Clothing Drive • May 1 from 8 to 11:30 a.m. – Holy Family Parish, 215 Pershing Ave., Carteret, will hold a clothing drive in the parking lot. Clean clothing, linens and sneakers will be accepted in plastic garbage bags. For info, call Debbie at 1-732-541-5736.
Middlesex County
Documentary Recalls 1968 State Basketball Championship Team
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PERTH AMBOY—Al Jackson recently completed his two year project on the 1968 State Basketball Championship team. It was a project that occupied his weekends when he was not working for PA-TV or in the high school.
EARTH Center Garden Season Kick-Off & Plant Sale
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SOUTH BRUNSWICK—On Saturday, May 1, the EARTH Center, home of Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Middlesex County will host a Garden Season Kick-Off & Plant Sale from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. in Davidson’s Mill Pond Park, 42 Riva Avenue, South Brunswick.
High School Students Host a Benefit for Earthquake Victims
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PERTH AMBOY – On May 1, Perth Amboy High School will be hosting an “International Festival-United for All” Benefit to aid the earthquake relief efforts in Haiti and Chile. The whole community is invited to attend this event, which will last from noon to 4 p.m.
Middlesex County College Math Team Scores in Competition
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EDISON—The Middlesex County College Math Team took third place – first among all two-year colleges – in the Garden State Undergraduate Math Conference, sponsored by the Mathematics Association of America.
Representatives From Japanese Consulate Visit Second Graders
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EDISON – Second graders at The Wardlaw-Hartridge School in North Edison, who have recently honed their knowledge of the Japanese culture and traditions, were visited on April 27 by three representatives from The Caravan Program, which is sponsored by the Japanese Information Center of the Consulate General of Japan in New York City.
Middlesex County College Hosts Benefit Restaurant Tasting
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EDISON — Middlesex County College was transformed into a cornucopia of fine dining as 25 local restaurants offered samples of their best dishes at the second Alumni Association food tasting event April 21.
Rams Make A Difference For Autism Awareness
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EDISON—The Wardlaw-Hartridge Varsity Baseball team brought Autism Awareness to the forefront on Friday, April 23, when teammates gave a brief presentation to Upper School students about autism.
Fourth Graders’ ClassroomsCare Project Will Bring Literature to Military Families
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EDISON—Fourth graders in Ellen Colandrea’s at The Wardlaw-Hartridge School in North Edison recently rose to a Scholastic Book Clubs’ challenge by reading over 50 books well before May 14. Because of their efforts, Scholastic Book Clubs will donate 250,000 books to children on military bases.
County Installs Rain Garden to Treat Water Before it Flows into Lakes, Streams
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JAMESBURG – A grassy island in a parking lot at Middlesex County’s Thompson Park was transformed today into a Rain Garden—complete with coneflowers, black eyed susans, joe pye weed, and other assorted native plants designed to treat polluted stormwater runoff before it flows into the park’s Manalapan Lake.