Tag: Metuchen
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Music Program schedules events
The Metuchen High School Music Program will kick off 2016 with two community-oriented events. The music students will cook and serve breakfast to all participants with a ticket at Applebee’s, 1045 Route 1 South, Edison, from 8-10 a.m. on Jan. 30. The cost is $10. The second event is Designer Bag Bingo to be held…
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St. Joe’s basketball, hockey teams gearing up for postseason
By Jimmy Allinder It’s the midpoint of the winter high school season and a pair of teams from Saint Joseph High School of Metuchen are making a serious run at winning postseason titles when the tournaments begin next month. The Falcons’ basketball team (10-2 overall, 6-0 division) is once again the class of the Greater…
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Dragonfly Multicultural Arts Center to present comedy
Dragonfly Multicultural Arts Center will present the comedy “Arms and the Man” by George Bernard Shaw at 8 p.m. on Feb. 5 and 12, and at 3 and 8 p.m. on Feb. 6 and 13 at the Metuchen Reformed Church, 150 Lake Ave., Metuchen. Tickets are $15 for adults and $10 for students and senior…
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Open registration announced in Metuchen
Registration is now open for the 2016 Junebug ArtFest. Visual Artists, performers and writers are invited to register for Metuchen’s ninth annual Junebug ArtFest set for June 4, 11, 18, and 25 from 6-10 p.m. The deadline for all applications is April 15, 2016. Sponsored by Metuchen Area Chamber of Commerce and Metuchen Arts Council,…
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Checchio installed as new bishop
By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer SOUTH PLAINFIELD — In the coming weeks, newly ordained and installed Bishop James F. Checchio will celebrate Masses in 10 deaneries throughout the four-county Diocese of Metuchen. Checchio, 50, was installed as the fifth Bishop of Metuchen on May 3 at the Church of the Sacred Heart in South Plainfield. He…
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Metuchen Chamber of Commerce announces Spring Street Fair
The Metuchen Area Chamber of Commerce will hold the 20th annual Spring Street Fair and Craft Show along Main and New Streets in downtown Metuchen from 11 a.m.-5 p.m. May 22. Admission is free for the public with more than 120 Artists, Crafters, Nonprofits, Local Shops and Food Vendors participating. Exhibitor categories include Crafter/Artist, Retailer,…
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Metuchen school budget approved with tax hike
BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer METUCHEN — Board of Education members commended the school administration on its transparency and thorough work putting together the 2016-17 budget. In a unanimous vote, the board approved the $36 million budget that maintains programs and provides necessary upgrades to facilities at a meeting on April 26. The budget carries…
