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MIGUEL JUAREZ staff From left, Edison Patrolmen Shawn Meade, Andrew Chupela and Theodore Hamer pay their respects at Monday’s blue Mass in honor of deceased police personnel at St. Matthew’s Church in Edison.
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Environmentalists balk at Metropark project
BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDE Staff Writer BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDEStaff Writer EDISON — Two local environmentalists are not happy with the Planning Board’s recent approval of a 12-story office building and parking garage at Metropark on the border of Woodbridge. The board approved Alfieri Parkway Associates project by a 7-1 vote, with one abstention, at…
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Blue Mass
MIGUEL JUAREZ staff From left, Patrolmen David Salardino, Edison, and Robert Ellis, Middlesex Borough, lead a procession of law enforcement personnel from 15 departments and four counties attending the Oct. 25 blue Mass at St. Matthew’s Church in Edison.
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Scaring up a good time at the haunted ranch
BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDE Staff Writer BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDEStaff Writer EDISON — Once the sun has set on the Triple C Ranch on the eve of Halloween, the home to goats, hogs, turkeys, chickens and a cat named Steve will become an asylum for the “criminally insane.” And those visitors who dare to enter…
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Metuchen Musings
Social lives thrive at Metuchen fair John Aden Lewis Robert Putnam, the Harvard Public Policy professor who authored the award-winning book about community development called “Bowling Alone,” writes about the importance of what he calls social capital. It is social capital, Putnam claims, that binds communities together in a rich network of mutually supporting community…
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Climbing the walls
CHRIS KELLY staff Michael Xu, 6, takes a climb on the new climbing wall in gym class at Menlo Park School, Edison, last week.
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Clean sweep
JERRY WOLKOWITZ staff Angela Thompson, 13, helps 1-year-old Jake Musmanno wield a broom at the Metuchen Senior Center during Saturday’s Operation Clean Sweep.
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‘What’s It Worth?’ You might just be surprised
Antique appraiser shows collectors how to learn value, warns of scams BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer JERRY WOLKOWITZ staff Lori Verdame, an art historian and curator who is known as Dr. Lori, talks about a print during the appraisal session. Milltown resident Jeanne Dorn visited North Brunswick on Oct. 17 and…
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Police probe two robberies
EDISON — Police reported two robbery incidents in the township last week, both on the night of Oct. 16. At approximately 7:40 p.m., a 25-year-old male from Rockaway, N.Y., told police he was walking in Roosevelt Park near the veterans memorial when he was approached from behind by a suspect described as a white male,…
