Author: Claire Reed, Managing Editor

  • Bank robber ordered to pay restitution

    Bank robber ordered to pay restitution

    By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer TRENTON — A 33-year-old Barnegat man was sentenced last week to 120 months in prison and ordered to pay restitution of $22,240 for robbing eight banks, which included three banks in Edison and one in Aberdeen, according to U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman. Steven Wisnowski previously pleaded guilty before United States…

  • Former Edison cops avoid probation

    Former Edison cops avoid probation

    By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer NEW BRUNSWICK — Once pillars of society, two of the four Edison police officers who lost their jobs for their involvement in attempting to harass and humiliate a North Brunswick police officer in 2012, may move on with their lives. With no prior records, Brian Favretto, 41, who once was…

  • Two police officers sentenced for harassing North Brunswick cop

    Two police officers sentenced for harassing North Brunswick cop

        BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer NEW BRUNSWICK — Superior Court Judge Joseph Paone handed fines to two of the four Edison police officers who pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct charges for their involvement in harassing and humiliating a North Brunswick police officer in 2012. Brian Favretto, of Brick, and William H. Gesell, of…

  • Eagle Scout honored by Edison council

    Eagle Scout honored by Edison council

    By JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent EDISON — J.P. Stevens High School sophomore Steven Zederbaum was commended for helping to preserve Edison’s history at the Jan. 11 Township Council meeting. For his Eagle Scout project, Zederbaum constructed a kiosk to commemorate the Sarah Jordan Boarding House at Menlo Park. The house was built in 1878 and served as…

  • Colts Neck committee selects Macnow as mayor

    Colts Neck committee selects Macnow as mayor

    By Peter Elacqua Staff Writer COLTS NECK – Township Committeeman Russell Macnow will serve as Colts Neck’s mayor during 2017 after he was elected to that position by his fellow members of the Township Committee during the Jan. 7 reorganization meeting of the governing body. Macnow was sworn in as mayor by state Sen. Jennifer…

  • Sutera elected to lead high school board

    Sutera elected to lead high school board

    By Peter Elacqua Staff Writer Jennifer Sutera, who is Manalapan’s representative on the Freehold Regional High School District Board of Education, has been elected president of the board for 2017. The board held its annual reorganization meeting on Jan. 9, during which Business Administrator/Board Secretary Sean Boyce swore in the winning candidates from the Nov.…

  • Monmouth University named archive center for Bruce Springsteen

    Monmouth University named archive center for Bruce Springsteen

    WEST LONG BRANCH — On Jan. 10, Monmouth University announced a new collaborative partnership to establish the Bruce Springsteen Archives and Center for American Music. The new archive center will have a permanent home at the campus, announced Monmouth University’s President Paul R. Brown, who greeted the crowd at the university’s Pollack Theater. Robert Santelli, a distinguished Monmouth…

  • Electronic threat deemed a false alarm at Jonas Salk Middle School

    Electronic threat deemed a false alarm at Jonas Salk Middle School

      BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer OLD BRIDGE — No threat was found at Jonas Salk Middle School on West Greystone Road, according to police. “It was a false alarm,” Police Captain Joseph Mandola said. Schools Superintendent David Cittadino said Principal William Rezes received an electronic unconfirmed threat as teachers, staff and students arrived to…

  • Teachers hope to prove they are Wizards on the court

    Teachers hope to prove they are Wizards on the court

    By VASHTI HARRIS Staff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK — Teachers are hoping they don’t get schooled during an upcoming charity basketball game. The East Brunswick Education Foundation (EBEF) will be the hoist to a visit by the Harlem Wizards at Churchill Junior High School on Jan. 29. “I’m excited that the Wizards organization will help in…