Tag: Metuchen

  • Metuchen candidates seek council seats

    Metuchen candidates seek council seats

    By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer METUCHEN — Four candidates are vying for the two available seats on the Borough Council in the upcoming election. Incumbent Dorothy Rasmussen and newcomer Linda Koskoski are running on the Democratic ticket and face Republican challengers Daniel Lebar and Joseph Furmato III in the race. Councilman James Wallace is not…

  • Talk on Jewish National Fund slated for Nov. 1

    Talk on Jewish National Fund slated for Nov. 1

    The Metuchen-Edison chapter of Hadassah and the Neve Shalom Israel Awareness Committee are sponsoring the presentation, “Beyond Planting Trees: The Jewish National Fund (JNF) You Probably Don’t Know,” at 7:30 p.m., Nov. 1, at Neve Shalom, 250 Grove Ave., Metuchen. Attendees will hear Marina Kirshenbaum, a New Jersey-based attorney, Israel advocate and member of JNF’s elite…

  • World Mission Sunday Family Celebration Oct. 23

    World Mission Sunday Family Celebration Oct. 23

    The World Mission Sunday Family Celebration, sponsored by the diocesan Office of the Pontifical Mission Societies, will be held from 10 a.m.-2 p.m.  on Oct. 23. A 10 a.m. registration and 11 a.m. start of the one-mile walk and prayer service will take place at the CYO Building at the Cathedral of St. Francis of…

  • Multi-Faith Service and Conference For Peace set for Nov. 13

    Multi-Faith Service and Conference For Peace set for Nov. 13

    First Presbyterian Church (FPC) of Metuchen is co-sponsoring the 37th annual Multi-Faith Service and Conference For Peace on Nov. 13 at Princeton University in Princeton. The Annual Multi-Faith Service will be held at 11 a.m. at the Princeton University Chapel and the Conference For Peace starts at 1:30 p.m. in Guyot Hall at Princeton University.…

  • Meet the Candidates Night on Oct. 24 in Metuchen

    Meet the Candidates Night on Oct. 24 in Metuchen

    Metuchen Parent Teacher Council invites all Metuchen residents to Meet the Candidates Night at 7:30 p.m. on Oct. 24, at the Metuchen High School cafeteria, 400 Grove Ave., Metuchen. This question and answer session will be held to meet the candidates running for election to the Metuchen Board of Education: Alicia Sneddon Killean, Jonathan Lifton,…

  • Metuchen Farmers Market runs through November

    Metuchen Farmers Market runs through November

    Metuchen Farmers Market, at the Senior Center parking lot, 15 Center St., corner of New and Center streets, Metuchen, will hold Market Day from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturdays through November. Come fill up a Metuchen Farmers Market bag, still available for purchase at the Manager’s Table, with fall crops. For more information, visit www.metuchenfarmersmarket.com. Held…

  • Church to hold flea market Nov. 5 in Metuchen

    Church to hold flea market Nov. 5 in Metuchen

    St. Luke’s Church, 17 Oak Ave., corner of Route 27 in Metuchen, will hold its monthly flea market from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. on Nov. 5. Attic treasures, collectibles, toys, glassware, kitchen gadgets, linens, DVDs, puzzles and much more will be featured. Vendors are welcome. For more information, call 732-548-4308, ext. 1.

  • Metuchen candidates seek school board seats

    Metuchen candidates seek school board seats

    By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer METUCHEN — Five candidates are vying for the three, three-year available seats on the Board of Education in the upcoming election. Incumbents Jonathan Lifton and John A. Mindler Jr. face three newcomers in the race: Eric Suss, William Rezes and Alicia Sneddon Killean. Board of Education (BOE) member Michael Stern…

  • Dance and Drum Ensemble performance Nov. 5

    Dance and Drum Ensemble performance Nov. 5

    The Metuchen Edison Area Branch of the NAACP will present the Universal African Dance and Drum Ensemble at 7 p.m. on Nov. 5, at Crossroads Theatre, 7 Livingston Ave., New Brunswick. This Ensemble, with over 72 members from New Jersey and Africa, has performed all over the world. They are known for their West African…