• YMCA to offer WrapAround and after-school care

    We realize at the YMCA that many parents are concerned with budgetary changes affecting Edison Township kindergarten. The Metuchen-Edison- Woodbridge YMCA is prepared to respond to the anticipated demand for Kindergarten WrapAround programming for the 2010-11 Edison Township school year. We will be offering Kindergarten WrapAround and after-school care at the following locations: • Metuchen…

  • No reason for Washington to run shell games at state, local levels

    Shell games, shell games everywhere And all our purses shrink Shell games, shell games everywhere In looking we don’t think. (With apologies to Coleridge) The people have been taken for rubes by the political parties for so long, one almost despairs. We have the shell game of property taxes and funding formulas under which the…

  • YMCA thanks Lyondell Basell, Disney volunteers

    In recognition of National VolunteerW eek, April 18-24, I would like to thank the 60-plus volunteers who came out to the Oakcrest Swim Club site to facilitate an amazing day of fellowship and service to the community. Oakcrest is a community swim club and day camp on Inman Avenue in Edison, owned by Edison Township…

  • EMT volunteer numbers are on the decline in NJ

    The volunteer Emergency Medical Services (EMS) community’s financial fears are becoming reality. In December 2009, then-Gov. Jon Corzine transferred $4 million from the Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) Training Fund to the general fund to help offset a budget shortfall. As a result, since April 1, the fund reimburses only part of the volunteer EMT’s educational…

  • School board member becomes unlikely host

    Ward takes in stranded Scottish family after meeting them during campaign BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer Theresa Ward (right, standing) poses for a photo with the family from Scotland who stayed with her in April. James and Nan Marshall (sitting), their daughter Leslie Watson and her 11-year-old daughter Lauren Kyle were stranded in New Jersey…

  • Celebrating planet Earth

    Middlesex County College student Gaby Zanatta of Edison helps Hailey Robles of New Brunswick with a crafts project at the Acelero Learning Center in New Brunswick on April 22. Students from the college’s Democracy House conducted an Earth Day program for the children, teaching about the environment and recycling.

  • Musical expression

    The Wardlaw-Hartridge School in North Edison showcased the musical and vocal talent of its Upper School students on the evening of April 29 during its annual Spring Concert. Music teachers organized a program of diverse music including a Taiwanese Aboriginal folk song, a Macedonian folk song, a Cuban folk song, and the “Prayer of Saint…

  • Eagle girls win pair of GMC Relay crowns

    In a meet otherwise dominated by South Brunswick High School, the Edison High School girls managed to win a pair of championships. At the Greater Middlesex Conference Relays held April 28-29 in South Plainfield, Edison’s girls won the 4×800 and distance medley relay. Lining up for the Eagles in the 4×800 were Ginna Arora, Melirah…

  • GMC tourney next for Bishop Ahr

    BY SHAWN LAYTON Correspondent The Bishop Ahr High School baseball team’s bid to win three straight came to a halt after Saturday’s 2-0 loss to Metuchen High School. Caught smack dead inside a pitcher’s duel, the Metuchen offense could muster only two hits, which wasn’t enough to push anyone across home plate. Fortunately for Metuchen,…

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