• Developer of apartments gets tax deal from town

    Plan calls for 250 apartments at Camelot at Marlboro BY REBECCAMORTON Staff Writer Marlboro has entered into a payment in lieu of taxes (PILOT) agreement with Camelot at Marlboro Urban Renewal, LLC, for the former Entron property on Route 79 at Beacon Hill Road, Marlboro. The financial agreement was approved by the Marlboro Township Council…

  • Eagles’ Diaz waiting for his college football decision

    BY JIMMY ALLINDER Correspondent Edison High School’s Matt Diaz knows that this is a big season for him as he looks to capture the eye of top Division I college football programs. JEFF GRANIT staff This fall looms very large for a very big man. Matt Diaz, all 6-6, 265 pounds of him, is an…

  • Responsibilities, rewards are AD’s job description

    BY JIMMY ALLINDER Correspondent Frank Noppenberger High school athletic directors (ADs) have had to adapt to the same changes educators in the classroom have faced, perhaps more since many are among the most tenured in education and have been around long enough to see their job descriptions transformed dramatically. In the second of a two-part…

  • Fair seeks entrants for Home Arts contest

    Anyone who has dreamed of winning a blue ribbon is encouraged to enter the Home Arts Division of the Middlesex County Fair. Ribbons will also be awarded for second and third place, Best of Show, and honorable mention. There are 14 divisions: Vegetables, fruit, flowers, baked goods, canning, quilts, needlework, knitting and crocheting, handwork, sewing,…

  • July — time stops in the garden

    GREEN SCENE GOTTI KELLEY “Be a fountain, not a drain.” – Rex Hudler I f you are an uber-organized laptop jockey with overstuffed schedules, do I have a solution for you! Garden for the challenge of it and make your mark. And while you are at it, dream. It’s one of gardening’s big payoffs. Surrounded…

  • Emanu-El to host Tot Shabbat, open house

    Temple Emanu-El, 100 James St., Edison, will host the following events in August:  Tot Shabbat, 10 a.m. Aug. 20. This Saturday morning service aimed toward younger children includes an age-appropriate Shabbat service and a Jewish craft project. There will be a simultaneous service for adults and older children as well.  Open house, Aug.…

  • Edison library to host health programs

    The Edison Public Library will host multiple health-oriented programs aimed at community awareness. The programs are free and open to the public. At the North Edison Branch Library, 777 Grove Ave.:  7 p.m. July 26, “Mediation and Pranic Healing.” The teacher will demonstrate pranic healing as it is used in more than 80 countries…

  • Baby boomers becoming more coveted demographic

    GIRL TALK CLARE MARIE CELANO I f I have the opportunity to come back as a woman inmy 60s, I’m coming back as Helen Mirren, in her role as Victoria in the film “Red.” Mirren plays a retired CIAagent who gardens and bakes, but has not quelled the urge to shoot someone. Mirren is funny,…

  • Harlan Coben to emcee fundraiser

    Little Hands Need Big Help will host a fundraiser 6:30 p.m. Aug. 23 at the Pines Manor, 2085 Route 27, Edison. The cost is $50 per person, and proceeds will benefit Children’s Aid and Family Services’ medical services and advocacy center for children in foster care and the PGA TOUR Wives Association-designated charities. The event…

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