• Tickets on sale for Flapjack Fundraiser

    Cub Scout Pack No. 12, Edison, will hold a Flapjack Fundraiser 8-10 a.m. Nov. 4 at Applebee’s, 1045 Route 1 South, Edison. The menu will include pancakes, eggs, sausages and beverages. Tickets cost $10 for adults, $7 for youngsters ages 12 and under; children age 3 and under will be admitted free of charge with…

  • Donations needed for Middlesex food drive

    AAMCO Transmissions of Metuchen, 359 Amboy Ave., is conducting a food drive to benefit the Middlesex County Food Organization and Outreach Distribution Services (MCFOODS), which is in urgent need of donations. The warehouse is currently running low on many items. Necessities such as tuna fish, cereal, macaroni and cheese, canned meats and pastas, stews, peanut…

  • Metuchen’s GOP candidates hope to break Dems’ control of council

    Both slates address concerns about the downtown area BY JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent Ronald Grayzel (D) METUCHEN — Two Republicans will try to change the composition of the Democratic controlled Borough Council on Election Day. Lucilene James and Walter Zjawin are running against Democratic incumbent Ronald Grayzel and his running mate, newcomer Allison Inserro. Voters will…

  • St. Matthew pupils encouraged to fill ‘buckets’ with love, respect

    Through role play, Bucketfillers for Life assembly teaches ways to deal with bullying BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer This text will be replaced St. Matthew students Raymond Zebrowski (l-r), Megan Driscoll, Saketh Sitaram and Emma Seaward participate in an antibullying activity during the Oct. 17 program. You have the choice either to be a bucket…

  • Edison board approves 40 apartments

    Attorney: By law, number of schoolchildren expected may not be factor in decision BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer Despite concerns about unknown factors, the Edison Township Zoning Board of Adjustment last week approved the construction of 40 two-bedroom units on about 3 acres of land on Woodbridge Avenue near Middlesex County College. One of the…

  • Local haunts

    Guests listen as Allan Savolaine (not pictured) relates stories about some of the graves at the Rose Hill Cemetery, Matawan, on Oct. 20. The two-hour tour included tales of the 1916 Matawan Creek shark attack victims, the Great Matawan fire of 1901, and ghost sightings at Rose Hill. The cemetery tour is one of many…

  • PRINCETON: Police blotter

    Princeton Borough    Juan Solares-Samoya, 51, of Witherspoon Street, was arrested Sunday, Oct. 21, and charged with possession of a 13-inch knife, authorities said. Police, responding to a call of a fight, said two victims told them they had been attacked by Mr. Solares-Samoya. Princeton Township    (No blotter items were supplied by township police.) Montgomery    Donna…

  • Sales Award

    By David A Kaplan FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Sir Speedy in Mercerville Named Top 25 Franchise Honored for outstanding sales achievement among worldwide network   MISSION VIEJO, Calif., September 1, 2012— Sir Speedy in Mercerville recently received a Top 25 Sales Volume Award recognizing the business as one of the top twenty-five in the worldwide Sir…

  • Andrea Bradley for Township Committee

    Patrick Bradley, Skillman To the editor: Montgomery Township is fortunate to have a resident, volunteer, school board member and Township Committee candidate like Andrea Bradley. While Andrea is well known in town, few know her as well as I, which is my reason for writing.    Andrea arrived in Montgomery in July 1997 having left her…

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