• Walkers to demonstrate unity in the community

    Evening trek designed to promote tolerance, diversity and respect BY JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent METUCHEN — The borough will be taking a stand against hate during its firstever Unity in Our Community Walk on June 16. Mayor Thomas Vahalla said the walk has been organized in response to some anti-Semitic statements that were reportedly made during…

  • Play ball

    Above: Sarah Ogilvie of the Edison Angels awaits the umpire’s call after sliding into second during the Shoot Out PONY Qualifier Softball Tournament at the Angels’ fields on Joyce Kilmer Avenue Saturday. Twenty-four teams competed in the 10U and 12U tournament. Right: Bianca Newsom of the Edison Angels hurls a pitch to a Psycho Chicks…

  • A night with Aimee Mann at the Forum’s renaissance

    Capacity audience sees national touring act in intimate setting BY DAVID WHEELER Correspondent Above: Fans gather at the Forum for the recent Aimee Mann concert. Right: Aimee Mann enjoyed frequent banter with concertgoers at the Forum, even crafting a short song inspired by a fan who suggested she tweet about Metuchen. ‘O h Metuchen, I’ll…

  • The trouble with trillions, and it’s not science fiction

    CODA GREG BEAN If you’ve been listening to the news lately, you know there’s a huge debate inWashington over raising the national debt limit. Currently, our national debt stands at about $14.3 trillion, give or take a few billion, and President Obama’s administration and the Democrats in Congress want to raise the debt limit by…

  • Freeholder grateful for county law enforcement team

    As the chair of the Freeholders’ Law and Public Safety Committee, it is my responsibility to help ensure the safety of the residents of our county. To make that happen, I am very fortunate to have a dedicated team of law enforcement personnel to back me up. That committed team, guided by Prosecutor Bruce J.…

  • School funding thorough but not efficient

    GUEST COLUMN ANDREW BRUCK Forty years of school finance litigation and we still can’t agreewhat itmeans to provide a “thorough and efficient” system of public education. The latest Abbott v. Burke ruling didn’t distinguish between the two parts of New Jersey’s most famous constitutional phrase, but it seems unlikely we’ll ever get to thoroughness without…

  • Scholarships available for careers in criminal law

    The County Prosecutors Association of New Jersey is offering four scholarships to law school students seeking careers as prosecuting attorneys, and to police officers hoping to attend college to advance their careers in law enforcement. The scholarships, each amounting to a one-year grant of $2,500, will be paid directly to the recipients, who will be…

  • Photo contest to capture five decades of open space preservation

    A picture may be worth a thousand words, but how many pictures would it take to capture the beauty of preserving 650,000 acres of open space and parks in New Jersey over the past 50 years? That’s the challenge the N.J. Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) is putting into the shutter-happy hands of residents and…

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