• The mystery of the lost cell phone

    ARE WE THERE YET LORI CLINCH Sometimes I worry about my memory. I fret when I look at a familiar face and can’t think of a name. I get anxious when I race into another room only to wonder why, and I’m especially concerned when I forget what I’m saying right in the middle of…

  • Italian American Club Picnic

    The Edison Italian American Club will hold its annual picnic on Saturday, July 21, from 1 to 5 p.m. Picnickers will be able to enjoy catered food, clams, beer, wine, soda and a live band. A longtime supporter of local charities, the club is pleased to offer a reduced rate of $25 for tickets at…

  • Vacation Bible school at Edison church

    The Community Presbyterian Church, 75 Glenville Road, Edison, will hold its vacation Bible school, “SonRise National Park,” 6-9 p.m. July 23-27 for ages 4 through adult. Registration is required. For more information or to register, call 732-287-1666.

  • Edison’s Fall Family Spectacular set for Sept. 8

    Marking the festival’s 20th anniversary, Mayor Antonia Ricigliano and the Edison Council will present the Township’s most popular event, the 2012 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,…

  • Heller honored as child care center celebrates 25 years

    Helaine Heller (l-r), Isaac “Ike” Heller, former teacher Dawn DeVestern and her children Deanna and Dana enjoy the celebreation. KEITH MUCCILLI PHOTOGRAPHY, LLC EDISON — More than 170 current and past students, families and staff of the John Kenney Child Care Center came out recently to pay tribute to Isaac “Ike” Heller, founder of Heller…

  • Library continues ‘Book to Screen’ series

    The Young Adult Department of the Metuchen Public Library at 480 Middlesex Ave. will continue its summer “Book to Screen” film series with “It’s Kind of a Funny Story” on Thursday, July 19, at 8 p.m. Based on the young adult novel by Ned Vizzini, the inspirational film stars Keir Gilchrist as Craig Gilner, a…

  • Middlesex Greenway hazardous to walkers, runners

    A s a regular runner on Middlesex County’s new Middlesex Greenway, a 3-plus-mile macadam path over an old railroad bed through Woodbridge, Edison and Metuchen, I sadly report the blatant mismanagement of this potentially great recreational asset. Most noteworthy is the chronic flooding at the east end of the pedestrian bridge over Route 1, presenting…

  • Law should legalize marijuana

    There is a bill in the state Legislature to decrease the criminal penalties for marijuana. This is a step in the right direction. The ultimate goal should be legalization. Politicians make the law. Changes to a law are sometimes influenced by emotions, whims and whatever 51 percent of the voters demand. There are natural laws…

  • Edison should commemorate Battle of Short Hills

    Why doesn’t Edison Township celebrate the Fourth of July in a more meaningful way, as Bridgewater does? As reported in a daily newspaper on July 5, Bridgewater’s annual ceremony honors the encampment of George Washington’s Continental Army during the spring of 1777 at Middlebrook Heights, now the Martinsville section of Bridgewater. The Battle of Short…

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