• Versatility keying 5-0 start by Metuchen girls soccer

    BY SHAWN LAYTON Correspondent By outscoring its opponents 26-1, the Metuchen High School girls soccer team has raced out to a 5-0 start to the season. Just this past week, the Bulldogs scored 14 unanswered goals in victories over New Brunswick, Mother Seton and Middlesex. “I always talk about versatility, but I believe I have…

  • Help central New Jersey get healthier

    In 2008, I came down with a bad case of sinusitis. I became extremely dehydrated and had to call 911 for help. After being rushed to the hospital for fluids, I mentioned that I was experiencing some discomfort under my left breast. It wasn’t painful, just uncomfortable. Doctors ordered additional testing and I was told…

  • Council members see lack of critical components in administration

    Time is a luxury that Edison Township governance cannot afford. Our current economic environment demands leadership, accountability, communication and vision in local government to ensure that it adapts and adjusts to the challenges it now faces. A path to a sustainable future for any local government must include these four components to ensure its prosperity…

  • Let’s hope they spend all of that $100 million wisely

    CODA GREG BEAN Like most people, I was impressed last week when I learned about Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg’s announcement that he would pump up to $100 million into Newark’s troubled schools in a “challenge” grant. When he made the announcement of the grant on “Oprah,” he was accompanied by Newark Mayor Cory Booker and…

  • County offers residents emergency alert program

    Middlesex County residents are being encouraged to sign up for Middlesex County Alert, an emergency notification system sponsored by the county. Residents who register will receive emergency notification via mobile texts, email or both. The Middlesex County Office of Emergency Management will send emergency messages as needed, but messaging will be restricted to conditions when…

  • Edison mayor to get ‘locked up’ for Red Cross fundraiser

    Edison Mayor Antonia Ricigliano will be a jailbird this weekend — for the Red Cross. She will be among nearly two dozen mayors and community leaders from around New Jersey who will appear before a guest judge in Fanwood Municipal Court, Union County, on Oct. 2 to hear their “charges” and post “bail” for the…

  • Local nurse receives nat’l award

    Genesis HealthCare employees (l-r) Michael Wylie, Margo Kunze, Mary Beth Sondergaard and Charles Dixon celebrate Sondergaard’s national award. EDISON — A local registered nurse has received a national award for her work. Mary Beth Sondergaard, a nurse at Heritage at Clara Barton, an assisted and independent living community managed by Genesis HealthCareSM, is the 2010…

  • Man accused of striking woman, 41, with hammer

    EDISON — Police arrested and charged a 23-year-old township man with attempted murder after he allegedly struck a 41-yearold woman in the head with a hammer last week. The alleged victim told police that the suspect, Taylor William Harrison, was hired by her husband to do some yard work outside her Pine Street house on…

  • Edison shop set to exhibit local artists’ works in Oct.

    EDISON — After helping her parents at their East Windsor location for years, Eugenia Lau decided to branch out and open her own picture-framing store on Route 1. And Lau is continuing the family’s tradition of showcasing the works of local artists and photographers with a month-long exhibit at the store, Art & Frame Express.…

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