• New businesses moving into ex-Wrigley plant

    Co-owners eager to ‘ignite the gentrification’ of site that housed gum factory BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer When Mitchell Kurtzer and Ari Forman discovered the former Wrigley’s gum plant on Park Avenue in Edison, they felt that it was perfect for their two businesses. Ari Forman (l-r), Tom DeFelice and Mitchell Kurtzer are getting ready…

  • Edison’s MLK awarded Blue Ribbon

    Among just 10 schools in N.J. named to 2010 list BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer The Martin Luther King Elementary School in Edison has achieved a rare and prestigious honor: it has been recognized this year as a Blue Ribbon School. “This status is the highest status that schools can receive,” said Diane Wilton, principal…

  • Belly Dancing Benefit

    The crowd sways during the belly-dancing portion of a benefit dance-a-thon at Curves of North Edison on Sunday. Participants enjoyed two hours of Zumba and belly-dancing to raise money for the Avon Walk for Breast Cancer. SCOTT FRIEDMAN

  • Madison Central class of 1985 plans reunion

    The class of 1985 at Madison Central High School, Old Bridge, will hold a 25th reunion 7:30-11:30 p.m. Nov. 27 at the Sheraton Eatontown Hotel, 6 Industrial Way East. Tickets cost $70 per person and must be purchased in advance. Price includes a cocktail reception, four-hour open beer/wine bar and music by a DJ. For…

  • World Mission Sunday events on Oct. 24

    The Diocese of Metuchen will observe World Mission Sunday on Oct. 24 with a mile walk, special liturgy and mission lunch. Sponsored by the Society for the Propagation of the Faith, a pontifical mission society, World Mission Sunday is a day set aside for Catholics to recommit themselves through prayer and sacrifice to the church’s…

  • Apply for heroism scholarship by Oct. 15

    Scholarship applications are now being accepted for the Dana Christmas Scholarship for Heroism. The scholarship provides $10,000 scholarships for up to five students who perform acts of heroism, as did Dana Christmas when she saved many lives from a fire that broke out in her dormitory in Seton Hall in 2000. Candidates for the scholarship…

  • Depression Glass Club show, sale Oct. 16, 17

    The Garden State Depression Glass Club will host its first fall show and sale on Saturday, Oct. 16, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Sunday, Oct. 17, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Lakeview School, 10 Oak Drive, Edison. To celebrate fall, the club will display a selection of amber glassware from the…

  • Hazardous waste drop-off day planned

    The Middlesex County Division of Solid Waste Management will hold a household hazardous-waste drop-off day 8 a.m.-2 p.m. Oct. 16 at the Middlesex County Division of Highways, Apple Orchard Lane, North Brunswick. Household hazardous wastes that are improperly disposed of are identified as a danger to children and animals, a potential cause of groundwater pollution…

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