Author: Claire Reed, Managing Editor

  • Le Peep celebrates anniversary

    Le Peep celebrates anniversary

    BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer EDISON — The good food and family atmosphere draw people like Edison residents Joseph and Mary Geotz into Le Peep for breakfast and lunch five days a week. “We’ve been coming here since it opened for 30 years,” said Mary Geotz, who said their oldest child is now 30-years-old. Joseph…

  • Tale of ‘Beauty and the Beast’ to be told in Allentown

    Tale of ‘Beauty and the Beast’ to be told in Allentown

    By Matthew Sockol Staff Writer ALLENTOWN –  The classic story of “Beauty and the Beast” will come to life on the stage at Allentown High School, 27 High St., when students present the musical at 7 p.m. Feb. 23-25. Tickets at $9 for students and $10 for adults may be purchased by emailing [email protected]. At…

  • Milltown Mel predicts an early spring

    Milltown Mel predicts an early spring

    By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer MILLTOWN — Milltown Mel predicted an early spring this morning despite light snow flurries falling during Milltown’s annual celebration of Groundhog Day. Dressed in black coats and black top hats, the Milltown Wranglers — including Councilman Jerry Guthlein, who is Mel’s handler; Mayor Eric Steeber; and Councilman Ron Dixon —…

  • Places to be for week of Feb. 6

    Places to be for week of Feb. 6

    The calendar has flipped to February, which is the time of the winter scholastic season when tournaments are beginning to take form. Here are some tournaments and regular-season events to focus on this week. The wrestling postseason has been launched …  The NJSIAA sectional tournaments have started, beginning Feb. 6 with the opening rounds at…

  • Edison Jets were mighty this football season

    Edison Jets were mighty this football season

    The Edison Jets Mitey Mite football team relied on a high-powered offense and a tenacious defense to steamroll to a 9-0 record during the 2016 season. These skilled players, who ranged from 7 to 9 years old, were a force during the fall in the Mitey Mite Division of the Central Jersey Pop Warner Division…

  • Old Bridge community protests charter school proposal

    Old Bridge community protests charter school proposal

        BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer OLD BRIDGE — School officials, students and the community made it clear that a charter school has no business in a school district like the Old Bridge Township Public Schools. Schools Superintendent David Cittadino addressed a large crowd that attended the Superintendent’s Forum meeting on Jan. 31 at Old…

  • Local musician performs to help veterans

    Local musician performs to help veterans

    Singer, songwriter and activist Danny Rongo has been busy performing throughout New Jersey for 40 years and maintaining a corporate day job on Wall Street for 30 years. He is performing a new, one-man show at the Jersey Shore to help benefit local veterans. Rongo, who lives in Morganville with his wife Andrea, was raised…

  • Pupils inspire town to eliminate invasive plant

    Pupils inspire town to eliminate invasive plant

    By Matthew Sockol Staff Writer MILLSTONE – Officials in Millstone Township will take action to eliminate an invasive plant species after elementary school pupils identified locations where the plant is growing. The Community Problem Solvers Club, which is comprised of 19 pupils in grades three through five at the Millstone Township Elementary School, sought to…

  • New police officer hired in Plumsted Township

    New police officer hired in Plumsted Township

    By Michael Benavides Staff Writer PLUMSTED – The Township Committee has appointed James R. McCaffery as a full-time patrolman in the Plumsted Township Police Department. Officials took the action during a special meeting on Jan. 24. McCaffery will be paid $35,704 plus benefits, according to a resolution passed by the committee. He will serve a…