Tag: Metuchen

  • Metuchen girls’ basketball team welcomes back veteran coach

    Metuchen girls’ basketball team welcomes back veteran coach

    A familiar name will be on the bench coaching once again for the Metuchen High School girls’ basketball team. Metuchen will be coached by Kathy Glutz, who had guided the team during the 1980s and 1990s. Glutz was a collegiate star at Rutgers University in the 1970s, where she concluded her career with over 1,000…

  • St. Joseph soccer season ends in hard-fought battle against CBA

    St. Joseph soccer season ends in hard-fought battle against CBA

    The boys’ soccer teams at Christian Brothers Academy (CBA) and Saint Joseph High School of Metuchen battled to the bitter end on a rainy afternoon in the semifinals of the NJSIAA South Jersey, Non-Public A tournament. The end result on Nov. 7 was a victory for the host Colts, 2-0, in Lincroft. The game was…

  • Spotswood football team holds off fiesty Metuchen

    Spotswood football team holds off fiesty Metuchen

    The Spotswood High School football team showed its fight when it had to hold off a furious rally by Metuchen High School to secure a 31-22 victory. Spotswood had built a 24-0 lead behind senior fullback Nicholas Vincelli, who scored two touchdowns in the first half of the game that was played on Nov. 3…

  • Middlesex County College students named to Honor Society

    Middlesex County College students named to Honor Society

    Eighty-three students were named to the Middlesex County College chapter of Phi Theta Kappa, the international honor society for two-year colleges, this fall. Members from Edison are Jean-Luc Dorvil, Adam Lancia, Xinye Li, Jishnu Pate, Cynthia Richardson, Yesha Trivedi, Vy Vo and Chloe Zack. Members from Metuchen are Austin Brooks, Keri Murath and Jaimin Nayee.…

  • Metuchen football defeats Keyport for first victory under Warnock

    Metuchen football defeats Keyport for first victory under Warnock

    It took a few weeks and a touchdown in overtime, but Metuchen High School won its first game of the year — and the first ever under head coach Michael Warnock — when it scored a 9-3 victory over Keyport High School. The Bulldogs pulled out the dramatic victory on Oct. 21 in Keyport. Metuchen’s Gio Ortega…

  • Metuchen shoppers welcome new Whole Foods

    Metuchen shoppers welcome new Whole Foods

    METUCHEN — The excitement surrounding the Whole Foods Market opening last week was hard to contain. “I’m excited for the fish and produce,” Melissa Boxer, an Edison resident, said with a smile as she pushed a cart load of groceries from the store. Boxer said to have a Whole Foods Market in close proximity to…

  • Monroe, Saint Joseph boys’ soccer teams hope to end seasons strong

    Monroe, Saint Joseph boys’ soccer teams hope to end seasons strong

    Monroe Township High School’s boys’ soccer team continued its success this season and, in the process, spoiled Saint Joseph High School of Metuchen’s senior day. On Oct. 14, Monroe displayed its weapons en route to a 6-2 victory over the host team in Metuchen. “We moved the ball well,” Monroe head coach Steven Mackenzie said. “We…

  • Metuchen street fair 2016

    Metuchen street fair 2016

    Metuchen Area Chamber of Commerce 20th annual Spring Street Fair Sunday, May 22, 2016 11am to 5pm, rain or shine downtown Metuchen

  • Metuchen reinvigorates Human Relations Commission

    Metuchen reinvigorates Human Relations Commission

    METUCHEN — Borough officials are hoping to add another epithet to the town’s  name. Already known as the “Brainy Boro” and “Doughnut Hole,” borough officials hope to also be known as a diverse, inclusive community. The Borough Council approved, on first reading, amending a Human Relations Commission ordinance, bringing it up to date at a…