parness, retired superintendent of Horticultural Education at the Morris County Park Commission, will introduce the Victorian Era, England’s golden…
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Middlesex County College student-athletes excel academically during fall term
Forty student-athletes at Middlesex County College (MCC) finished their fall semester with a grade point average of at least 3.0 or higher. Of the 133 Blue Colt student-athletes, 40 had GPAs of 3.0 or above. Seventeen of those had 3.50 GPAs or higher. Two had perfect 4.0 GPAs. “Our primary mission at MCC is for…
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Center for Bariatric Surgery to hold free weight loss surgery workshop
The Center for Bariatric Surgery at Hackensack Meridian Health Raritan Bay Medical Center will hold a free seminar “Weight Loss Surgery: The Facts” at 6 p.m. on Feb. 28 at the Medical Pavilion at Woodbridge, 740 Route 1, Iselin section of Woodbridge. Medical Director Dr. Karl Strom will discuss the benefits of weight loss surgery. Registration required by calling 1-800-560-9990.
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Priest accused of sexual assault of a child while serving at Woodbridge church in the ’90s
A priest is accused of the sexual assault of a child while he was ministering in Woodbridge almost 30 years ago. Father Thomas P. Ganley, 63, of Phillipsburg, was charged on Jan. 16 with one count of aggravated sexual assault in the first degree, and two counts of sexual assault in the second degree,…
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Recurring series to address how to make children – and parents – happier
Raising Happier Kids – And Happy Parents, Too – a recurring series with a variety of experts tailored to parents and grandparents of children in grades kindergarten to 12, will begin at 7 p.m. Jan. 24 in the Iselin Middle School auditorium, 900 Woodruff St., Iselin section of Woodbridge. Attendance is free, but RSVP to 732-855-0600,…
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Center for Bariatric Surgery to hold weight loss surgery seminar
The Center for Bariatric Surgery at Hackensack Meridian Health Raritan Bay Medical Center is holding a free seminar “Weight Loss Surgery: The Facts” at 6 p.m. on Dec. 11 at the Medical Pavilion in Woodbridge, 740 Route 1, Iselin section of Woodbridge. Center for Bariatric Surgery Medical Director Karl Strom, M.D., will discuss the benefits of weight loss surgery. Registration is…
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Former volunteer firefighter from Iselin sentenced for enticing child to produce explicit images
A Woodbridge man who worked as an emergency medical technician and volunteer firefighter was sentenced to 135 months in prison for enticing a child to produce sexually explicit images. Zachary Motta, 24, of the Iselin section of Woodbridge, previously pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Freda L. Wolfson to an information charging him with one…
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NAACP branch will hold dinner theater event on Nov. 11
The NAACP Metuchen Edison Piscataway Area Branch will hold its 2018 Dinner Theatre Event from 4-8 p.m. on Nov. 11 at the Monarch Banquet Hall, 77 Queen Road, Iselin section of Woodbridge. The group will honor future female leaders under the age of 30. The life and work of Zora will be brought to life on stage…
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Students inducted into Middlesex County College Honor Society
Eighty students were recently inducted into the Middlesex County College chapter of Phi Theta Kappa, the international honor society for two-year colleges. Area students include: Valeria Orihuela of the Avenel section of Woodbridge; Emil Hathaway and Anthony Ottaviano of the Colonia section of Woodbridge; Nicola Laurie, Deitric Murphy, Jean Reger and Theresa Sawicki of East…