• Police: Robberies 2 nights apart on Woodbridge Ave.

    BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer EDISON — Police are investigating two robberies that occurred on separate days but may be connected. The first took place at 10:40 p.m. Nov. 12 at the 7-Eleven store on Woodbridge Avenue; the other at 7:15 p.m. Nov. 14 at the Raceway Gas Station, also on Woodbridge Avenue, police said.…

  • Filmmaker tells story of the other ‘Rosies’

    Film focuses on women who helped win World War II, usher in the computer age BY SAM SLAUGHTER Staff Writer Secret government ballistics projects to help eradicate the Nazis and women who functioned as human computers for the U.S. Army. These may sound like plot points to a science fiction movie, but during World War…

  • Walk if you CARE

    Supporters warm up for the third annual Walk If You CARE fall event Oct. 24 at Middlesex County College in Edison. The 3-mile walk is sponsored by CARE (Community Action Reaches Everyone) Inc. Participants were asked to bring donations of nonperishable food items to benefit St. James Hands of Hope. SCOTT FRIEDMAN

  • St. Luke’s to kick off arts series for charity

    BY ENID WEISS Correspondent METUCHEN — St. Luke’s Episcopal Church has combined its philanthropic efforts with its appreciation for the arts in staging a three-part cultural series. The first show features a pops concert with Karl Watson performing on the organ, followed by a wine and cheese reception. The event is set for 4 p.m.…

  • Inventory to aid in land-use planning, ‘green’ initiatives

    BY KATHY CHANG BY KATHY Staff Writer EDISON — The development of a new Environmental Resource Inventory (ERI) is under way with the support of the township’s Environmental Commission and a recently awarded $10,000 grant. “This is important since one has not been done in 18 years,” said Chris Mazauskas, resource development officer for the…

  • Metuchen acquaints kids with cops through cards

    BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer Children who collect all 30 Metuchen police officers pose for the group shot that is one of 30 baseball cards issued by the department for a contest. cards are eligible to win gift certificate METUCHEN — Move over A-Rod and Jeter. Kids here are after the trading card of another…

  • Museum celebrates water as art world inspiration

    Water is the subject and title of a far-reaching exhibition at the Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers University, New Brunswick, this fall. Ranging from a 17th-century Chinese landscape to Bill Viola’s 2005 visceral video work, “Ablutions,” works on display are drawn from the museum’s own collections of French, American, Russian and SovietNonconformist art,…

  • Solar farm viewed as boost to economy, environment

    With 8,500 ground-mounted panels, Silver Lake facility is part of PSE&G’s Solar 4 All program BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer PSE&G’s Al Matos kept the promise that he made back in July. He vowed that before the end of this year, some 8,500 solar panels would be installed to cover 5.7 acres of PSE&G’s Silver…

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    Walkers set out for the third annual Walk If You CARE fall event at Middlesex County College in Edison. CARE (Community Action Reaches Everyone) Inc., which is made up of community members and businesses in the Edison area who work to help local children and families in need, sponsors the 3-mile trek. SCOTT FRIEDMAN

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