Author: Claire Reed, Managing Editor

  • Metuchen seeking historic designation on state, national registers

    Metuchen seeking historic designation on state, national registers

    By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer METUCHEN — The borough may soon have its first historic district. The Borough Council orally approved the 70-page draft of the Middlesex Avenue-Woodwild Park Historic District prepared by the Metuchen Historic Preservation Committee at a council meeting on July 11. The draft will be submitted for review to potentially be…

  • Indicted Edison cop may receive unemployment

    Indicted Edison cop may receive unemployment

    By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer EDISON — An acting lieutenant and 22-year veteran of the Edison Police Department — suspended without pay after his alleged involvement to retaliate against a North Brunswick police officer, who arrested another individual for drunk driving — is entitled to receive unemployment compensation benefits, according to a decision by the Appellate…

  • Yakely excelling as athlete and student at St. Joe’s

    Yakely excelling as athlete and student at St. Joe’s

    By Jimmy Allinder When a student-athlete enrolls at Saint Joseph High School of Metuchen, his goal is to excel athletically and academically. That is certainly the case with Luke Yakely, a rising senior who has earned the captaincy for both the football and lacrosse teams and is a model student. Yakely has been a shining…

  • Man pleads guilty to waving BB gun while driving in Woodbridge

    Man pleads guilty to waving BB gun while driving in Woodbridge

    An actor has faced reality regarding the use of a gun. The actor, Carlo Goias, a 48-year-old Toms River man, has pleaded guilty to a charge of creating a false public alarm by waving a BB gun out of a vehicle while riding in Woodbridge. Goias pleaded guilty to the charge during a hearing in…

  • Fans to honor Hall of Famer Piazza with corn maze

    Fans to honor Hall of Famer Piazza with corn maze

    By CARRIE FALCONE Staff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK — Mike Piazza received the highest honor a baseball player can attain when he was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame during ceremonies July 24 in Cooperstown, New York. Locally, the former All-Star catcher, who played for five teams during his career from 1992 through 2007, will…

  • Edison resident named senior interior designer at DMR Architects

    Edison resident named senior interior designer at DMR Architects

    DMR Architects, Hasbrouck Heights, has hired Jay Beispeil, NJ CID, of Edison, as a senior interior designer to keep up with the demands of its clients’ diverse needs. Beispiel has 26 years of experience, most recently with NK Architects in Morristown. Before that, he held several positions at DI Group Architecture in New Brunswick and…

  • On Campus

    On Campus

    Suresh Babu Jothilingam of Edison received an ACT in big data analytics and a MS in computer science from Rochester Institutue of Technology’s B. Thomas Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences at the school’s Academic Convocation in May.

  • St. Luke’s to hold flea market Aug. 6

    St. Luke’s to hold flea market Aug. 6

    St. Luke’s Episcopal Church will hold its next monthly flea market on Aug. 6 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Antiques, handmade goods, crafts, kitchenware, crystal, toys, CDs and much more will be available. Vendors are welcome; call 732-548-4309 to reserve a table. St. Luke’s is located at 17 Oak Ave. in Metuchen, at the…

  • On Campus

    On Campus

    Suresh Babu Jothilingam of Edison received an ACT in big data analytics from Rochester Institute of Technology’s B. Thomas Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences.