• 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.

  • New Year’s service at St. James Church

    St. James Church, 2136 Woodbridge Ave., Edison, is inviting everyone to its New Year’s Day service (The Feast of Christ the King) with Holy Communion at 10 a.m. Friday, Jan. 1. For more information, call 732-985-2023.

  • JFVS to offer classes in computer training

    Jewish Family and Vocational Service of Middlesex County (JFVS) is offering computer training classes this winter at 32 Ford Ave., second floor, Milltown. Classes begin the week of Jan. 11 and include basic keyboarding as well as Microsoft Windows, beginner and intermediate Word, beginner and intermediate Excel, PowerPoint, surfing the Internet and Simple Start for…

  • Edison Senior Center to sponsor 2010 trips

    The Edison Senior Center, 2963 Woodbridge Ave., Edison, will sponsor two bus trips for residents of Middlesex County 25 years of age and older; call 732-248-7345 for reservation information. • Branson, Mo., Saturday, April 24, to Sunday, May 2, 2010. The trip includes eight nights’ lodging (four consecutive nights in Branson), eight breakfasts, six dinners,…

  • Forum: N.J. business climate, Bell Labs building at crossroads

    Statewide survey finds execs down on N.J. economy BY JACQUELINE HLAVENKA Staff Writer Results from a statewide survey of top executives show the business environment in New Jersey was more negative than positive in 2009, according to findings presented at the third annual New Jersey Economic Policy Forum held in Holmdel on Dec. 15. The…

  • Residents encouraged to become involved in local government

    BY DAN NEWMAN Staff Writer Edison Mayor-elect Antonia Ricigliano speaks to residents during the Edison Call to Service Summit on Dec. 17. EDISON — About 80 people showed up for the Edison Call to Service Summit on Dec. 17, which was co-hosted by the Citizens’ Campaign and the Metuchen Edison Woodbridge YMCA. The summit is…

  • New township attorney named in Edison

    Karl Kemm currently serves as Zoning Board attorney EDISON — Mayor-elect Antonia Ricigliano announced last week that current township Zoning Board attorney Karl Kemm will be the new township attorney. Kemm, who is currently employed by Hoagland, Longo, Moran, Dunst & Doukas, in New Brunswick, has been employed by Edison since 2006. He will replace…

  • New Metuchen bakery specializes in tasty treats

    BY ENID WEISS Correspondent Life in Metuchen just got sweeter. The Mona Lisa bakery and pancake house recently opened on Middlesex Avenue, with a Mona Lisa mural on one exterior wall and a dining area designed to resemble a café on the Mediterranean Sea. The four owners — Michael and Nancy Saied, Fahmy Nasr and…

  • Birth of a town

    BY KATHY CHANG & KAREN L. KESTEN Staff Writers Ever wonder how a place, a township, a borough, a school, a park, a lake, a river, a bridge or a street got its name? Thomas Alva Edison had his laboratory in Menlo Park in the exact spot that the Memorial Tower stands. Greater Media Newspapers…

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