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SCOTT FRIEDMAN Members of the Hare Krishna gleefully celebrate with the crowd at the India Day Parade on Oak Tree Road, which went through Edison and Woodbridge on Aug. 12. The parade marked India’s 60th independence day. Story, see page 3.
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Hero cop recognized by Township Council
Edison detective used CPR to revive girl who had no pulse or breath BY TOM CAIAZZA Staff Writer BY TOM CAIAZZAStaff Writer Sometimes heroism is where luck and skill converge.On May 27, Edison Detective William Colletto had been patrolling, unassigned along Route 27, when a call came in: young girl, unconscious in a pool. He…
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Routes 440 and 287 to be rehabbed in county
Route 440 southbound to be repaved; 287 needs complete overhaul BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer BY KATHY CHANGStaff Writer MIDDLESEX COUNTY – Construc-tion has started on the New Jersey Department of Transportation [NJDOT] I-287 rehabilitation project and the Route 440 Southbound resurfacing project. “These are two separate projects, but it will look like one project,”…
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Football team volunteers at Lakeview school carnival
Event lasts 3 days; students get chance to experience carnival BY TOM CAIAZZA Staff Writer BY TOM CAIAZZAStaff Writer Nick Tritni (No. 34), 10, a student at Lakeview School and Treatment Center, Edison, and Chris Scerbo (No. 76), 17, a member of the J.P. Stevens High School football team, share a laugh during the carnival…
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Night Out in Metuchen
PHOTOS BYSCOTT FRIEDMAN (Top left) Frank Sr. and Karen Capron of Metuchen accompany their children (l-r) Emma, 6, Anna, 6, Alana, 3, Frank Jr., 6, and Dan, 3, to the next activity at National Night Out in Metuchen on Aug. 8. (Top right) Metuchen Police officer David Irizarry is joined by his daughter Rebecca, 5,…
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Tobacco bill moves through House committee
BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer BY KATHY CHANGStaff Writer The bill to regulate tobacco products has moved one step closer to being enacted into law. The U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions [HELP] Committee approved legislation on Aug. 1 to provide the U.S. Food and Drug Administration [FDA] with authority to regulate tobacco products.…
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Where have all the red voles gone?
Teacher studies effects of climate change on Nova Scotian rodents BY JESSICA ALFREY Correspondent BY JESSICA ALFREYCorrespondent METUCHEN – Picking ticks off strangers and sharing a “bathroom” with the bears is not the average person’s idea of a three-week trip to Canada. Unless you are Patricia Donahue. Donahue, an eighth-grade earth science teacher at Churchill…
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Single mothers make their lives an open book
Collaborative effort aims to empower, inspire those facing adversity BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer BY JENNIFER AMATOStaff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK – For My Daughter’s Keeper Inc. (MDK), mom’s the word. However, moms come in all shapes and sizes: Rich, poor. Old, young. Educated, going through school. Married, single. Therefore, MDK, North Brunswick, recently launched a…
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Family histories told in unique biographies
Attorney leaves firm after 5 years to start unique creative venture BY LAURA KOSS Correspondent BY LAURA KOSSCorrespondent Matthew Litt Matthew Litt has done what many people spend countless hours at their desks daydreaming about. This 29-year-old Manalapan native stopped dreaming and left his career as a Manhattan attorney to start his own business, Bridge…
