• Edison man finds success with Shore-based film

    BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer Tom Bentey portrays Joe Lombardi and Mellissa Kellner is Ashley Simon in a beach yoga scene from “At the Jersey Shore.” EDISON — As people head to the Jersey Shore this summer, Thomas Bentey wants them to know there is more to it than the stereotypes and clichés seen on…

  • ‘Chicks’ will reimagine Simon & Garfunkel tunes

    Metuchen resident plans special hometown concert BY JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent Sharon Goldman takes lead vocals on a song while Jon Sobel, the husband of Chicks with Dip member Elisa Peimer, plays bass and Cheryl Prashker plays drums. For Sharon Goldman, an upcoming performance in Metuchen is a chance to take her friends “Homeward Bound.” That’s…

  • India Day parades again expected to be separate

    Discord continues between members of groups in Edison, Woodbridge BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer Barring a compromise between two rival groups, the annual India Day Parade will for the second straight year be split in two, with one procession each in Edison andWoodbridge. The parades, which attract as many as 35,000 people to celebrate India’s…

  • Edison making plans to hire firefighters

    Questions about hiring current volunteers still linger BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer A s the Edison fire department gears up for a testing process that is expected to produce a much-needed list of qualified entry-level career firefighters, a question has surfaced about fairness. Walter Boychick, chief of Edison Volunteer Fire Company No. 1 (formerly the…

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    Leen Hamade (l) and Devan Shu, both 10, help to harvest cabbage from the garden at the Martin Luther King School in Edison on July 5. Retired teacher Louise Lippe works with students throughout the summer to harvest the crops and keep out rodents. ERIC SUCAR staff

  • PRINCETON: Campaign raises $1.88b for Princeton University

       A five-year Aspire campaign, which ended on June 30, exceeded its $1.75 billion goal by raising $1.88 billion — more than any campaign in Princeton University’s history — to support programs of teaching and research as well as efforts to prepare students for leadership in a complex world.    ”The success of this collective effort to…

  • ‘To Rome with Love’

    ‘To Rome with Love’

    Woody Allen continues his tour of Europe By Elise Nakhnikian IN To Rome with Love, Phyllis (a resplendent Judy Davis, looser than I can remember ever having seen her before), the sardonically supportive wife of Woody Allen’s Jerry, tells her husband he hates being retired “because you equate retirement with death.”    A former music producer,…

  • Medieval Charity Softball Game!

    Medieval Charity Softball Game!

    By Robyn Dormer On Friday evening, July 13, at Plainsboro’s Community Park, the New Jersey Renaissance Faire medieval softball team will be taking the field in full period costume for charity. The knights, royalty, wenches, jesters, etc., will be playing against the Magnificent Tuba Czars, a team in the Plainsboro Coed Softball League. The event…

  • ‘To Rome with Love’

    ‘To Rome with Love’

    Ellen Page and Jesse Eisenberg in To Rome with Love.

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