• JPS’s Crawford serves big roles on two courts

    BY JIMMY ALLINDER Correspondent When Marvin Crawford entered J.P. Stevens High School as a freshman, he always felt he would play basketball. That is, until Patty Savulich, coach of the Hawks’ volleyball team, convinced the 6-3 Crawford to join her up-and-coming team. Now Crawford plays — and excels at — two sports. “When I played…

  • Virden eager to help regime get off to a positive start

    BY JIMMY ALLINDER Correspondent Bishop Ahr High School running back Kenny Virden gets past an opponent during his junior year season last winter. Bishop Ahr High School junior running back Kenny Virden has always had a flair for the dramatic. So, it wasn’t a surprise that he saved his best performance for the last game…

  • New Jersey writers’ play to open July 8

    Berdanhand Productions will offer performances of “Fade Out at Clo- Achers,” an original play by Monroe residents Myra Danon and Meryl Berness, July 8-10 and 15-17, 8 p.m. on Fridays, 3 and 8 p.m. on Saturdays, 3 p.m. on Sundays, at the Grange Playhouse, 4860 Route 9 south, Howell. The play, directed byAlbert Hepner, steps…

  • Program on arthritis to be held at library

    The Edison Public Library, 340 Plainfield Ave., will present a program on arthritis 3 p.m. July 13. “Discover Arthritis: Take Control,” a free program developed by the Public Health Department of the Arthritis Foundation, will inform participants about the three types of arthritis (osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis and juvenile arthritis), risk factors associated with arthritis, and…

  • Master composer of Indian percussion comes to Edison

    BY ELIZABETH TAVIT Correspondent Divyang Vakil EDISON — Renowned Indian composer Divyang Vakil brought his creative artistry to New Jersey this spring. He was at various venues across the state to support and oversee the tour of international percussion ensemble Talavya, as the composer and director of their performance piece. The ensemble was in the…

  • 2nd Infantry Division veterans sought

    The 2nd (Indianhead) Division Association is searching for anyone who ever served in the 2nd Infantry Division at any time. For information about the association and its annual reunion in St. Louis on Aug. 25-29, visit the association’s website at www.2ida.org or contact the association’s secretary-treasurer, Bob Haynes, at [email protected] or 224-225-1202.

  • ‘View of Caring’ photos at museum

    “A View of Caring: Johnson & Johnson/ International Center of Photography Fellowship Exhibition” is on display through July 31 in the Special Exhibition Gallery at the Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers University, 71 Hamilton St., New Brunswick. Since 2001 Johnson & Johnson has sponsored fellowships for graduates of the documentary and photojournalism program…

  • ‘Journeys’ photograph exhibit to open July 17

    The Metuchen Cultural Arts Commission will play host to the opening of “Journeys,” an exhibit of photographs by New Jersey artists Lauren Curtis and Mark Harris in Metuchen’s Gallery @ the Rotunda. The opening will be held 4-7 p.m. July 17 at Metuchen Borough Hall, 500 Main St. Full-time visual artist and New Jersey resident…

  • North Edison Little League officer charged with theft

    EDISON — A former president of the North Edison Little League was charged June 23 with stealing more than $35,000 from the organization over a period of more than three years. Terry Taylor, 55, of Edison, was charged with theft, a third-degree offense, following an investigation, Middlesex County Prosecutor Bruce J. Kaplan said. Taylor, who…

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