• Police: Pocketbook thefts on the rise

    EDISON — Police are warning residents to keep their pocketbooks and valuables secure when out in public, in light of recent thefts. At 12:41 p.m. May 5, police said, a pocketbook was stolen from a woman at the Menlo Park Mall. The pocketbook had been hanging on the hook of a bathroom stall while the…

  • Students get a firsthand lesson on Japanese culture

    International studies culminate in visit from Consulate representatives BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer Some of the 24 second-graders at the Wardlaw-Hartridge School dressed in traditional Japanese wear such as kimonos and even a samurai suit as members of the Japanese Consulate paid a visit recently. Above: Saigusa Hirohito, counsel for the Ministry of Education, teaches…

  • Resident urges officials to keep Clara Barton Library open

    Iattended a town hall-like discussion last night (Tuesday, May 4) about the closing of the Clara Barton Branch Library in Edison. I thought we were going to discuss solutions or possible remedies to save our library. However, what I witnessed was a “dog and pony show” to justify decisions that seem to have already been…

  • Senior tax freeze program must be ‘unfrozen’

    New Jersey has the highest property taxes in the nation. Combine these steep tax rates with a faltering economy and skyrocketing energy costs, and you’ll discover a real hardship for many New Jersey residents on fixed incomes. The Senior Property Tax Freeze is being frozen, which will affect many older New Jerseyans. Anyone who might…

  • Endorsement process was ‘open and unbiased’

    In the recent Metuchen Board of Education election, there was a last-minute attempt to denigrate the three candidates who were endorsed by the Citizens for Quality Education. An email message was widely disseminated, claiming that the endorsed candidates were part of some CQE “agenda” and were “biased” in some way that was not described, and…

  • In my day, sonny, we got numbers in a book

    CODA GREG BEAN If the phone company stops printing and delivering residential white pages, as Verizon has asked regulators permission to do in New York and New Jersey, what am I going to use as a doorstop, or to raise my computer monitor an extra 3 or 4 inches? On the one hand, Verizon’s request…

  • Protest staged at BP gas station in Edison

    Local environmental groups react to oil spill in Gulf BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer Protesters outside the BP gas station on Route 1 in Edison on May 5 show their feelings about the ongoing oil spill in the Gulf. KATHY CHANG EDISON — Area residents and environment activists staged a boycott of BP gas stations…

  • Spring Community Planting

    Girl Scout troop leader Nancy Eggert and Scouts Olivia Zolnowski, Victoria Pennix and Bailey Skibar plant flowers near the Clara Barton First Aid Squad building in Edison Saturday. The Clara Barton Amboy Avenue Neighborhood Preservation Program sponsored the Spring Community Planting, helping to beautify areas of Amboy Avenue. LAUREN CASSELBERRY

  • Tomaro: Follow Edison’s lead on surveillance law

    EDISON — Township Council President Charles Tomaro said last week he is urging every Middlesex County town to require 24- hour businesses to install video surveillance systems. The Edison Township Council will vote May 12 on an ordinance requiring 24-hour gas stations and convenience stores in town to be equipped with surveillance systems for the…

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