• Car shows to begin every Thursday

    The Edison Light Cruisers will host Thursday Cruise Nights at the Edison Home Depot, Route 1 south, beginning Thursday, April 18, 6-9 p.m. Open to all, the family-friendly event offers music, games and cars. The event is held Thursday evenings, weather permitting, through mid-October.

  • TheBeachBeat.com online Thursday

    A new edition of TheBeachBeat.com will be online Thursday, April 18. Beach Beat followers will enjoy reading about upcoming events and recent Shore happenings, such as Comicon in Asbury Park and the Beers on the Boards festival in Point Pleasant Beach. Marinas were hit hard by superstorm Sandy. Through a video and article, everyone —…

  • A walk to remember

    Walking tour will provide insight into Sewaren’s past The Sewaren section of Woodbridge may not be the first place that comes to mind when envisioning a Shore resort, but in days gone by, it was the place to be in the summer. “This was the first Shore resort, and it was called Boynton Beach,” Dolores…

  • Faith, family, friends keep spirits up in spite of child’s illness

    MOMS Club to donate proceeds from Metuchen Townwide Garage Sale BY JESSICA D’AMICO Staff Writer Amanda Lumauig (l), 9, dons bunny ears for Easter along with her brother, Diego Lumauig, 6. In day-to-day life, it can be easy to take things for granted or complain when things don’t go a certain way. A quick cure…

  • Edison’s Democratic mayor to run as an independent

    Three Repubs will duke it out in primary for mayoral race BY JACK MURTHA Staff Writer Mayor Antonia Ricigliano will run for re-election in this year’s general election without the backing of the Edison Democratic Organization. Ricigliano lost the party’s endorsement in the race for a four-year mayoral term to Councilman Thomas Lankey. She then…

  • Slight tax decrease expected in Edison

    Proposed municipal budget would reduce taxes $7 on the average home BY JACK MURTHA Staff Writer Residents of Edison are poised to see a slight drop in their municipal taxes this year. The Township Council has introduced a $118.2 million budget for 2013 that would bring a reduction in the municipal tax rate. The governing…

  • No ‘Shore’ solution

    The race is on to protect New Jersey’s coastline before nature takes its course BY JACK MURTHA Staff Writer A worker repairs a dock in the Metedeconk River in Brick Township, Ocean County. The dock was a victim of the storm surge and heavy winds of superstorm Sandy. JEFF GRANIT staff In 65 years of…

  • Voters nix Edison school budget, give incumbents vote of confidence

    BY JACK MURTHA EDISON — Although voters struck down the Edison Board of Education’s $213.8 million budget, they returned three incumbents to their seats on the board in the April 16 election. Of 6,289 voters who cast ballots, 3,020 voted against the budget and 2,852 were in favor of the spending plan for the 2013-14…

  • Metuchen voters pass school budget, elect incumbents and one newcomer

    BY JESSICA D’AMICO Staff Writer METUCHEN — Borough voters overwhelmingly gave their seal of approval to the Board of Education’s $33.4 million school budget and elected three board members in the April 16 school election. A total of 713 residents voted to approve the tab, and 338 cast their ballots against it, according to district…

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