• Survivor’s visit commemorates Holocaust Remembrance Day

    EDISON — Students saw a bit of history come to life when they received a visit recently from a Holocaust survivor. Erwin M. Ganz, the grandfather of freshmanNoahGanz, detailed his experiences as a survivor of Nazi Germany during an assemblywithMiddle and Upper School students at the Wardlaw-Hartridge School in North Edison on April 15. Ganz’s…

  • Man gets trespassing charges after chase

    METUCHEN — Police arrested a 52- year-old Edison man on charges of peering and defiant trespassing at a McCoy Avenue residence last week. William L. Pittman, who, according to the New Jersey Department of Corrections website, was charged with similar offenses in the past and spent four years in jail for escaping from police custody…

  • Edison official promotes underground tank removal

    EDISON — Council President Charles Tomaro is kicking off a “Dig This Campaign” to persuade homeowners to dig up and remove underground fuel tanks from their properties. There is $70 million in state grants available to New Jersey homeowners to pay for the excavation and removal of potentially hazardous underground storage tanks, Tomaro said. “Burying…

  • Numerous budget cuts on table in Metuchen

    Officials seek ways of closing deficit BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer Officials are scrambling for ways to make up roughly $372,000 that Metuchen has lost in state aid for the 2010 municipal budget. Mayor Thomas Vahalla said the cut in aid is a blow to the borough’s approximately 13,500 residents. “This does not even include…

  • Country Folk Art and Craft Show

    Patrons peruse the items on display at the Country Folk Art and Craft Show held at the New Jersey Convention and Expo Center in Edison on April 17. ERIC SUCAR staff

  • Christie cuts decried at legislators’ meeting

    Town and school officials, students and teachers speak out against state budget cuts BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer Some people shouted and some people cried as they explained to state Sen. Barbara Buono and Assemblymen Patrick Diegnan and Peter Barnes III how the proposed budget cuts laid out by Gov. Chris Christie will affect them.…

  • March to Feed walkathon

    A group of J.P. Stevens High School students make their way across a footbridge April 18 at the March to Feed walkathon at Roosevelt Park in Edison. The students raised over $700 to help needy children in Africa. The students partnered with Feed the Children, which will use the money the students raise to send…

  • Pie must be divided fairly; teachers should not have it all

    The New Jersey Education Association is the largest, richest and most aggressive labor union in New Jersey. And because of its size and resources, it feels it is entitled to yearly increases in salaries regardless of economic conditions. However, most taxpayers, especially senior citizens, feel that teachers are already overpaid for the amount of work…

  • We need to realize we are almost bankrupt

    New Jersey didn’t get into the financial mess that it is in overnight nor was this mess caused by one person or political party or an outside organization. The mess this state is in was caused by greed and political aspiration. The greedy unions and their lobbyists played the politicians like a fine violin. The…

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