• Edison’s Doran takes charge from behind the plate

    BY JIMMY ALLINDER Correspondent Edison High School catcher Justin Doran is a take-charge player behind the plate. He also speaks loudly with his bat. ERIC SUCAR staff Justin Doran believes there is no better place to be during a baseball game than behind the plate. According to the three-year catcher from Edison High School, it…

  • Edison’s 20th annual Fall Family Spectacular to be held Sept. 8 at Papaianni Park

    Marking the festival’s 20th anniversary, Mayor Antonia Ricigliano and the Edison Council will present the township’s most popular event, the Fall Family Spectacular, on Saturday, Sept. 8, from 2 to 11 p.m. at Papaianni Park in Edison. Events include well-known recording artists offering music to suit all tastes, a classic car and motorcycle show, strolling…

  • Kittens in need of loving homes

    With kitten season in full swing, the Edison Animal Shelter is overflowing with many adoptable cats and kittens. Located at 125 Municipal Blvd., the shelter is open weekdays 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Wednesdays 8:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m., and Saturdays 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Donations of Purina Kitten Chow dry food and Fancy…

  • ‘Grease’ to close Plays-in-Park season

    Middlesex County’s Plays-in-the-Park, located in Roosevelt Park, Edison, will conclude its 50th season of musicals with a production of “Grease” set for 8:30 p.m. Aug. 1-11, with no show Aug. 5. The musical is directed by John Menter, choreographed by Amanda Grace and musically directed by Larry Rothweiler. Tickets may be purchased on the night…

  • Plays-in-the-Park to hold auditions

    Plays-in-the-Park is holding auditions for the 2012 indoor children’s musical “JB’s Harmonica” on Aug. 4 at 12 p.m. Auditions will take place at 1 Pine Drive, Roosevelt Park, Edison. Those auditioning should come prepared with 16 bars of an up-tempo Broadway song or folk rock song. A pianist will be provided. Sheet music must be…

  • Delta Rae to perform at Woodbridge concert

    Tickets are free for Aug. 8 show at Parker Press Park BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer WOODBRIDGE — You can call it a family affair. Residents of all ages are invited to a free concert by the band Delta Rae, which will be held Aug. 8 at Parker Press Park. Delta Rae had its roots…

  • Even Club Fed doesn’t have a golf course for inmates

    CODA GREG BEAN One thing is pretty sure: Where Peter F. Burnham, the disgraced ex-president of Brookdale College, is likely going, they won’t have a golf course. Burnham, who pleaded guilty July 24 to a number of the charges against him for siphoning money from the college into his own pockets, is scheduled for sentencing…

  • Poor county response to Greenway concerns

    I n a story published in a daily newspaper in July, Middlesex County Parks Director Ralph Albanir was quoted as saying that the Middlesex Greenway path won’t be officially open until September, that signs advise the public that it’s closed and they shouldn’t be using it. He also said that the flood at the Route…

  • Grateful for aid from family, community

    Our son has asked to be present while our home, destroyed by Hurricane Irene, is demolished. I am unsure if seeing the home in which we raised our children torn down is how I want to close this year, but our son, too, has had a hard year, and we will honor his request. We…

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