Tag: Metuchen
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Metuchen Library to hold workshops
Metuchen Public Library, 480 Middlesex Ave., Metuchen, will offer three Job Seekers Workshops from 10 a.m.-noon. on March 10, 17, and 24. The workshops will be presented by One-Stop Career Center from the Middlesex County Workforce Investment Board. “What Employers Expect” and “What Jobs are In Demand” will be offered on March 10, “Resumes–Latest Trends”…
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Area Chambers of Commerce co-sponsor personal finance seminars
As part of its 2016 business information series, Metuchen Area Chamber of Commerce will partner with the Chambers of Commerce in Edison and Woodbridge to present a seminar series titled Personal Finance for Small Business Owners. The seminars take place on Feb. 16 and 23 from 8 a.m.-9:15 a.m. at Metuchen Public Library, 480 Middlesex…
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Library announces senior status library card
Metuchen senior citizens, ages 65 and over, are eligible for a “Fines Free” senior status library card at the Metuchen Public Library, 480 Middlesex Ave., Metuchen. Senior library cardholders are exempt from overdue fines on materials that are checked out at the Metuchen Public Library. Metuchen residents must bring a proof of identity and a…
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Community Game Night at synagogue
Neve Shalom Hebrew School of Metuchen will host a Community Game Night at 7 p.m. Feb. 13. There is no admission fee for children; adults are $5 at the door. Bring your own games or play one of ours. Light refreshments will be served. Members and non-members are welcome. For more information or to RSVP…
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Black History Month presentation scheduled
The Metuchen Edison Area of the NAACP will celebrate Black History Month at 7 p.m. on Feb. 11 at New Hope Baptist Church, 45 Hampton Street, Metuchen. The speaker will be Don Oliveria, who served as a Congregational Aide to the Honorable Shirley Chisholm and marched with Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Mr. Oliveria…
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Metuchen seeks candidates for board of ed
By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer METUCHEN — Board of Education members are in the beginning stages of seeking a person to fill the seat of long-time trustee Rose de Vries after she left the board on Feb. 1. “Rose resigning. … While it is a tremendous blow to our district and board, I want to…
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Metuchen board member remembered
By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer METUCHEN — Former Board of Education member Eileen Duffy, who passed away on Jan. 11, will be missed. “We lost a great member of our community,” said board member Ben Small as he reminisced about Duffy at the Jan. 26 board meeting. “I was fortunate to have her as a…
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Hawks’ girls taking it one game at a time
By Jimmy Allinder The secret to winning is not really a secret at all. A common thread among perennial winners is to take one game at a time, which was the lesson the J.P. Stevens High School girls basketball team learned Feb. 5 when it met Edison High School. J.P. Stevens is 11-7 with two…
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On campus
The following students were named to the dean’s list for fall 2015 at Stockton University, Pomona section of Galloway. Students from Edison are: Kourtney Gush, junior, marine science; Melissa Castelan, senior, health science; Kaylee Howlett, freshman, biology; Kelly Gibson, sophomore, visual arts; Allyson Crawford, sophomore, social work; Jessica Heditsch, junior, marine science; Rose Corbet, senior,…
