• Resident injured in robbery after exiting car, police say

    BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer METUCHEN — A 27-year-old borough man was robbed and assaulted after parking his car at New Durham Road and Hampton Street on Oct. 28. The victim told police that he was parking his car at 6:30 p.m. near his residence when he observed a man wearing a hooded sweatshirt walking…

  • Edison police arrest one suspect in armed robbery of cab driver

    With the help of a search dog, police apprehended a 28-year-old Woodbridge man wanted in the robbery and assault of a taxi driver last week. Daniel Mejia Vicente was charged with robbery and aggravated assault with a weapon. His was transported to the Middlesex County Adult Correction Center, North Brunswick, with bail set at $25,000…

  • Firefighters battle brush blaze for hours

    Roughly 200 acres of marshland behind Raritan Center burned last week as more than 100 firefighters battled to contain the blaze. Firefighters first responded to the area at 2:30 p.m. Nov. 3, but it would take until 5 a.m. the next day before the fire was fully extinguished. “We had all fire [personnel] out there,”…

  • Wallace, Rasmussen give Dems 5-1 council majority in Metuchen

    Just 89 votes separate top vote-getter from the lowest BY ENID WEISS Correspondent Democrats will once again have control of the Metuchen Borough Council come Jan. 1. Dorothy Rasmussen Voters on Nov. 2 chose Jim Wallace and Dorothy Rasmussen over Republican incumbents Christopher Morrison and William Waldron to serve the two available three-year terms. It…

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    Helen Bayer (l) teaches a group of teenagers how to bake a loaf of bread from scratch at the Metuchen Public Library Nov. 4. Youths from grades six through 12 were invited to the workshop, “Baking Bread with Mrs. B.” ERIC SUCAR staff

  • Edison board selects new superintendent

    O’Malley will leave Monmouth Co. district, earn salary of $210,000 BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer After a long and at times contentious search process, the Edison Township Board of Education has selected a new superintendent. Richard J. O’Malley, 40, of Flemington, will take the district’s top job on or before Feb. 7. His contract will…

  • ‘Impossibly Funky’ book event Nov. 18

    Join Raconteur Books, 431 Main St., Metuchen, for an “Impossibly Funky” book event Nov. 18 at 8 p.m. Mike White, editor/author of the book “Impossibly Funky: A Cashiers du Cinemart Collection,” will be reading and signing copies of his book along with co-author Leon Chase (“Uncle Leon & The Alibis”). For more information, visit www.raconteurbooks.…

  • Free film on benefits of reading, Nov. 14

    On Sunday, Nov. 14, at 2 p.m, the entire community is invited to a free screening of the documentary film “Jim Trelease: On Reading Aloud” in the Community Room of the Metuchen Public Library, 480 Middlesex Ave. The film, featuring Trelease, discusses the benefits of family reading and includes research from the experts. Attendees will…

  • Congregation Beth-El to host Moustafa Zayed

    Congregation Beth-El, 91 Jefferson Blvd., Edison, will host guest speaker Imam Moustafa Zayed to speak about “The One Religion of Judaism and Islam” on Monday, Nov. 15, at 7:30 p.m. Moustafa Zayed has a degree in communication systems engineering and is a member of the scientific board of Quran and Sunnah research of Cairo. For…

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