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What’s in a name?
Roadways and bridges are named for the famous BY KAREN L. KESTEN Staff Writer JEFF GRANIT staff You’re stuck in traffic again and you turn on the traffic report. You hear the names of bridges and roads over and over, but who are these people, and why do they have their own bridge? Spanning the…
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Edison police arrest pair after narcotics investigation
BY DAN NEWMAN Staff Writer Two men, one of whom is an Edison resident, were arrested last week as a result of a narcotics investigation. Quincy Clark, 34, Edison, and Eugene Lockhart, 24, New Brunswick, were spotted in a parked car in the rear of the Edison Diner on Route 1 by two township police…
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E.P.D. says they got drug investigation started
Police director says more arrests are on the horizon BY DAN NEWMAN Staff Writer Just days after it was announced that four Edison High School janitors were charged with illegal use and resale of prescription drugs, two top-level township law enforcement officials said it was their department that spearheaded the effort to investigate, saying that…
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ERIC SUCAR staff A pedestrian braves the cold and rainy weather during a walk around Roosevelt Park in Edison on Dec. 26. ERIC SUCAR staff
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Metuchen girls even record with win over St. Patrick
BY SHAWN LAYTON Staff Writer The Metuchen High School girls basketball team rebounded from a lopsided 72- 39 loss to Spotswood to open the season with an impressive 52-45 win over St. Patrick High School in the opening round of the Rose Battaglia Tournament at Benedictine Academy. The Bulldogs played Union Catholic High School in…
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Edison boys hoops hoping to turn things around
BY SHAWN LAYTON Staff Writer The Edison High School boys basketball team looked to notch its first win of the season earlier this week at the Gene Haley Holiday Tournament when it took on John F. Kennedy High School on Monday. The Eagles stumbled out of the gate and suffered three straight losses to open…
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Sports Shorts
The Blue Jays Baseball Club will hold its seventh annual exhibition series near Cooperstown for high school varsity players in the spring of 2010. Summer tournaments will also be held for U13, U14, U15, U16 and U18 teams. Night games are possible. For details, call Harvey Sandig at 631-650-5759 or email [email protected].
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Metuchen boys get to Roselle Park tourney title game
BY SHAWN LAYTON Staff Writer After opening the season with a forgettable performance against Spotswood High School, the Metuchen High School boys basketball team rebounded with two straight wins. The Bulldogs’ win over Arthur L. Johnson High School in the Roselle Park Holiday Tournament put them in Monday’s title game against the host school. Metuchen…
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Don’t be politically correct during the holidays
Recently, while standing in line at the post office, I noticed the new stamps they were selling for the Christmas season. The first listed stamp was generic winter holiday, followed by Christmas “virgin and child” (Christian), Hanukkah menorah (Jewish), Kwanzaa (African), EID (Islamic). Wow! Our government is certainly politically correct when it comes to new…
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