• Annual Paws in the Park Dog Walk

    Maya Eisen, 9, and Aaron Eisen, 11, take their dogs, (l) Saucee and Coco, down the path during the first annual Paws in the Park Dog Walk at Lake Papianni Park in Edison on May 22. SCOTT FRIEDMAN

  • Metuchen Ed. Foundation grants teacher’s wish

    $12,000 award will purchase interactive whiteboards for Edgar Middle School BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer METUCHEN — The Metuchen Education Foundation Inc. (MEF) allows teachers in the Metuchen Public School District to dream. That is how Roseann Misrahi, computer teacher at Edgar Middle School, described at the May 25 Board of Education meeting what the…

  • Gas station robberies now may be captured on camera

    BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer EDISON — Surveillance cameras are now required to be implemented at all 24- hour service gas stations and convenience stores in the township. The Township Council on May 26 unanimously voted in favor of the ordinance mandating the cameras. The implementation of the ordinance is in response to a rash…

  • Two photographers captured social landscape, and soul

    Works of Winogrand, Clark on display at Zimmerli Garry Winogrand and Larry Clark began redefining photography in the 1960s, documenting the American social landscape in out-of-the-ordinary black-and-white photographs of people engaged in ordinary activities. A Garry Winogrand photograph in New York City, from the series, “Women Are Better Than Men, Not Only Have They Survived,…

  • More school cuts expected in Edison

    Maeroff: No choice, given Twp. Council’s mandated $6.5M budget reduction BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer More additional layoffs and program cuts are expected in the school district.   That is what Edison Board of Education President Gene Maeroff said the district faces after the Township Council on May 19 ordered a $6.5 million cut to…

  • Paws in the Park Dog Walk

    Dachshunds Reeses and Saucee get up close and personal during the first Paws in the Park Dog Walk at Lake Papaianni, Edison, on May 22. SCOTT FRIEDMAN

  • Global business adds Edison to its locations

    BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer EDISON — Even in bad economic times, there is some light. Heller Industrial Parks, one of the nation’s largest privately held industrial park owners and developers, specializing in the building, leasing and management of strategically located distribution centers, announced last week that Williams Scotsman Inc., a leader in the mobile…

  • Free seminar for first-time homebuyers

    Metuchen Savings Bank will host “Metuchen Cares: An Economic Forum for First-Time Homebuyers” 5:30-7:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 9, at the administrative offices of Metuchen Savings Bank, 429 Main St., Metuchen. Topics to be discussed include: first steps, mortgage prequalification, understanding credit scores, and discovering down payment sources. There will be complimentary refreshments beginning at 5:30…

  • Strawberry fest, art sale to benefit Haiti

    St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, Oak Avenue and Route 27, Metuchen, will join with the Edison-Metuchen art community in hosting a benefit for relief in Haiti. The Strawberry Festival and Art Sale will be held 2-5 p.m. June 5 on the lawn of St. Luke’s Church. Admission to the event is $5 for adults; children will…

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