• Falcons advance to finals at Tournament of Champions

    Varsity Report BY JIMMY ALLINDER Correspondent St. Joseph of Metuchen High School’s Marques Townes throws up a shot near the basket before Atlantic City High School’s Ja-Leem Montage (r) can get a piece of it during the NJSIAA Tournament of Champions (TOC) semifinals, played on March 15 at Monmouth University’s Multipurpose Activity Center in West…

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    Alec Carroll of Edison has been named to the dean’s list for the fall 2012 semester at Huntington University, Huntington, Ind. Venkata Rama Brahmam Vallurupalli of Edison has earned a Master of Science degree from the State University of New York at New Paltz, N.Y. Ian Muhlgeier of Edison, and Andrew Mannino and Alexei Teitler,…

  • Scientific Method

    Waseem Khan, of J.P. Stevens High School in Edison, participates in the event “Forensics” during the state finals of the New Jersey Science Olympiad, held at Middlesex County College in Edison on March 12.

  • Marguerite O’Brien Steigerwald

    Mrs. Steigerwald, 74, of North Brunswick, formerly of East Brunswick, died March 1, 2013, in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. Prior to her retirement in 2003, she was employed as head of housekeeping for Red Roof Inn, Edison, where she worked for 15 years. She was predeceased by two brothers, Arthur and Robert…

  • Elizabeth “Betty” Skoudris

    Ms. Skoudris, 84, of North Brunswick, died March 1, 2013, in CareOne at East Brunswick. She was employed for many years as a plant worker at Revlon, Edison. She was predeceased by two brothers, Marcus Skoudris and John Skoudris, and by two nephews, Henry Veiga Jr. and Jimmy Skoudris. Surviving are a sister, Mary Veiga…

  • Evelyn Sterngart

    Mrs. Sterngart, 96, of Edison, died March 16, 2013, at Haven Hospice at JFK Medical Center, Edison. She was predeceased by her husband Sol in 1973. Surviving are two daughters, Jane Klein and Sherri Reiter; a son-in-law, Max Reiter; three grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. A graveside service was held at the United Hebrew Cemetery, Staten…

  • Local woman needs a living donor for kidney transplant

    Asja Joseph has already had bone marrow and kidney transplants, hip replacement BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer Asja Joseph is a fighter. Just ask her mom, Donna, who says her daughter is the strongest person she knows. “The things that she has gone through, most people will never go through in their lifetime,” she said.…

  • Woodbridge area free from tree-killing pest

    Federal and state agriculture and environmental officials delivered some welcome news for New Jersey residents in the state’s long-running battle against the Asian long-horned beetle. “After more than a decade, we can declare New Jersey is free of this invasive pest,” New Jersey Secretary of Agriculture Douglas Fisher said. “We could not have accomplished this…

  • Students get their groove on for good at J.P. Stevens High

    Dance marathon benefits Children’s Miracle Network BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer Students at J.P. Stevens High School show off their moves for five hours straight during a dance marathon to benefit the Children’s Miracle Network. KATHY CHANG EDISON — The second dance marathon held at John P. Stevens High School proved to be a success…

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