Author: Claire Reed, Managing Editor

  • Woodbridge St. Patrick’s Day parade coming up

    Woodbridge St. Patrick’s Day parade coming up

    By Kenny Walter Staff Writer WOODBRIDGE- Bag pipes, kilts and shamrocks will be on full display during the 43rd Annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Woodbridge on March 13 . Parade chairman Daniel Harris said the 2016 parade will kick off at 1:30 p.m. at  Woodbridge High School and will take a route throughout the…

  • Barrons’ McLaughlin medals at state wrestling tournament

    Barrons’ McLaughlin medals at state wrestling tournament

    By Jeff Appelblatt Woodbridge High School’s Bryan McLaughlin knew that the quarterfinals of the NJSIAA Wrestling State Championships would be a tough battle — if he was able to make it that far at the 3-day tournament March 4-6 in Atlantic City, that is. But it only took one match for the junior to show…

  • J.P. Stevens boys, girls produce winning hoops seasons

    J.P. Stevens boys, girls produce winning hoops seasons

    By Jimmy Allinder It was 2008 and 2007, respectively, that the J.P. Stevens High School boys and girls basketball teams last finished with winning seasons. This year, however, the boys completed a 15-9 mark while the girls managed to squeeze out a 12-11 record despite losing their last four contests. Bobby Jones, head coach of…

  • Metuchen church youth fast for famine

    Metuchen church youth fast for famine

    BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer METUCHEN — With a goal of helping 15 children across the world stay alive for another year, the youth group at First Presbyterian Church of Metuchen took a stand with a fast of 30 hours. “A lot of the youth don’t feel they have the capacity to contribute a solution…

  • On campus

    On campus

    American International College Kyle Boyer-Tucker of Edison was named to the Fall 2015 Dean’s List at American International College in Springfield, Mass. He is a sophomore at the college Clemson University Local students have been named to the South Carolina based Clemson University’s Dean’s List for the fall 2015 semester. They are: Brendan Michael Goetz…

  • State oversight of Edison PD internal affairs eyed

    State oversight of Edison PD internal affairs eyed

    BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer EDISON — The Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee will consider legislation that would create a pilot program creating oversight over the Edison Police Department’s Internal Affairs Unit. Sen. Peter J. Barnes III (D-Middlesex), who sits on the Senate Law and Public Safety Committee, proposed the bill three years ago, which…

  • Police seeking suspect in stabbing at mall

    Police seeking suspect in stabbing at mall

    By Kathy Chang Staff Writer EDISON — Police are investigating a stabbing incident that occurred in the parking lot of the Menlo Park Mall near the Fox & Hound sports bar in the early morning hours of March 2. Police Lt. Sal Filannino said a 22-year-old Carteret man was in stable condition at a local…

  • County to hold seminar March 12 on preparing your garden

    County to hold seminar March 12 on preparing your garden

    Spring will be here before you know it, and soon it will be time to start planting. The Master Gardeners of Middlesex County would like to help you get your gardens ready to bloom at a workshop titled “Preparing Your Garden for Spring.” This free workshop is scheduled for March 12 from 10 a.m. to…

  • Church Street School application continued

    By Kenny Walter Staff Writer LONG BRANCH- Testimony continued last week on the conversion of the former Church Street School to 16-apartment style residential units. Traffic engineer John Rae, representing Jemal’s Church Street School, LLC, said during the Feb. 22 Long Branch Zoning Board of Adjustment hearing that the proposed use will produce significantly less…