• Police say man posed as utility worker in attempt to enter house

    EDISON — Police are warning residents of a possible scam that occurred last week in which a man tried to enter a house under the guise of a water company serviceman. An 87-year-old male resident of Wilson Avenue told police that he received a knock on the door from an unknown male saying that there…

  • FirstEnergy offering grants to stimulate classroom learning

    FirstEnergy Corp.’s New Jersey operating company, Jersey Central Power & Light (JCP&L), is again offering mathematics, science and technology grants to educators and youth group leaders. The grants, available to teachers in pre-kindergarten through grade 12, support classroom projects and teacher professional development initiatives. The deadline to apply for a grant is Sept. 20. Any…

  • Garden club, EWA donate veggies to local food pantry

    Terra Nova Garden Club volunteers show the produce they will donate to Hands of Hope for the Community Food Pantry in Edison. EDISON — The Terra Nova Garden Club and the Edison Wetlands Association (EWA) recently donated more than 20 pounds of homegrown garden vegetables to the Hands of Hope Food Pantry. The vegetables were…

  • New programs offered at Middlesex College

    Students attending Middlesex County College this fall will find several new academic programs that have been developed. The college offers new degrees or certificates in biotechnology, dietetics, and technical studies, plus four new program options in liberal arts in African-American studies, genocide and the Holocaust, early childhood education, and philosophy. The fall semester begins Sept.…

  • Police: Woman bilked of money sent to pay taxes on bogus prize

    METUCHEN — An 80-year-old borough resident reported that she was scammed out of more than $3,500 over the past few weeks. The woman told police that she received a call one evening from someone stating that he was from the state police and needed her address information. Police said the woman gave the information to…

  • Middlesex Cty’s Young Democrats start over

    Group reorganizes after ‘breather’ period BY SAM SLAUGHTER Staff Writer The Young Democrats of Middlesex County, an organization for people ages 14-36, is alive once again. The group, reorganized for the first time since just after the 2008 presidential election, recently elected a new slate of officers to lead the movement toward a greater understanding…

  • Piano teacher sentenced for child endangerment

    EDISON — A Highland Park man has been sentenced to serve three years in a New Jersey state prison for endangering the welfare of a 9-year-old girl. Franklin Jack Burr Jr., 64, also was ordered to register as a sex offender under Megan’s Law and was placed on community supervision for life. He was credited…

  • Funding annual parties is a community effort

    Metuchen seniors to hold fundraising luncheon Oct. 24 BY ENID WEISS Correspondent METUCHEN — When the borough’s Senior Center needs something, seniors there don’t just sit around and talk about it. They organize and hold fundraisers, and they created Metuchen Seniors Inc. in the process. The nonprofit group was started 17 years ago with volunteers…

  • Police charge man in 1990 motel stabbing

    Police have arrested a New Brunswick man on charges of fatally stabbing a 15-year-old female in an Edison motel nearly 20 years ago. Steven Parkey Jr., now 40, was charged last week with murder and possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose in the October 1990 death of Nikki Adams, 15, of New Brunswick,…

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