Pack-up the kids and the lawn chairs (or a blanket), Metuchen resident Edward Logue, former Supervisor of Music and Band Director at Metuchen High School, will conduct the band at this special patriotic event.
The bunting currently hanging on Borough Hall is in honor of Bob Drake, a retired police sergeant who passed away last week. He served the department for 25 years and retired 25 years ago.
Continue reading Bunting on Borough Hall.
St Francis Cathedral School recently graduated its 75th class. The first graduating class, pictured here, had 15 students (and they are shown with Father John Foley who became Monsignor and remained at St Francis until he died in 1970). Two women from this photo, Margaret Breen (Norman) and Ann Salamone are still alive and attended the school's 80th anniversary this past September. More about alumni later in the story.
The school opened in 1928 with 81 students in the same building currently in use (although there were two subsequent additions, which you will notice from the slightly different-color brick). The class of '09 had 41 graduates and enrollment continues to be strong. Over 510 students are expected in September (pre-K - 8), with a waiting list in several grades.
Continue reading St. Francis Graduates 75th Class.
Mrs. Florence Carter, 6th grade Language Arts Literacy teacher at
World Languages teacher Susan LaFauci was appointed acting vice-principal of MHS while vice principal Bruce Peragallo serves as acting principal until Mr. Novak's replacement is named.
Kevin LoPresti and
An eyesore for too long, the old Stop & Shop building is one step closer to being history; the demolition process has begun. We've learned the contractor is currently working on asbestos removal and capping all of the utilities. Once that work has been completed, they will need to submit paperwork for demolition.
Renaissance Properties has construction of the first District at Metuchen building slated for Spring of 2010 - depending on 'market conditions.'
The girl scouts of the North Edison Metuchen Service Unit collect aluminum pop-tops from beverage cans as a fundraiser for Ronald McDonald House. Gathering them from home and family parties, they proudly bring them to each troop meeting. Scout Marisa Redding takes responsibility for collecting and storing the tops collected by the entire unit and taking them to Ronald McDonald House in
Last year, the service unit collected 240 pound of pop tops. Considering the weight of an
entire empty soda can is only .5 ounces, that's a whole lot of pop tops.
Little Bari Quinn of Daisy Troop 80763 collected and donated 25 pounds of pop tops herself! She asked her dad to please set-up collection bins near the vending machines at work and the result was a tote that weighed almost as much as her.
Thanks for reminding us just how mighty little can be!
Artist and illustrator Kim Adlerman may be familiar to many of you due to her children's books and her warm-hearted willingness to share them (and her love of creating) with our kids in school, at the library, and the Raconteur - to name just a few. But Kim's body of work goes far beyond what you may recognize from the pages of those lovely books. Be sure to find her at What's The Scoop this evening, where you will see her quick smile and good humor are as inviting as her talent and the lovely work she shows.
We spoke with Kim to learn more about the many dimensions of her craft:
Continue reading Meet Kim Adlerman - an artist of many dimensions and much joy.
Junebug has been fabulous this year; the talented artists, interactive events, and wonderful music have filled the streets of town with lots of people and good times. Sadly, the last evening of the festival is tomorrow and there are two events to take note of: The Pet Parade starts at 7:30 (7:00 registration) in the South Main Municipal Lot and ChalkWalk at the Forum will let you be creative AND learn more about Forum plans to start showing movies in July (and what you can do to help).
Continue reading Final Friday of Junebug: Special Events to Attend.
Metuchen Town Soccer is running their annual registration campaign for the fall soccer season. There is an additional fee if you apply after June 30th so get your application in, online, before the deadline.
The club is also looking for businesses who would like to sponsor a soccer team. Your company name will be printed on the back of your team's shirts, and will also appear on the game schedule for your team's division, on the schedule for photo night, and on the club web site. Sponsorships are $100.
Click here to get all the information and file your registration.
You may have noticed driving into town that the Main Street bollard, that lovely median that introduces our town to traffic coming off Route 1, has suffered a nasty takedown. A drunk driver mistook the median for a parking space and plowed into it last weekend. But what will happen to the bollard, the welcoming pineapple sign and the lovely brick median that took so long to have constructed? We are sure that the town is on it. (Powers-that-be, are you on it? )
By the end of August, new business owners Chris and Jodi Flynn will have transformed the space where Sawadee's has been into Hailey's Harp & Pub, an authentic Irish public house filled with friends, food, spirits, and craic (read on for more about that).
Continue reading IT'S COMING! A PUB IS COMING!.
In Inwood Hill Park , in upper Manhattan, an angry person with an axe did a George Washington on a grove of lilac trees. The police are on the lookout for the culprit and the public is up in arms over this particular "arborcide." In Metuchen, New Jersey, our own snafu concerning trees and strangers in the night (or day) at Woodwild Park sent the borough and the Assocation to take their corners in a courtroom this past Friday.
The Woodwild Park Association's attorney has filed a motion for change of venue, which will be decided by Judge Francis of Middlesex County Superior Court. An attendant at the scene said that Attorney Frizell waited patiently through many an additional court case to be heard before the borough's case was discussed on the docket. The borough is paying for the Borough attorney to prosecute the men in question.
The Metuchen Municipal Pool Swim Team will be starting Father's Day with a with a commitment to helping folks in need. Collaborating with Swim Across America, they will be swimming to raise money and awareness for cancer research, prevention and treatment. Since 1987, SAA has raised over $25M through a variety of swim events. This is the second year MMP has hosted the fund-raising event.
Team swimmers, divers, life guards and Master swimmers will do as many laps as they want (or can) and sponsors have committed to donations based on the number of laps they do. The team has a goal of swimming 100 miles. Whether an athlete does 1 lap or 100, every lap by every participant counts and will bolster the group effort.
Continue reading Swim for a Cure Swimathon - This Sunday at the Pool.
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