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Open house at Bishop Ahr H.S. Oct. 16
Bishop George Ahr High School, 1 Tingley Lane, Edison, will hold an open house 1-4 p.m. Oct. 16 to introduce parents and potential students to the school’s educational, extracurricular and athletic offerings. The event will include an in-depth presentation by Sister Donna Marie Trukowski, principal, guided tours of the facility, and the chance to meet…
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Artifacts found during search of Edison’s Piscatawaytown
Two nails and a 19th-century button were recovered during the metal detector survey at Piscatawaytown. EDISON— Three artifacts discovered in the township’s oldest neighborhood are believed to date back to the Colonial era. The two wrought iron nails and a button were found during metal detector searches of the 7.5-acre area of the Piscatawaytown burial…
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Step by step
Janice Dusko (c) of Sayreville attends the Middlesex County Senior Health and Fitness Walk at Roosevelt Park in Edison Sept. 21. The Board of Chosen Freeholders and county Office on Aging and Disabled Services hosted the event, which drew almost 500 participants and included blood pressure, glucose and balance screenings. JEFF GRANIT staff Yvette Carter…
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Improv students at EHS build skills, draw laughs
BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer EDISON — For some students, getting on stage as part of the Edison High School Improv Troupe represents a chance to become someone else. “[At least] just for a little bit,” said senior Jasmine Bryant. It’s also a chance to make an audience laugh, as it did last month when…
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Edison residents see damage from suspected tornado
BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer Uprooted trees lifted part of a fence from the ground as they fell during a Sept. 29 weather event in Edison. EDISON — Some residents of a North Edison neighborhood believe a tornado touched down and wreaked havoc on their trees shortly before noon on Sept. 29. “Everything was swaying…
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They’re mad, and they’re not gonna take it anymore
CODA GREG BEAN So, the Occupy Wall Street protests spilled over into New Jersey in a small way last week, after a hundred or so activists turned up in Jersey City, and fewer than 50 showed up in Trenton on Thursday to spread their amorphous message of social discontent. Carrying signs that said everything from…
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for the record
The Oct. 26 issue will be the last edition to feature letters discussing candidates in the Nov. 8 general election. Letters for this issue may be emailed to [email protected] by Oct. 21. There is no guarantee that all election letters will run. The only election-related letters we would accept for the Nov. 2 edition are…
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N.J. health care decisions best made by New Jerseyans
States are doing better than the federal government at enrolling people in high-risk insurance pools, according to a recent Government Accountability Office (GAO) report. As of April 30, the 27 states that operate their own high-risk pools had enrolled 15,781 individuals with pre-existing conditions that were previously unable to secure affordable health care coverage. Meanwhile,…
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Jobs’ passing harsh reminder of pancreatic cancer
My heart goes out to the family of Steve Jobs, his friends and colleagues. He was an American icon and one of the greatest visionaries of our time. His passing is such a great loss for our country. I did not know him personally, but I shared something in common with him – pancreatic cancer.…
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