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Children harvest cabbage from the garden at the Martin Luther King School in Edison on July 5. Retired teacher Louise Lippe works with students throughout the summer to harvest the crops and keep out rodents. PHOTOS BY ERIC SUCAR staff
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Edison’s Fall Family Spectacular set for Sept. 8
Marking the festival’s 20th anniversary, Mayor Antonia Ricigliano and the Edison Council will present the Township’s most popular event, the 2012 Fall Family Spectacular on Saturday, Sept. 8, from 2 to 11 p.m. at Papaianni Park in Edison. Events include well-known recording artists offering music to suit all tastes, a classic car and motorcycle show,…
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Local children enjoy Sciencetellers, an interactive program that uses science experiments to tell a story, at the Metuchen Public Library on July 11. The show’s theme was “Dragons & Dreams.” JEFF GRANIT staff
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Edison EMTs lend hand in Dominican Republic
Volunteer group provides care to more than 1,400 in a week BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer Edison First Aid Squad No. 2 members Jason Chen (l-r), Keith Shipley and Neel Mehta were part of a small volunteer group that rendered health care services to more than 1,400 people in the Dajabón province in the Dominican…
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Metuchen swimmers will raise money to fight cancer
Borough has raised over $30K since first participating in Swim Across America in ’08 BY JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent Plenty of people will be swimming toward St. Louis on July 29, but they won’t be leaving Metuchen. These swimmers, most of them youngsters, will be taking to the pool for Swim Across America, a nonprofit organization…
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Sue Castleton of Edison pushes her 10-month-old niece, Taylor Jai Hopewell, as nephew Bradyn Booth, visiting from Georgia, asks if she would buy him the 1966 Pontiac Catalina convertible to his left during the Midtown Little League’s second annual car show fundraiser July 14 at Edison High School.
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Historic window frame finds home at old school
BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer The historic window frame debuted at the Old Franklin Schoolhouse during the opening of the SummerHouse for Arts series earlier this month. The large window frame in the shape of a fan that sat atop the front entrance to the Franklin School for 90 years has found a new home…
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Police warn residents of phone scam
EDISON — Police said an 82-year-old township woman was recently scammed out of $1,950. The victim told police that she received a phone call June 29 from a man saying that he was her grandson. According to the police report, the man did not identify himself or give the name of her grandson, but kept…
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Leen Hamade (l) and Devan Shu, both 10, help to harvest cabbage from the garden at the Martin Luther King School in Edison on July 5. Retired teacher Louise Lippe works with students throughout the summer to harvest the crops and keep out rodents. ERIC SUCAR staff
