• Squad celebrates 75 years with popular car show

    BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer Above and right: Attendees were able to look under the hoods of antique automobiles during the Edison First Aid Squad No. 2 annual car show June 25. EDISON — The Edison First Aid Squad No. 2 celebrated two milestones on June 25 when its 25th annual classic car show and…

  • Thursday Cruise Nights at Home Depot

    The Edison Light Cruisers will host Thursday Cruise Nights through Oct. 21 at the Edison Home Depot, Route 1 south. The free family-friendly event features cars, music and games and is open to everyone. The event will be held 6-9 p.m. Thursday evenings, weather permitting. The Edison Light Cruisers, now in its 19th year, is…

  • Farewell song

    Seniors perform with the school band one last time as fellow graduates listen during the Metuchen High School graduation ceremony, held June 22 on the school grounds. SCOTT FRIEDMAN

  • Milltown native proves she’s no ‘ordinary’ author

    Book signing for latest novel, ‘Ordinary Beauty,’ set for July 1 in East Brunswick BY CHRIS ZAWISTOWSKI Staff Writer Laura Wiess MILLTOWN — Growing up in Milltown, Laura Wiess loved books. But she never dreamed of actually writing one. “An author seemed like something in nirvana, high up in the mountains,” Wiess said . But…

  • Temple to host Shabbat Alive, more in July

    Temple Emanu-El, 100 James St., Edison, will host the following events in July.  Special ShabbatAlive! 7 p.m. July 8 — The Celebration of Temple Emanu-El’s 50th anniversary continues with a musical and participatory service. Among the guests will be local and state politicians and members of the Interfaith Clergy Association. A festive Oneg reception…

  • Edison eliminates Laird’s position in administration

    EDISON — Citing financial constraints, township officials announced that Richard Laird would no longer hold his position as assistant public safety director, effective July 1. The Township Council received an email on June 22 from Management Specialist William Stephens, who is serving as acting business administrator, relaying the news. The email said Laird’s departure from…

  • MOMS Club meeting, social July 14

    The MOMS Club of Edison will hold its monthly meeting and social 10 a.m. July 14 in the third-floor activities room at The Heritage at Clara Barton, Amboy Avenue and 4th Street, Edison. MOMS Club is a nonprofit organization offering support to at-home moms of today and provides activities for moms and their children during…

  • Gosh, the truck used to be big enough

    ARE WE THERE YET LORI CLINCH We went out on a limb this past week and treated the Black Hills of South Dakota to five days of the Clinches. Yessir, there’s nothing like a bout with the Clinch clan to get a national park to rise to the occasion. The planning of a camping trip…

  • This’ll make you view the neighbors in a new light

    CODA GREG BEAN Here’s the tale of my only near brush with the fame that sometimes comes to people who witness mob violence firsthand: It was a sunny June morning in 1989, and I was the editor of an alternative newspaper serving the North Shore of Boston. My mother had been visiting, and I was…

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