Tag: Metuchen SportsPlex
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Former Oakite site will soon see senior facility, daycare center and coffee shop
METUCHEN – The Oakite redevelopment plan on Middlesex Avenue is moving forward with an assisting living and memory care facility, a daycare center and a coffee shop with a drive-thru. The Borough Council approved two resolutions authorizing the execution of the redevelopment agreements for the establishments at a meeting on Nov. 8. Before the vote…
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Borough officials move Gulton Tract, Oakite redevelopment plans forward, excludes warehouse distribution facilities
METUCHEN – Borough officials are moving forward in efforts to preserve the access area to the vast Peter J. Barnes III Wildlife Preserve and prevent new industrial warehouse distribution facilities and truck related uses to move into what is known as the Gulton Tract. The Borough Council will consider the second reading of an ordinance…
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Amended plan for Oakite site proposes mixed uses, traffic-calming measures, new gateway
By Gloria Stravelli Correspondent METUCHEN – The Oakite industrial site would be redeveloped as a gateway to Middlesex Avenue, incorporating traffic calming measures and a mix of uses including retail and housing units under a revised redevelopment plan proposed for the tract. “The Master Plan has indicated a clear intent to move away from industrial…
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Police officer who saved man’s life at Metuchen Sportsplex is North Brunswick native
METUCHEN – It didn’t matter that Metuchen Police Officers Wayne Karalevich and Octavio Tapia were off duty when they sprung into action to help a person in distress at the Metuchen Sportsplex. The two officers were playing soccer on Aug. 21 when a member of the other team came under distress. “Apparently it became so…
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Off-duty Metuchen police officers save man’s life at Metuchen Sportsplex
METUCHEN – It didn’t matter that Metuchen Police Officers Wayne Karalevich and Octavio Tapia were off duty when they sprung into action to help a person in distress at the Metuchen Sportsplex. The two officers were playing soccer on Aug. 21 when a member of the other team came under distress. “Apparently it became so…
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Lena Harris Foundation will hold basketball tournament on July 27
The Lena Harris Foundation will hold a 3-vs.-3 basketball tournament from 2-5 p.m. on July 27 at the Metuchen Sportsplex, 215 Durham Ave., Metuchen. Registration is $20 per team. The foundation is a nonprofit organization focused on helping make the world a better place wit the focus to assist in finding a cure for lupus…
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New borough police officer is Metuchen native
METUCHEN — A lifelong Metuchenite has joined his hometown police force. Brian Mulligan was officially sworn in at a Borough Council meeting on Dec. 3. “Not only is this the second officer I have sworn in as mayor, but also [Mulligan] is the second homegrown [officer],” Mayor Jonathan Busch said. “He was born and raised…
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Officials say empty stores hard to find in downtown Metuchen
METUCHEN — The vacancy rate in the downtown Metuchen business district has dipped below 10 percent for the first time in decades. “We are at eight percent presently,” Margaret Inglese, a property owner on Main Street, announced during the Main Street Minute she presented, updating the Borough Council on the Metuchen Downtown Alliance at the…
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Metuchen PBA, SportsPlex deliver gifts to children
BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer METUCHEN — A collaboration between the Metuchen Police Benevolent Association (PBA) Local 60 and the Metuchen SportsPlex amassed thousands of toys in three weeks to bring joy to sick and less fortunate children during the holidays. On Dec. 20, employees at the Metuchen SportsPlex and members of the Metuchen PBA…