• BOE move is questionable

    In April 2012, voters in Edison generously approved the school budget referendum that was created by Superintendent Richard O’Malley and Board of Education President Gene Maeroff for the second time in a row. By December, Superintendent O’Malley and the board would go above and beyond what voters approved without their formal consent. Just as schools…

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    The monarch butterfly, seen here at the Forsythe National Wildlife Reserve, Oceanville, is one of the few insects capable of making a trans-Atlantic crossing. BILL PATRICK/www.maiseyimages.com

  • Nurturing nature

    Students help county care for open space areas, no matter how cold BY JOSEPH SAPIA Correspondent Korie Vee (l) and Branden Lenahan of the Middlesex County Youth Conservation Corps collect garbage as part of a pitch pine restoration project at the Jamesburg Park Conservation Area on the border of Monroe and East Brunswick. PHOTOS BY…

  • Metuchen hopes initiative will result in fewer pedestrian accidents

    Two intersections to be equipped with flags to improve safety at crosswalks BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer METUCHEN — An effort in the borough will aim to “flag down” traffic that has been considered threatening to pedestrians at some intersections. Pedestrian flags will be piloted at two borough intersections — Middlesex Avenue at Oak Avenue,…

  • Pulitzer-winning poet’s event to benefit Old Franklin School

    Irish poet and musician Paul Muldoon will share music, poems at Hamilton Stage ‘O f all my guests,” said Alex Dawson, owner of the former Raconteur and host of some 600 Metuchen events during his tenure on Main Street, “Paul Muldoon was one of my favorites. And while I will certainly continue creating brand-new programming…

  • Metuchen school continues to ride wave of the future

    Team effort brings more technology to students BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer Eighth-graders at St. Francis Cathedral School work independently in class on iPads. PHOTO COURTESY OF ELAINE SCULL METUCHEN — St. Francis Cathedral School has been ahead of the curve when it comes to technology. Realizing the importance of moving the school district toward…

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    Left: Kindergarten students at the Edison Chinese School wait to take the stage for a performance during the school’s 15th annual Chinese New Year celebration, held Feb. 9 at the Woodrow Wilson Middle School, Plainfield Road. Above: Youngsters perform the lion dance. PHOTOS BY SCOTT FRIEDMAN

  • Director thumbs it to share positive message at film fest

    Woodbridge filmmaker hitchhikes 26,000 miles across 13 countries BY JESSICA D’AMICO Staff Writer Thomas Francine embarks on one of his numerous hitchhiking excursions, holding a sign that proclaims his goal of reaching the opposite coast. His travels have yielded a documentary that was accepted to the New Jersey Film Festival. The road has been good…

  • Karen Lee Raspa

    Mrs. Raspa, 56, of East Brunswick, died Feb. 2, 2013, at home. Surviving are her husband, Vincent Raspa; a son, Dean, of Chelsea, Mass.; a daughter, Gina, of Old Bridge; her mother, Doris Sigle, of Lewes, Del.; and four sisters, Doris Miller, of Cocoa Beach, Fla., Betty Walsh and her husband, Raymond, of Lewes, Carol…

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