Tag: Metuchen
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YMCA food drive reminds: Hunger Doesn’t Take a Vacation
By Gloria Stravelli Correspondent METUCHEN – The YMCA’s annual summer food drive is at the halfway mark, with one month to go to donate to help neighbors in need of food assistance. “Hunger Doesn’t Take A Vacation,” theme of the food drive, calls attention to the fact that even during summer months, families and individuals…
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Metuchen restores facemask mandate, citing rise in COVID cases
By Gloria Stravelli Correspondent METUCHEN – Effective today, Aug. 2, anyone working at, or visiting, borough buildings is required to wear a face mask, according to borough officials, who cite an upward trend in the number of COVID-19 cases in the borough for a return to the protocol. “I don’t think…
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Metuchen requires masks inside borough buildings
In the last week, the Borough of Metuchen has seen eight positive cases after just two in each of the prior two weeks. As a precaution, beginning Monday, Aug. 2, the borough will require all visitors and employees to wear masks inside borough buildings.
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Metuchen celebrates new cyclist safety law, remembers one of its own
By Gloria Stravelli Correspondent METUCHEN – A community celebration will take place in Metuchen on July 29 to celebrate the passage of a new law that will make streets safer for cyclists. Advocacy groups, local and statewide, including Bike-Walk Metuchen and the Vision Zero New Jersey Alliance, have actively lobbied for years for the New…
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First Presbyterian youth mission trip continues tradition of community service
By Gloria Stravelli Correspondent METUCHEN – A caravan of vans and trucks departed the First Presbyterian Church on July 25 for a youth mission trip to Roanoke, Va., continuing a decades-long tradition of community service for youth and adult members of the congregation. “A legacy of 30 years is hard to fathom for anything church…
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MHS principal opened high school to community, set to retire
By Gloria Stravelli Correspondent METUCHEN – When Bruce Peragallo became the principal of Metuchen High School, he had a radical vision in mind. “I guess the best way to say it is, I just wanted to knock the walls of the school down, open it up for the community to come into the school and…
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Community pulls together to present student art exhibit
By Gloria Stravelli Correspondent METUCHEN – An exhibit of artworks created by local arts students will open at the Rotunda Gallery at Borough Hall on July 21, thanks to a collaboration between the local arts, school and business communities. “The arts council is really delighted to collaborate with the Metuchen High School art students to…
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Metuchen recalls William Boerth as a man of integrity
By Gloria Stravelli Correspondent METUCHEN – The late William E. Boerth, who served as borough administrator during the tenures of four borough mayors, is being remembered as an exemplary civil servant who, despite a busy schedule, quietly took the time to impact others. “There are things that people didn’t know about him,” said former mayor…
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Metuchen resident receives award for coverage of Haskell Stakes
Matt Shifman, senior writer and assistant editor at Horse Racing Nation, has been named the winner of the 2021 Bill Handleman Award for outstanding coverage of last year’s TVG.Com Haskell Stakes. First presented in 2012, the Handleman Award honors distinguished media coverage of the $1 million, Grade 1 Haskell, Monmouth Park’s showcase race, according to…