Author: KATHY CHANG, Managing Editor
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Inaugural ‘Listen to Your Mother’ event set for Mother’s Day weekend
EDISON – There’s a lot to say about motherhood. And as Mother’s Day approaches, Lauren Cohn, Kathy Busch, Janet Alder Suss and Dawn Valovcin are bringing “Listen To Your Mother” (LTYM), a nationally syndicated event, to the local community on May 7. “In the spring of 2019, Kathy and I attended a production of ‘Listen…
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Press box at Lombardi Field at Bob DeMarco Stadium to be named after ‘Mr. Old Bridge’
OLD BRIDGE – The press box at Lombardi Field at Bob DeMarco Stadium was essentially Ron Mazzola’s second home. For 28 years, Mazzola could be found announcing the Old Bridge High School (OBHS) football games every Friday night from the box. That is why school officials said it was fitting to name the press box…
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NBC’s Dateline to feature Michelle Lodzinski case
NBC’s Dateline will feature the case that led detectives on a decades-long investigation after Michelle Lodzinski reported her five-year old son, Timothy “Timmy” Wiltsey, missing from a carnival in Sayreville in 1991. The two-hour segment, “The Blue Blanket Mystery,” will air 8 p.m. ET/9 p.m. CT on April 29 with exclusive television interviews with insiders…
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Federal funds continue to help preserve Short Hills-Metuchen Meeting House Battlefield; creation of Battle of Short Hills park in the works
EDISON – National recognition for where the Battle of Short Hills, also known as the Battle of Metuchen Meeting House, took place during the American Revolutionary War has been two decades in the making. Already on the National Register of Historic Places, federal funds over the years have helped acquire parcels in efforts to further…
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Metuchen High School senior garners Garden State Film Festival award for short film ‘Hunter’
METUCHEN – Domestic violence is all too real. Michelle Tang, a senior at Metuchen High School, took on the serious topic in her short film “Hunter,” which garnered a Home Grown Drama Short award from the Garden State Film Festival held from March 23-27 in Asbury Park. “I was super impressed by all the films…
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Old Bridge 2022 municipal budget ‘maintains and improves upon’ services; taxes increase $34 for average homeowner
OLD BRIDGE – The 2022 Old Bridge municipal budget “maintains and improves upon” services for the residents of the township, Mayor Owen Henry said. “We all know that cost of doing business has increased dramatically over the last two years and we faced that head-on,” he said. Township Council members adopted a $63.22 million budget…
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Local author to present her book through music at Monroe Library
MONROE – For Carol Selick, growing up in the late 1960s, early 1970s, and trying to make it into the music business was often challenging. Big music women influencers of the time included Carole King, Joni Mitchell and Carly Simon, to name a few. “The women of that time period were caught between wanting to…
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‘Virtual’ senior center allowed seniors to stay connected during pandemic in Old Bridge; Silver Linings recognized for social media efforts
OLD BRIDGE – A “virtual” senior center during the coronavirus pandemic enabled the township to stay connected to over 300 members of the Silver Linings at Old Bridge with daily posts, activities, and live classes. “The concept of a ‘senior center without walls’ is new in the aging world,” Mayor Owen Henry said. Anahita Feltz,…
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Radiological testing has begun at Colonia High School and will continue through May; more than 100 former staff and students have been diagnosed with brain tumors
Is Colonia High School the cause of primary brain tumors in former students and staff from 1975 to 1995? That is what Al Lupiano, Colonia High School (CHS) Class of 1989, wants to find out after he, his wife Michele (CHS Class of 1991) and his sister Angela (CHS Class of 1995) were all diagnosed…
