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Liberty Tavern has operated for nearly 74 years as a family-run business specializing in cold beer and handmade pizza burgers.

Thomas A. Edison Park, a Middlesex County facility off Mill Road and adjacent to Middlesex College, will close Monday, Dec. 12 indefinitely.

Community Bulletin Board: Criterion Sentinel (for July 14)   Middlesex College will host a two-hour in-person Continuing Education Open House at its centrally-located campus in Edison on July 15 from 6-8 p.m. Park in lot 11.  Held outdoors under tents, the open house will give prospective students and visitors the opportunity to learn more about the wide array of noncredit courses that make up Continuing Education programs at Middlesex College, including allied health, English as a second la...

Community Bulletin Board: Criterion Sentinel (for June 30)   A fireworks display will be held July 2 at Alvin P. Williams Memorial Park in the Sewaren section of Woodbridge. Gates to the park open at 4 p.m. Officials will present Killed-In-Action flags to families who lost a loved one from Woodbridge in any wars in the past. Call the Recreation Department at 732-596-4048 to register someone. The ceremony should begin at 7:30 p.m. The Nerds will perform after the fireworks. “Bringing the Nig...

Community Bulletin Board: the North and South Brunswick Sentinel (for June 30)   The North Brunswick Youth Sports Festival will be held from July 1-11 by DeVry/Chamberlain University, 630 Route 1 north, North Brunswick. Hours are: 6-11 p.m. weeknights, 6 p.m. to midnight Fridays, 3 p.m. to midnight Saturdays, 3-11 p.m. Sundays. Special hours for July 4 are 3 p.m. to midnight, July 5 from 3-11 p.m. and July 6 6 p.m. to midnight. There will be free entertainment, rides, Rosaire’s Royal Racers,...

Community Bulletin Board: the North and South Brunswick Sentinel (for May 26)   The regular public meeting of the North Brunswick Board of Education will be held in person at 7 p.m. May 26 at North Brunswick Township High School in the auditorium, 98 Raider Road, North Brunswick. For instructions on how to access the meeting and make public comments during the livestream, visit www.nbtschools.org     Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital and Safe Kids Middlesex County will co-host Summer S...

Community Bulletin Board: Criterion Sentinel (for May 26)   The Township of Edison and the Jewish Renaissance Foundation (JRF) Community Health Center have partnered to provide pop-up COVID-19 vaccination clinics of the Moderna vaccine from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. May 26, June 9 and June 23 at the Edison Township Senior Center, 2963 Woodbridge Ave., Edison. Appointments are required, and may be made by calling 732-482-9600 or by visiting the JRF website at www.jrfnj.org/chc. The Township of Ediso...

Community Bulletin Board: Criterion Sentinel (for May 19) The Metuchen Recreation Commission is sponsoring a Pop Up Dance for current Metuchen eighth- and ninth-graders and their escorts at the Metuchen Pool from 6:15 – 9 p.m. May 20. All state and CDC recommendations will be followed, including mask-wearing and social distancing. The event is limited to 200 attendees, including staff. The dress code is business casual for the escorts and semiformal, “anything goes,” for the young ladies,...

Community Bulletin Board: Criterion Sentinel (for May 12)   The Terra Nova Flower Club of Edison will hold its annual flower sale from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. May 22 at the Thomas Edison Tower, 37 Christie St., Edison. Rain date is May 23. There will be an assortment of annuals, perennials, house plants, herbs and honey from a local beekeeper for sale. Current COVID-19 guidelines will be observed. Purchases will be cash only.   New Jersey State Association of American Physicians of Indian Origin (AA...

Community Bulletin Board: the North and South Brunswick Sentinel (for May 5)   Join the South Brunswick Public Library for an informative seminar on what you need to know about elder law and Medicaid at 7 p.m. May 5. This virtual seminar will be presented by estate planning, probate and trust administration attorney Joshua F. Cheslow of Drescher & Cheslow in Manalapan. To be notified should the program be cancelled to receive any handouts after the program, register here with an accurate emai...