Tag: Metuchen
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Metuchen Cruise Nights return for extended season beginning May 5
By GLORIA STRAVELLI Correspondent METUCHEN – Are you nostalgic for the days when tail fins, gleaming chrome trim and muscle cars and hot rods ruled the road? Then Cruise Night in Downtown Metuchen is the event for you. Fans of classic and vintage cars will once again head to the downtown beginning May 5, when…
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Metuchen school board adopts $44.8M budget for 2021-22
By GLORIA STRAVELLI Correspondent METUCHEN — The Metuchen School District Board of Education voted to adopt a $44.8 million budget to fund programs, services and day-to-day operations of the district for the 2021-22 school year. The $44,876,429 budget adopted by a unanimous vote of board members at the final budget hearing on April 27 represents…
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Metuchen Downtown Alliance Spring Bazaar celebrates community
By GLORIA STRAVELLI Correspondent METUCHEN – There’s no question the return of the Spring Bazaar, taking place May 15 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on the Metuchen Town Plaza, will attempt to raise spirits throughout the community. Presented by the Metuchen Downtown Alliance, the popular artisan market was paused last year due to concerns…
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Art exhibition shines a ‘Lens on Black life’
Papillon & Company will host a Kamoinge Workshop exhibition, “From Harlem to Metuchen: Lens on Black Life.” The members of this African American photographers collective will be sharing their experiences, conducting a photography workshop and exhibiting their work May 8 through June 30 in Papillon’s Metuchen store, located at 418 Main St. “Art can build…
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Climate change is one topic addressed by Windows of Understanding Public Art Project
BY GLORIA STRAVELLI Correspondent METUCHEN – As Earth Day approaches, environmental issues like climate change take on greater urgency. Members of the community can join in a community discussion about the impacts of climate change during a virtual forum taking place at 7:30 p.m. April 21, the eve of Earth Day. The Community Conversation is…
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Metuchen taps library for new municipal clerk
BY GLORIA STRAVELLI Correspondent METUCHEN — Deborah Zupan, who was the principal librarian at the Metuchen Public Library, was appointed as the new municipal clerk by a unanimous vote of the mayor and council. “The most important thing I want to say is that we will have a new borough clerk,” Mayor Jonathan Busch said…
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Metuchen’s Team Vaccine rocks booking vaccine shots
BY GLORIA STRAVELLI Correspondent METUCHEN — They tiptoe around in the early hours of the morning when their households are quiet and there is an opportunity to help keep vulnerable people safe from the COVID-19 virus. That’s when volunteers for Metuchen’s #Team Vaccine do the vital work of tracking down and booking vaccination appointments for…
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Borough officials ‘confident’ about Metuchen pool season, but membership prices expected to increase
METUCHEN – After canceling the pool season last year because of the novel coronavirus pandemic, borough officials are “confident” there will be a Metuchen municipal pool season this year. The Borough Council approved resolutions for authorization of the concession for the Metuchen Pool Snack Bar to FBJ Investments doing business as Fresco by Jimmy at…
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Make-A-Wish New Jersey, Jersey Mike’s team up to grant 11-year-old Edison boy his wish
METUCHEN – Eleven-year-old Victor Flores wore his orange “I am a Warrior” T-shirt proudly as he headed to Jersey Mike’s Subs for an early lunch with his family and best friend. Little did he know on the morning of March 30 that his wish was about to come true of a shopping spree of new…