2015 Ryan Patterson Memorial Meet
Ryan Patterson believed that every child should be provided the opportunity to sparkle. She helped so many children realize their gifts and share them with the world. Ryan believed that gestures both large and...
Category: Features
3rd Annual Brainy Borough Chili Challenge
The Chili Challenge is one of Metuchen’s popular scholarship fundraiser. Sampling more than a dozen different local chilis and voting for their favorites. Prizes awarded for “People’s Choice” and “Judge’s Choice.” Proceeds benefit the...
61st Annual Winter Festival Parade
The 61st Annual Winter Festival Parade was held on November 30th at 2 PM. The parade started at Edgar School and proceeded down Main Street to New Street and then to the Senior Center...
Metuchen Grapplers Recreational Wrestling Program
The Metuchen Grapplers recently held a clinic conducted by nationally ranked wrestler from Rutgers, Scott Winston. As you can see from the photos below, it was a day of fun learnings and exciting wresting!...
Family Reading Night 2014
It’s back! This year’s theme of Hometown Heroes provided once again, Live music, crafts, face painting, a professional photographer, refreshments and book swapping. Family Reading Night on Friday, October 24, lit up the Campbell...
Pride of Metuchen Marching Band and Color Guard 2014
The Pride of Metuchen Marching Band and Color Guard performing their 2014 program Desert Winds on October 25, 2014 at the recently concluded US Bands State Championships in Rutgers University’s Highpoint Solutions Stadium. For...
Mass Invasion of Metuchen by Hoardes of Zombies
PREPARE FOR THE APOCALYPSE! A vile horde of zombies invaded Metuchen on Sunday, October 27, on a hungry hunt for brains in the Brainy Borough. They gathered and departed the Colonial Cemetery at 5:00...
4th Annual Halloween Parade
via Metuchen Chamber Exchange – What is Halloween without Trick or Treat, costumes and a Halloween Parade. Every year in conjunction with the Metuchen Recreation Commission, we hold Trunk or Treat. A unique twist...
51st Annual Metuchen Country Fair
51st Annual Metuchen Country Fair celebrates The Movies! As in every year, the Fair ran along Main, Hillside and New Streets in downtown Metuchen. Visited by thousands of people from Metuchen and surrounding areas,...
Eagle Scout propose to renovate pool parking lot paths
Eagle Scout Peter Conroy of BSA Troop 17 is holding a fundraiser on Tuesday October 21. The Fundraiser, to be held at Joey D’s Pizzeria & Restaurant on 279 Central Avenue is for an Eagle Scout Project which...
Metuchen Farmers Market Helps Make Packing School Lunches Easy and Healthy
School is back in session which means many families are packing lunches. This invites the age-old question of what to pack for lunch? Come to the Metuchen Farmers Market for some inspiration! Luckily, for...
S.T.R.E.A.M. Summer Program
An innovative and engaging summer program, open to all students entering 1st through 9th grade. The six week program ran from July 1 and will continue through August 7, 2014. S.T.R.E.A.M. stands for Science,...
7th Swim Across America – Metuchen
Sunday, July 20th, 2014 – It’s the 7 Year Anniversary Swimming For a Cure! It’s that time of year again, when Metuchen comes together to fight for a common cause: a Cure for Cancer....
Sunflower Series Children’s Concert: Preschool of Rock
Wednesday, August 6, 2014 – Family Arts of Metuchen presents a children?s concert by Preschool of Rock at the Old Franklin Schoolhouse lawn (491 Middlesex Ave). Preschool of Rock is part of the Sunflower...
Metuchen Street Fair & Craft Show 2014
And exactly what we expected, we saw and experienced! And that’s the Metuchen Street Fair & Craft Show with more than 200 artists and crafters AND FOOD! Main and New streets became the intersection...
Junebug Artfest 2014 Third Night
At Junebug, there’s very little to say but so much to see! So we’re going to keep this short and get out of your way to enjoy Third Night! For the latest new on...
Fuce5K Family Fun/Run 2014
From Fuce 5K Family Fun Run/Walk Thank you, thank you, thank you to everyone involved in todays’s race! Such a success! Our biggest turnout yet! 1197 bibs sold! Without you, today would never be...
Farmer’s Market Opens for Families and Foodies
METUCHEN, NJ – The Metuchen Farmers Market returns with many returning favorites and new product offerings on Saturday June 14, 2014. The Market is held in the Pearl Street Lot every Saturday morning, rain...
Junebug 2014 Sculpture
This year is the first time that a husband and wife team creates the annual Junebug sculpture. Robert Russo, Robyn Trimboli-Russo and their daughter, Annabella, have been Metuchen residents for 15 years. The 2014...
Junebug 2014 Opening Night
‘Each Friday night in June, the streets of downtown Metuchen become an interactive art exhibit for the seventh annual Junebug ArtFest. The entertainment includes a continuous schedule of live music, dance performances and open-mic...