• Reader urges passage of bills to ban fracking waste from NJ

    Hydraulic fracturing, otherwise known as fracking, involves injecting gallons of water, chemicals and sand at high pressure to open rock and release natural gas. Numerous concerns have already been raised about the impact of the fracking process itself on drinking water. Now, a new threat has come home to New Jersey. The waste from the…

  • Farm Bill is no small potatoes to New Jersey

    When you hear Farm Bill, you probably think of huge corn, wheat and sugar subsidies. Now up for reauthorization for the first time since 2008, the Farm Bill is a behemoth piece of legislation that’s been said — without exaggeration — to cover “everything we eat, wear and drive.” Not surprisingly, it impacts the environment,…

  • Learn to crochet at Metuchen library

    On June 21, June 26 and June 28, adults are invited to learn to crochet at the Metuchen Public Library from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Participants will complete a simple project using several basic stitches, such as single, double, half-double and triple crochet. Hooks and yarn will be provided, courtesy of the Friends of the…

  • Surrogate’s Court in Edison on Tuesdays

    Astaff member of the Middlesex County Surrogate’s Court is available in the Mayor’s Conference Room, in the Edison Township Municipal Complex, on a weekly basis to probate wills. This service is provided each Tuesday by appointment. To make an appointment, call the main number of the Surrogate’s Court at 732-745-3055. In 2011, the Surrogate’s Court…

  • E.B. blood drive to honor Fishman

    Young Israel of East Brunswick, the East Brunswick Jewish Center and Temple B’nai Shalom of East Brunswick will co-sponsor a blood drive in honor of Ariel Fishman 8 a.m.-2 p.m. June 17 at Young Israel of East Brunswick, 193 Dunhams Corner Road. A father of three, Fishman was hit by a taxi in New York…

  • DAR concert, awards presentation June 15

    National Society Daughters of the American Revolution will sponsor a patriotic concert and awards presentation for residents at the N.J. Veterans Memorial Home, Edison, on June 15. The ceremonies will start with a concert at 9:30 a.m., followed by award presentations and certificates to all residents who have participated in the monthly golf sessions at…

  • 6th-graders seek crackdown on texting while driving

    Metuchen students suggest ways to increase enforcement BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer METUCHEN — Impressed. That is how the sixth-graders in Ken Smith’s life studies classes at Edgar Middle School left Mayor Thomas Vahalla, the Borough Council, and police Officer Joseph Keane after they presented their Project Citizen plan to the governing body on June…

  • Metuchen committee’s role is improving traffic safety

    BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer METUCHEN — Surrounded by Edison, the fifth-largest township in the state, borough officials have made traffic and pedestrian safety one of their top priorities. The Metuchen Traffic and Transportation Committee, established in 1970, investigates and advises the mayor and Borough Council on easing traffic congestion and improving traffic safety in…

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