• Edison board uses funds to rescind latchkey fee

    Saves bulk of $2M in extra state aid for next school year BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer EDISON — The Board of Education will set aside most of the nearly $2 million in additional school aid that was granted by the state this summer, to offset expenses for the 2012-13 school year. However, it will…

  • Tickets Fore Charity to benefit VNA

    The Barclays, the first event in the PGATour Playoffs for the FedEx Cup featuring 125 of the top players on the tour, will take place Aug. 23 at the Plainfield Country Club, Edison. Tickets Fore Charity are now available at www.vnannj.org for $50 (normally $100), and 75 percent of each ticket will be donated to…

  • Space wars: No such thing as an empty nest

    ARE WE THERE YET LORI CLINCH Although I’m loath to admit it, every parent surely ponders the blissfulness of an empty nest. While nothing tears at a mother’s heartstrings as severely as watching her recently graduated child collect his things in preparation for the big world, she can’t help anticipating the emptiness of a laundry…

  • Dear advice man: Can this marriage be saved?

    CODA GREG BEAN Dear Expert Financial Advice Person: I’m writing you today in the hope of saving my marriage. I love my wife, but she does some economic things that drive me crazy. We both put our paychecks into the same joint account, but I manage our finances, and make sure the bills get paid…

  • New Jersey libraries are a valuable resource

    Nine months ago, thanks to a $5.1 million federal Broadband Technology Opportunity Program (BTOP) grant, the New Jersey State Library implemented a series of steps to enable libraries throughout New Jersey to better assist our unemployed and underemployed residents and their families. As unemployment in our state skyrocketed, going from 4.5 percent in 2007 to…

  • Submit a photo for local calendar contest

    The annual OceanFirst Bank calendar contest is under way, and photographers are invited to submit original local photographs to be displayed in the bank’s 2012 community calendar. More than 12,000 calendars will be distributed to OceanFirst customers and the general public throughout Ocean, Monmouth and Middlesex counties. Recognition will be awarded to each photographer featured…

  • Man says trio chased him with gun

    EDISON — Police are investigating an incident involving a possible handgun that was reported last week near the Lindeneau School on Blossom Street. A 20-year-old township man told police that he was walking on Blossom Street around 12:15 a.m. on July 27 when three unknown individuals ran toward him. One of the suspects was carrying…

  • Cops: Gas station attendant beaten, robbed

    EDISON — Police are investigating a robbery that occurred last week at the Raceway gas station on Route 1. The incident occurred around 9:10 p.m. July 25, police said. The attendant, a 44-year-old Hamilton man, told police that a black male asked for a pack of cigarettes, but then went behind the counter and punched…

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