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JERRY WOLKOWITZ staff Ludwig Knapp, of Clark, spoke of his life as a young boy in Germany enlisted in a Hitler Youth camp during World War II. Knapp retold his experiences at the Metuchen-Edison Historical Society’s November meeting at the Metuchen Library Sunday.

MIGUEL JUAREZ staff Michael Bransfield stands with some of his paintings, which are on display at the Metuchen Art Works gallery through Dec. 3.

BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDE Staff Writer BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDEStaff Writer MIGUEL JUAREZ staff EDISON -— Preserving the past can be an expensive future endeavor. And saving the Edison Memorial Tower is a major issue officials have grappled with for some time. “The township budget is very tight this year and we have no dedicated…

The Cancer Institute of New Jersey, New Brunswick, is offering more than 130 clinical trials. Most cancer clinical trials are medical studies that test new treatments and new ways of using existing treatments for cancer. Researchers use these clinical trials to answer questions about a treatment and to make sure it is safe and effective.…

BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDE Staff Writer BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDEStaff Writer MIGUEL JUAREZ staff EDISON -— Preserving the past can be an expensive future endeavor. And saving the Edison Memorial Tower is a major issue officials have grappled with for some time. “The township budget is very tight this year and we have no dedicated…

JERRY WOLKOWITZ staff The audience at the Metuchen-Edison Historical Society’s monthly meeting as they listen to Ludwig Knapp, of Clark, retell his tale of his years spent in Hitler Youth in Nazi Germany at the Metuchen Library Sunday.

Residents debate town BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDE Staff Writer BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDEStaff Writer Voters in Edison said no on Nov. 2 to 15 more years of using taxpayer money to preserve open space and also nixed a measure to preserve history. The vote to extend the current open space tax of 1 cent for…

JERRY WOLKOWITZ staff East Brunswick’s David Thorne paints the Old Franklin School building in Metuchen as part of his community service project to become an Eagle Scout. Story, page 3.

Robust turnout as 72 percent of registered voters go to the polls BY BRYAN SABELLA Staff Writer BY BRYAN SABELLAStaff Writer Metuchen Democratic Borough Council incumbents Alan Grossman and Catherine Totin were re-elected Nov. 2 by comfortable margins. Totin was the top vote-getter with 3,619 votes, and Grossman received 3,556, according to the Municipal Clerk’s…