• Girl Scout organizes blood drive for 9/29

    Nicole Gacsi, a cadette Girl Scout in Troop 81637, will be hosting a blood drive for New Jersey Blood Services on Sept. 29 from 12:30 to 6:30 p.m. It will take place at the Edison Municipal Building in Council Chambers, 100 Municipal Boulevard, Edison. To make an appointment or to simply indicate you will be…

  • Seminar on essential tremor set for Oct. 1

    International Essential Tremor Foundation (IETF) will host a free seminar, “Learning About Essential Tremor: The Diagnosis Process & Treatment Options,” 9:30 a.m. to noon Oct. 1 at JFK Medical Center’s first-floor auditorium, 65 James St., Edison. ET is the most common of all movement disorders, affecting approximately 10 million Americans. At the seminar, attendees will…

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    Melanie Lamotta gets a hug from Oliver during the annual dog show Aug. 31 at JFK Hartwyck at Edison Estates, Brunswick Avenue in Edison. SCOTT FRIEDMAN

  • Edison property tax bill to be analyzed at meeting

    Council members respond to residents’ tax hike concerns BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer EDISON — The Township Council will present an analysis of the property tax bill during its next work session, scheduled for Sept. 26. Several residents have raised concerns about the tax bill and whether it includes in increase in taxes. “We can…

  • Golf event to aid Alex’s Lemonade Stand

    Flexible Architecture Simplified Technology of Edison has partnered with the Hope for Tomorrow Charitable Trust as the title sponsor for the Hope for Tomorrow Charity Golf Event to support Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation. This Inaugural Charity Golf Event at the Royce Brook Golf Club in Hillsborough on Sept. 27 will benefit childhood cancer treatment and…

  • Edison’s TV station marks 20 years of broadcasting

    BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer Ed Cologna (l) and Michael D’Amato are the men behind Edison TV. EDISON — Twenty years ago, Ed Cologna walked into the small television studio that occupied a small space at the township’s police station. “I was told [by then-Mayor Samuel Convery] to ‘See what I could do,’ ” he…

  • Metuchen police officer recognized for volunteerism

    BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer Sean Difrenza of Edison takes part in a demonstration held by Bressaw’s Karate during the 19th annual Edison Fall Family Spectacular, held Sept. 10 at Papaianni Park. ERIC SUCAR staff For the members of the Metuchen Municipal Alliance, the decision of who to nominate forMiddlesex CountyVolunteer of the Year was…

  • Remembering ‘a true hero,’ 40 years later

    Edison park commemorates fallen police officer BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer A memorial honors the late Edison police officer, Frank J. Papaianni Jr. On Sept. 16, 1971, Frank J. Papaianni Jr. made the ultimate sacrifice in the name of public safety. The Edison police officer had been dispatched with partner William Gorman to a silent…

  • Edison students first in NJ to use iPad algebra app

    Superintendent: Start of pilot program a ‘historic day’ BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer Freshman students in Jameel Misbahuddin’s Algebra 1 class at Edison High School received quite a surprise at the start of this school year. On each of their desks sat anApple iPad, the product of the school district’s recent partnership with Houghton Mifflin…

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