• Soon, the only smoking area will be the landfill

    CODA GREG BEAN When New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg began targeting smokers eight years ago, he started small by making it against the law to smoke in bars, restaurants, hotels and offices. Thatwas good news to us nonsmokers, who were tired of breathing secondhand smoke at the bar while we sipped double Black Jacks…

  • Become involved with the fight against pancreatic cancer

    Pancreatic cancer is the fourth leading cancer killer in the United States. Last year alone, more than 43,000 people were diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, and of those, nearly 37,000 died from the disease. Pancreatic cancer remains the only major cancer with a single-digit five-year survival rate at just 6 percent. This five-year survival rate has…

  • Gov. must not demean those who serve, protect

    My wife and I have been supporters of the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund (NLEOMF) since December 1988, the beginning of this very worthy project. To my mind, there is no finer or respectable way to again say, “Goodbye and thank you for your sacrifice and devotion to duty, our fallen brothers and sisters…

  • Register for WHW self-esteem support

    Women HelpingWomen (WHW), 224 Main St., Metuchen, is currently accepting registration for a self-esteem support group beginning in February. The Personal Growth/Self-Esteem Support Group will meet 7-8:30 p.m. Monday. The fee is $10 per weekly session. Fees may be reduced or waived based on need. To learn more about any of these programs or to…

  • ‘Beauty and the Beast’ at MCC Feb. 20

    The Graham Lustig Dance Theatre’s performance of “Beauty and the Beast” will take place at Middlesex County College, 2600 Woodbridge Ave., Edison, Sunday, Feb. 20 at 3:30 p.m. The event will be held at the Performing Arts Center on the Edison campus. Formore information, visit www.lustigdancetheatre.org. To order tickets, visit www.brownpapertickets.com. Admission is $25 for…

  • Ed. Library to host ‘Interview Techniques’

    The Edison Public Library, 340 Plainfield Ave., will present “Interviewing Techniques” for people who are job hunting. The event will take place Feb. 22 at 7 p.m. Learn the details of interviewing techniques and communication skills. Rabbi Dr. Bernhard Rosenberg, author and professor at Rutgers University, will teach the program. Register at www.lmxac.org.edisonlib or call…

  • Two robbed at knifepoint in parking deck outside mall

    EDISON — Police are investigating a robbery in which an unknown man reportedly threatened two women with a knife and stole their purses as they were walking to their car at the Menlo Park Mall. The incident occurred the evening of Feb. 8 in the upper parking deck of the mall, police said. The victims,…

  • Library to present ‘Healthcare Reform’

    The Edison Public Library, 340 Plainfield Ave., will host the Senior Medicare Patrol (SMP) of N.J. to speak on “Healthcare Reform and What It Means to You” on Feb. 22 at 2 p.m. The SMP project is working across New Jersey to educate seniors and help them obtain everything they are entitled to. Attendees will…

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