Author: Claire Reed, Managing Editor
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Woodbridge baseball, softball fall early in state tourney
By Jeff Appelblatt Harry Rutkowski was the best pitcher on Woodbridge High School’s baseball team the last two years and like most all aces do, he was going to be first on the hill for the first game of the playoffs — in this case, the first round of the NJSIAA North Jersey, Section II,…
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Hopeful ‘First Spouse’ stumps for Hillary in Edison
By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer EDISON — As New Jersey’s primary election nears, former President Bill Clinton made a stop at Edison High School last week to tell the people why he believes his wife, Hillary Clinton, is the best candidate for the president of the United States. As the crowd filled the hot and…
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Metuchen H.S. is New Jersey winner in Optimum Community Charity Champions program
Optimum Community recognized students at Metuchen High School as the New Jersey grand-prize winners in this year’s Charity Champions, a program that promotes volunteerism and encourages area high schools to raise funds for a charity of their choice. The school was presented with $5,000 to be donated to Breaking the Chain through Education, an international…
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As enrollment increases in Edison, so do school taxes
By JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent EDISON — A combination of capital projects, new personnel and rising insurance costs are behind a school budget that comes with an average $141 increase. According to Board of Education President Frank Heelan, this year’s $234 million budget had a number of challenges, so despite the amount of cuts the district has…
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It is tough to estimate landscape value
Conveniently, spring marks the start of both the gardening and home selling seasons. Research and the collective wisdom of real estate professionals keeps piling up linking better landscaping to improved home values. But unlike the annual “Cost Vs. Value Report” issued by Remodeling Magazine, there are no surveys linking specific plantings, like backyard trees, to…
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How to succeed at ‘fix and flip’
Real estate investing can be a smart way to make money – for those who are prepared. By Patricia Rivera Content That Works Aaron McDaniel entered real estate investing at 23 with a very different perspective from the one he has now. Like other first timers, he wanted to make money. Quickly. He listened to…


