• Spicuzzo to step aside after 30 years as sheriff

    Freeholder will seek his office; two Republicans announce run for sheriff, clerk Middlesex County Sheriff Joseph C. Spicuzzo announced last week that he will not seek re-election this year. He said he met with Democratic Party leaders on Feb. 9 and advised them of his decision to retire. Subsequently, on Feb. 11, Freeholder Mildred “Millie”…

  • Two arrested in store robbery

    EDISON — Police arrested two New York City men accused of robbing the Abercrombie & Fitch store at the Menlo Park Mall last week and assaulting a 26- year-old security guard in the process. The incident occurred at 3:50 p.m. Feb. 19, police said. Edison Police Lt. Sal Filannino said the two suspects — Javier…

  • Construction under way on Route 27 retail center

    BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer EDISON — Residents will soon see some West Coast flavor along Route 27. New construction and renovations are under way to turn the former Topps Appliance shopping center, located at 1745 Lincoln Highway (Route 27), into a new village-style shopping plaza. “It’s becoming gorgeous. It’s an extremely attractive facility,” said…

  • Celebrating Purim

    Adam Schneider, 5, of North Edison, and Emily Lanton, 3, of Metuchen dance to the music of Hazzan Sheldon Levin during the Purim celebration at Congregation Neve Shalom in Metuchen on Sunday.

  • Board majority against an April referendum

    BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer EDISON — In a 6-3 vote last week, the Board of Education decided against holding a sixth referendum in April. Board President David Dickinson voted to hold the referendum along with Vice President Joseph Romano and member William H. Van Pelt, while members DeborahAnes, Rosemary Meade, Gene Maeroff, Susan Scerbo,…

  • Police seek clues after abandoned baby is discovered on car hood

    The Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office issued this photograph of the baby found on the hood of a car parked outside an Edison senior care center. EDISON — Police are seeking information about a newborn baby who was found lying atop the hood of a car parked outside a nursing home facility on Inman Avenue last…

  • Attempted kidnapping of woman reported at Metuchen office

    METUCHEN — Police are looking for a man who reportedly attempted to kidnap a 45-year-old Branchburg woman as she was leaving an office building on Durham Avenue last week. “We received a 911 call from the woman, who was screaming and panicking,” said Metuchen Patrolman David Liantonio. The victim told police that she was leaving…

  • State aid losses will force cuts in Metuchen

    School board appeals to get aid anticipated in this year’s budget BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer METUCHEN — School officials are crossing their fingers in hopes that the state won’t withhold the amount of aid it has threatened to keep from them. The school district is one of five in New Jersey that filed an…

  • Officers’ proposal could avoid lawsuit

    Two demoted cops offer compromise on salaries if promotions are reinstated BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer EDISON — Two of the seven police officers who were demoted in January will get a chance to negotiate their position changes. Gregory Formica and Frank Todd, who have been with the police force for 17 and 23 years,…

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