• Dogs truly have their day at cancer research benefit

    ‘Your Dog Is Worth It Too’ drew more than 5,000 people and 2,200 dogs last year BY CHRISTINA HABERSTROH Staff Writer Dogs compete in the puppy limbo contest during last year’s “Your Dog Is Worth It Too.” The employees of L’Oreal are inviting the community to a one-of-a-kind event that combines a love of fourlegged…

  • New panel to help growing Hispanic business market

    Chamber responds to growth of county Hispanic population BY CHRIS ZAWISTOWSKI Staff Writer I n an area with a growing population and burgeoning number of business owners, the Middlesex County Regional Chamber of Commerce is reaching out to the untapped Hispanic market. The chamber’s newly created Hispanic Business Council was established to help Hispanic business…

  • Hair today, gone tomorrow

    Nine-year-old donates 10 inches of hair for cancer patients BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer Ricardo Garces cut 10 inches of his hair to donate to Pantene Beautiful Lengths for a wig for cancer patients. NORTH BRUNSWICK — Most 7- year-olds focus only on soccer or karate. Instead, Ricardo Garces had something else on his mind…

  • police beat 

    All items in Police Beat are taken from police department records. All suspects are presumed innocent until found guilty in court. METUCHEN  A burglary was reported at a Ross Street residence. Between 11:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. Aug. 9, an unknown suspect or suspects pushed in a window air-conditioning unit, entered the home and…

  • Man struck crossing street in Metuchen

    METUCHEN — A76-year-old borough man is recovering from injuries after being struck by a motor vehicle as he was attempting to cross the street. The incident occurred at 5:16 p.m. on Aug. 5 at the lighted crosswalk at the intersection of Main Street and Highland Avenue, police said. Jaroslaw Malinowski was in the middle of…

  • Greatest of the Garden contest at EARTH Center

    The EARTH Center, home to Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Middlesex County, will host its Garden Field Day and open house 1-5 p.m. Aug. 20 (rain date, Aug. 21). The event will take place at the EARTH Center, 42 RivaAve. in Davidson’s Mill Pond Park, South Brunswick, and is the EARTH Center’s biggest event of the…

  • Volunteer group drives adoptions at Edison shelter

    Sammy’s Hope began working with municipal facility last year BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer Sammy’s Hope volunteers Naomi Milner (l-r), Christine Young and Darren Young wash pit bull mix Mimi at the Edison Animal Shelter Aug. 10. PHOTOS By ERIC SUCAR staff EDISON — In less than two years, the nonprofit organization Sammy’s Hope has…

  • Law firm mourns loss of partner

    Morris Brown, a partner in the law firm of Wilentz, Goldman & Spitzer and a volunteer in the local community, diedAug. 9 at New York- Presbyterian Hospital. The Woodbridge-based firm announced Brown’s passing in a press release, saying it was deeply saddened by the loss. A renowned personal injury lawyer for 55 years, Brown joined…

  • Hands up activity

    Left: Edison police Sgt. Robert Dudash uses a fake gun during a demonstration of a felony motor vehicle stop at the Junior Police Academy Aug. 2 at Woodrow Wilson Middle School. Above: The weeklong Junior Police Academy introduced the youth of Edison to the inner workings of the township police department. PHOTOS BY JEFF GRANIT…

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