Tag: Middlesex County Board of Chosen Freeholders

  • Annual Bowl for Hunger raises $31,000 for food banks

    Annual Bowl for Hunger raises $31,000 for food banks

    WOODBRIDGE — Funds from the eighth annual “Bowl for Hunger” will be distributed evenly among 32 food banks in Middlesex County. This year’s “Bowl for Hunger” on July 27 at Majestic Lanes of Hopelawn raised approximately $31,000, with additional pledges to come. Assemblyman Craig J. Coughlin (D-Middlesex) in partnership with the Middlesex Water Company, Raritan…

  • Advanced Analytical Testing Laboratories to hold open house in North Brunswick July 27

    Advanced Analytical Testing Laboratories to hold open house in North Brunswick July 27

    Advanced Analytical Testing Laboratories, Inc. will hold an open house from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. on July 27 at its new location, 30 Silverline Dr., North Brunswick. The public is welcome to tour the new, 22,000-square-foot laboratories and facilities, enjoy a video presentation, and learn about current and future analytical testing capabilities. Attendees can also…

  • County plans road improvements on Oak Tree Road

    County plans road improvements on Oak Tree Road

    EDISON — Try to make a left hand turn during rush hour out of the business complex at 2163 Oak Tree Road? Forget about it. “Not only is it dangerous to make a left hand turn [out of the business complex], we have a child care center with small kids … a right hand turn…

  • Art in the Park Workshop July 22

    Art in the Park Workshop July 22

    An Art in the Park Workshop will be held from 10-11:30 a.m., July 22, at The Lodge at Thompson Park, 1701 Perrineville Road, Monroe. Educator Lindsay Erben will lead the nature hands-on workshop where participants will hunt for interesting natural and recyclable items to create their own original artwork by pressing textures into terracotta clay.…

  • Sunny’s Summer Songs at Lakeview School July 22

    Sunny’s Summer Songs at Lakeview School July 22

    The New Jersey Institute for Disabilities Access Arts will present Sunny’s Summer Songs at 2 p.m. July 22 at the Lakeview School, 10 Oak Drive, Roosevelt Park, Edison. The event will feature live music and songs for the entire family. The show is designed to be special needs friendly and there is no cost to attend. This…

  • Len Roseman retires in Metuchen

    Len Roseman retires in Metuchen

    BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer METUCHEN — For more than 60 years, Leonard Roseman served the residents of Metuchen and Middlesex County as a whole in the various hats he assumed. That’s why when Roseman announced he was retiring; it was hard to believe for the many that worked with him. “They tell me that…

  • Middlesex County Vocational Technical Schools graduates 446 students

    Middlesex County Vocational Technical Schools graduates 446 students

    WOODBRIDGE — Graduations for 446 students were held last week on the five campuses of the Middlesex County Vocational and Technical Schools. Seventy-seven percent of the graduates of the three Middlesex County Vocational and Technical High Schools and two academies will be attending colleges or other post-secondary schools in the fall. Valedictorian Vraj Shah, of…

  • Volunteers needed for planting at Manalapan Lake in Monroe

    Volunteers needed for planting at Manalapan Lake in Monroe

    Volunteers are needed from 9:30 a.m. to  12 p.m. on June 24 to help plant beneficial vegetation on the shoreline of Manalapan Lake in Thompson Park, Forsgate Drive, Monroe. The planting will help control soil erosion, reduce rainwater runoff and improve the habitat in the park. The Manalapan Brook stretches from Manalapan to DeVoe Lake…

  • Vintage baseball game will celebrate Father’s Day in Middlesex County

    Vintage baseball game will celebrate Father’s Day in Middlesex County

    The Middlesex County Office of Culture and Heritage will hold a special celebration for Father’s Day weekend that combines sports and history. To commemorate 160 years of baseball in Middlesex County, the county will present a free baseball game using 1857 rules and regulations from 1-3:30 p.m. on June 17 in the fields adjacent to…