Tag: Metuchen
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Alborada Spanish Theatre to present Fiesta de Jerez at Lola’s on Sept. 19
Alborada Spanish Theatre presents its second outdoor Fiesta de Jerez (Grape Harvest Festival) from 4-7:30 p.m. Sept. 19 on the patio of Lola’s Latin Bistro, 87 Central Ave., Metuchen, celebrating the famous “sherries” of Jerez de la Frontera. Learn about sherry tastings paired with tapas, enjoy wine or sangria with a Spanish/Latin American family style…
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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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POW/MIA vigil ‘welcomes home’ Vietnam vets so they are not forgotten
By Gloria Stravelli Correspondent METUCHEN – In keeping with a 30-year tradition, a group of local military veterans will gather in Veterans Memorial Park for a solemn overnight vigil to remember and honor members of the nation’s armed forces who served in Vietnam and who remain unaccounted for. The 24-hour POW/MIA vigil, hosted locally by…
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Westerhoff School of Music & Art provides scholarship to Metuchen Arts Council
Helga and Gary Westerhoff presented a check for $7,500 to the Friends of the Metuchen Arts Council, the not-for-profit whose mission is to help fund the programming for the Metuchen Arts Council. “With this amazing gift, the Westerhoffs continue to be a leader in supporting the arts and culture in our borough. We are so…
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Post-tropical storm, Metuchen conditions better than expected, but damage is still done
By Gloria Stravelli Correspondent METUCHEN – The day after a torrential rainstorm inundated the borough, stranding autos and flooding basements, Mayor Jonathan Busch reflected on how the after-effects of Tropical Storm Ida turned out better than may have been anticipated. “In retrospect, the things that typically fail in a storm did…
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Metuchen man sentenced to prison for attempting to lure child for encounter
A Metuchen man was sentenced to state prison for attempting to lure an underage boy he met on social media to meet for a sexual encounter. The “underage boy” in reality was an undercover detective participating in Operation Open House, a multi-agency undercover operation in September 2018 led by the Attorney General’s Office that resulted…
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Metuchen joins Central Jersey Jazz Festival lineup
By Gloria Stravelli Correspondent METUCHEN – There was a time when jazz musicians would hop a train from New York City and in little more than a half-hour would be setting up inside the Cornerstone restaurant on New Street in Metuchen. “It was a jazz joint, it was known in Central Jersey as a place…
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Mayor updates COVID situation in Metuchen
By Gloria Stravelli Correspondent METUCHEN – A concerned Mayor Jonathan Busch opened the Aug. 23 Borough Council meeting with some troubling statistics. “Unfortunately, the numbers tell the story and in Metuchen this week alone we had 22 new (COVID) infections, and today alone we had 12, which is the highest number since March 30,” said…
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Garden Club of Metuchen needs ‘green thumb’ recruits
By Gloria Stravelli Correspondent METUCHEN – Members of the Garden Club of Metuchen are poised for a new season of planting, pinching, weeding, feeding, pruning, repotting, watering and generally nurturing the public garden spaces, plots, pots and plantings members tend throughout the borough. The garden club meets on the first Monday of each month, September…