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Edison student lauded as ‘Hero to Animals’
Stephanie Zundel (c), a senior at Edison High School, is named the Junior Hero Award recipient by members of the Animal Welfare Federation of New Jersey. Edison resident Stephanie Zundel was awarded the 2013 Junior Hero to Animals Award at the Animal Welfare Federation of New Jersey’s (AWFNJ) 17th annual conference held in Long Branch.…
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JCC to hold summer day camps for kids
The Jewish Community Center (JCC) of Middlesex County, 1775 Oak Tree Road, Edison, will host an open house from 6:30-8 p.m. May 22 for its upcoming summer programs and preschool. Sports/Healthy Kids Camps, for ages 7-13, will be offered for one to eight weeks, beginning June 24. For more information, contact Sharon Katz at…
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Edison students win science fair at Wardlaw-Hartridge School
Rosalie Xu and Ethan Ye display their firefighting robot and the plaque they won for first place at the Trinity College competition. RUDY BRANDL Rosalie Xu and Ethan Ye of Edison, freshmen at the Wardlaw-Hartridge (W-H) School in Edison, won first place in the Upper School Science Fair. The winning team built a firefighting robot…
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Rutgers University footballers tackle bullying
BY JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent Members of the Rutgers University Scarlet Knights football team take part in an anti-bullying presentation at Edgar Middle School in Metuchen on May 8. PHOTOS BY ERIC SUCAR staff METUCHEN — Some unlikely individuals were playing the victims of bullying during a series of sketches performed on May 8 by the…
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Edison students’ invention considered a lifesaver
BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer EDISON — Students on the Inven- Team at John P. Stevens High School spend their free time focused on the invention of the Life- Suit, a life jacket for prolonged search and rescue. The 16 students are divided into groups as they work together to see their invention come to…
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By late May, there’ll be red-eyed love in the air
CODA GREG BEAN It was our first summer in Massachusetts after moving to a wooded community from one of the dry, prairie states, and we were completely unprepared for how green the place was and how so much stuff just grew there without human intervention. We didn’t know what any of it was, of course.…
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Americans do not agree with the NRA’s stance on background checks
The National Rifle Association’s (NRA) focus was firearm safety and training until 1977, when they became — and still are — a conservative rightwing political organization. All eight keynote speakers at their annual convention were right-wing Republicans. With over 100 million gun owners in America, the NRA claims 4.5 million. Of course, you have to…
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Join the fight against pancreatic cancer June 8
I witnessed my mother suffer and lose her battle with pancreatic cancer back in 1995. To this day, pancreatic cancer remains as one of the toughest cancers to treat and has a low survival rate. I have made it my goal to raise awareness about this deadly disease, and I ask that you come out…
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Edison BOE fell short on school security
In April, while I was a candidate for the Edison Board of Education, I stressed prioritizing school security. Now, as the town has plunged into the media spotlight over threats in one school, it’s apparent that the solution could have been as simple as cameras that actually work and updated technology implemented — prior and…
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