• Grants awarded to arts organizations throughout Middlesex County

    Grants awarded to arts organizations throughout Middlesex County

    The Middlesex County Board of Chosen Freeholders and the Office of Culture and Heritage have announced more than $180,000 was awarded to local arts groups through the 2016 County Support Grant Program for the Arts. This program supports both established and emerging arts groups from various disciplines such as dance, folk arts, media arts, music, photography,…

  • Rabbi to be Scholar-in-Residence

    Rabbi to be Scholar-in-Residence

    Temple Emanu-El, 100 James Street, Edison, welcomes Rabbi Michele Medwin as the 2016 Diana S. Herman Scholar in Residence on March 19. Rabbi Medwin is the author of the spiritual guide books “A Spiritual Travel Guide to the World of God, Part I and Part II.” The program starts at 9 a.m. with a Torah…

  • Edison officer returns back to duty

    Edison officer returns back to duty

    By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer EDISON — Despite a looming appeal of his reinstatement, Police Officer Anthony Sarni is happy to be back at work in his hometown, according to his attorney Steve Cahn. Sarni, 41, an 11-year veteran of the department who was dismissed in October, but court ordered to be reinstated in January,…

  • Edison officers ready to pedal to Washington

    Edison officers ready to pedal to Washington

    EDISON-  Ten police officers and two retired patrolmen are tuning up their touring bikes, and seeking financial sponsors, as they gear up to represent Edison Township in the upcoming 2016 National Police Unity Tour. Edison police officers will join hundreds of other New Jersey officers for a four-day trek that will cover 250 miles to…

  • Brownfield ready for construction in Sayreville

    Brownfield ready for construction in Sayreville

    SAYREVILLE — O’Neill Properties Group (OPG) recently completed the brownfield remediation component for The Pointe, a $2.2 billion retail/mixed-use project commencing construction in Sayreville. To prepare the site ready for construction, OPG spent $11 million to clean up Sayreville’s infamous 40-acre toxic lagoon, which sat filled with titanium dioxide waste byproducts from the former on-site National…

  • Scholar in Residence program and lunch set for March 19

    Scholar in Residence program and lunch set for March 19

    Temple Emanu-El, 100 James St., Edison, announces the Diana S. Herman Scholar in Residence program will be held on March 19 with Scholar Rabbi Michele Medwin, author of the book “A Spiritual Travel Guide to the World of God.” The program starts at 9 a.m. with a Torah Study followed by a 10 a.m. Shabbat…

  • Man who terrorized area women sentenced again

    Man who terrorized area women sentenced again

    NEW BRUNSWICK – A New Brunswick man was sentenced on March 7 to serve 20 years in prison for breaking into a woman’s home and sexually assaulting her. Bruce Sterling, 45, was sentenced in New Brunswick by Superior Court Judge Alberto Rivas, according to a statement prepared by Middlesex County Prosecutor Andrew C. Carey. The 20-year term…

  • Social media sets the stage for MCFOODS spring food drive

    Middlesex County’s regional food pantry is turning to social media in an effort to ramp up enthusiasm for and participation in its annual Spring School Food Drive. “This year, we’ll be scouring networks like Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, looking for the ‘MCFOODS’ hashtag,” announced Project Manager Jennifer Apostol of the Middlesex County Food Organization and…

  • Library celebrates with bubbles March 21, 22

    Library celebrates with bubbles March 21, 22

    The first week of Spring is National Bubble Week. Celebrate this annual tradition with all things that “Bubble” with stories, music and bubbles at 1:30 p.m. on March 21 or at 10:30 a.m. on March 22 at the Main Edison Library Branch, 340 Plainfield Ave. Registration is open to the community at www.edisonpubliclibrary.net or by…

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