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The second Ashlyn Ferriero Carnival Benefit Festival will be Aug. 10 to 14, 2011, at Avenel Park on Tappen Street, which is also known as the Mayor Frank Pelzman Memorial Park. The Fashion Love Ashlyn Foundation receives 25 percent of the money raised from the rides and games to be used for scholarships in honor [...]

Have you been to the Plays in the Park, at Roosevelt Park in Edison? I went last night with a few friends. It was a lovely production. For more information, you can read all about it on my blog, the Iselin Times.
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By SUE KEMPER – ISELIN TIMES   Face2face is a new documentary being filmed this summer. For the documentary, the director of the movie, Katherine Brooks, is touring the United States to meet 50 random facebook friends… and one of them just happens to live in Iselin! Katherine has created and directed some of television’s hottest shows, [...]

by SUE KEMPER at the Iselin Times Nothing’s been updated here at Woodbridge InJersey lately, so I took a look around to try to figure out why. An Article on Woodbridge Patch (which is NOT related to Woodbridge InJersey) dated June 22 said that there were going to be a lot of staffing cuts. According to the [...]

Today is a great day for a trip to the beach.  I took this photo last summer, and I can’t wait to take more some time soon. Of course, most of us have to go to work today.  If you are working too, just stare at the photo for a while and daydream; that’s what I’m [...]

I was scanning the news online today, and came across this article. Now, I’m not a sports person, so normally I don’t read the sports stuff at all. But I know this guy from JFK High School! So, I reprinted part of the article here. I haven’t had a chance to talk to Coach Smith at [...]

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It seems like there’s something going on almost every night this summer in Woodbridge — you never have to stay home!  Tonight, it’s a Classic Car Show on Main Street. A nice place to go after dinner, take a little stroll around, and day dream about the car you had when you were a kid. Or [...]

The school year is winding down to a close finally. HIGH SCHOOL – FINAL EXAMS FOR BLOCKS 1 AND 2: JUNE 16, 2011 HIGH SCHOOL – FINAL EXAMS FOR BLOCKS 3 AND 4: JUNE 17, 2011 8th Grade dance at Iselin Middle School: JUNE 17, 2011 – 6:00 PM HIGH SCHOOL – MAKE-UP FINAL EXAMS: JUNE 20, 2011 So I guess you should be studying, [...]

Survivor Cindy Lizzano and Organizer Michelle Daichman The Relay for Life kicked off right on schedule tonight.  It was a misty, cool evening, and it would have been fine… we set up tarps and canopies… but then we heard it was possible that thunder and lightning was on the way.  So we didn’t make the whole night.  I [...]

“Safety Days” at Robert Mascenik School was held today. All of the students were given an opportunity to talk to local emergency responders – the police, firemen, EMT’s, and other trained professionals – to learn about the equipment, the procedures, and the jobs that need to be done in an emergency situation. It’s a great learning [...]

I didn’t feel it.  But… this is what I read this morning, on the USGS Web Site!

This is a mulberry.It’s growing in my front yard. It hangs over the sidewalk – I’m sorry if it hits you in the face as you walk past my house, I haven’t gotten around to trimming it lately, I plan on pruning it but time is short! I didn’t plant it. It sprung up whole from the [...]

The T. Nulty Post 471 American Legion in Iselin will observe Memorial Day today by putting flags on the graves of veterans in local cemeteries, to be followed by a solemn service at the post home, located at 25 Brown Avenue in Iselin. All are welcome to attend the service in honor and memory of the [...]

The T. Nulty Post 471 of the American Legion, on Brown Avenue in Iselin, will be holding their annual Memorial Day ceremonies on Monday. The event will begin at 9 AM at St. Gertrude’s Cemetery, with a Color Guard and a Wreath Laying ceremony. Then, at 11:00 AM, there will be a flag raising and an [...]

Sometimes, I just love my garden.  Today was one of those days.  It was a beautiful afternoon, and all of the recent rain made it seem even nicer out today in the sun – it was humid, and warm, and just a marvelous day all around.  I didn’t even THINK of taking photos of the garden until [...]

The Banding Together Foundation is hosting a clothing drive with a company Cash for Clothes .  They will give the Banding Together foundation 15 cents for every pound of unwanted clothing and shoes. So don’t you think now is a good time to go through your closet and get rid of the stuff you haven’t been wearing?  Please bag these [...]