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    Miriam Davis lights the menorah during Edison Township’s annual Hanukkah celebration at the Jewish Community Center of Middlesex County on Dec. 22. SCOTT FRIEDMAN

  • Budget woes force more library layoffs, closures

    Director: Cutbacks will be reversed if council approves additional $300,000 BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer A reduced budget will mean reduced staff and hours for Edison’s public library system. Come January, all three branches of the Edison Public Library are slated to be open just four days a week — the result of the layoffs…

  • Edison Lions throw special holiday dance

    EDISON — More than 200 people became dancing machines at the township’s Stelton Community Center on Dec. 10. The occasionwas a holiday dance for those with special needs and their caregivers. The Edison Visionary Lions Club sponsored the event with the Edison Recreation Department to bring joy to the lives of these individuals. Besides being…

  • Edison officials eager to bring productive use to landfill site

    Funding for restoring Meadow Road property remains a question BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer Work on the restoration and closure of the Edison Landfill on Meadow Road should be made a priority. That is what Councilwoman Melissa Perilstein, who is concluding her service this month, urged the council and other elected officials to work on…

  • Edison effort shows fallen heroes are not forgotten

    BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer This text will be replaced Above: Children place wreaths on the marker of a veteran’s grave at the Piscatawaytown Burial Ground on Woodbridge Avenue during the recent Wreaths Across America event. Left: A wreath adorns the grave of Capt. Nathaniel Manning, a veteran of the French and Indian War. EDISON…

  • Sheriff’s Office arrests 44 in child support sweep

    The Middlesex County Sheriff’s Office arrested 44 allegedly delinquent parents during its three-day biannual child support warrant sweep last week. The goal of the sweep, conducted in cooperation with the New Jersey Office of Child Support Services and the Sheriffs’Association of New Jersey, was to apprehend non-custodial parents who have failed to pay their court-ordered…

  • Police: Edison resident scammed trying to sell item on Internet

    EDISON — Police are warning residents of a scam that recently resulted in the loss of $975 for an Edison resident. The victim told police he listed his Wii system for sale on an Internet website for $250 from Nov. 29 through Dec. 3, according to Edison Police Sgt. Joseph Perrotte. He received an email…

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    Gabby Bodner talks with firefighter Jeff Coleman as Santa Claus looks on during the annual pizza party thrown by the Edison Firefighters Association at the Lakeview School in Edison on Dec. 13. SCOTT FRIEDMAN

  • Administrator charged with stealing $460,000

    METUCHEN — A borough woman who partially owned a health care plan administration business was indicted last week for allegedly stealing almost a half-million dollars froma trust fund that was a client of her company. Catarina Young, 46, was charged Dec. 15 with second-degree theft by unlawful taking, second-degree misapplication of entrusted property or property…