• Three Kings Day celebration Jan. 6

    St. James Church, 2136 Woodbridge Ave., Edison, is inviting everyone to its Celebration of Three Kings Day (Epiphany) to see the infant Jesus at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 6. For more information, call 732- 985-2023.

  • Gramercy Square at Metuchen breaks ground

    BY ENID WEISS Correspondent METUCHEN — Local officials and real estate professionals marked the groundbreaking of Gramercy Square at Metuchen, a new townhouse development on Amboy Avenue, on a cold Dec. 29 afternoon. Maggy Cook and Dottie Winhold from Prudential New Jersey Propteries’ Metuchen office, along with Metuchen Mayor Thomas Vahalla and officials and developer/owner…

  • Edison fire union takes issue to state Comptroller’s Office

    Questions regarding overtime funds at hand BY DAN NEWMAN Staff Writer EDISON — Spurred by a request at a council meeting late last month, the Edison Fire Fighters Association has called on state Comptroller Matthew Boxer to conduct an audit of the Edison Fire Department’s salaries and wages account to see how overtime money is…

  • Local resident proud to serve his country

    Ali Tanveer has been in the U.S. Army since 2003 BY DAN NEWMAN Staff Writer Spend just five minutes in conversation with Ali Tanveer, and it becomes obvious that he is far from the average person. For one thing, he has the luxury of sleeping until about 10:30 each morning and doesn’t have to be…

  • New bias incident occurs in Edison

    Rabbi wants parents held responsible if their kids are caught BY DAN NEWMAN Staff Writer Following the most recent bias incident in the township, Rabbi Dr. Bernhard Rosenberg is calling for local lawmakers to hold parents responsible for the heinous actions of their children. According to the Edison Police Department, a swastika that was about…

  • Ricigliano takes her spot at the top

    Starts her tenure by taking huge pay cut BY DAN NEWMAN Staff Writer If Edison’s new mayor wanted to send a message that she was listening to the people during her campaign, she accomplished that almost as soon as she was sworn in on Jan. 1. Ricigliano, who officially took over for now-former Mayor Jun…

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    Gianna Cuzzolo, 14 (l), Stephanie Frank, 15, Katelyn Rotoneo, 15, and Melissa Frank, 15, all of Colonia, support each other during an evening session of skating under the stars at the Roosevelt Park skating rink in Edison on Jan. 2. Ricigliano takes her spot at the top SCOTT FRIEDMAN

  • This year, let’s resolve to make a difference

    Coda • GREG BEAN Igave up making New Year’s resolutions a long time ago, because I never kept them, and I got tired of starting my new year with personal failure. But as our economy begins to heal and we feel the glimmer of optimism as a new decade begins, it might be time to…

  • Resident upset with Edison Board of Education

    I am frustrated at the Edison Board of Education’s (BOE) refusal to comment on the prescription drug arrest of four school custodians. At the board meeting, the president stated that he does not judge employees based on newspaper reports. That is a specious argument for a number of reasons.   First of all, this is…

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