• ‘Carols and Cookies’ program Dec.20

    The community is invited to come and sing favorite carols and get into the Christmas mood at Centenary United Methodist Church, 200 Hillside Ave., Metuchen, at 6:30 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 20. The “Carols and Cookies” program is open to all, with a free-will offering, and refreshments will be served afterward. Those who wish to participate…

  • Cleanup ongoing at auto dealership

    The following is notification of the environmental investigation and cleanup that is taking place at Volvo of Edison (formerly Raritan Oil Co.), 401 Route 1 south, Edison, block 235-A, lots 25, 26,27,28,29, and 63-J, block 239-A, lot 1-M. NJDEP preferred identification No. 002512: In accordance with New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) regulations for…

  • Police investigating electronics theft

    METUCHEN — Police are looking for the suspect or suspects who broke into a business on Oliver Street twice in four days last week and stole thousands of dollars worth of equipment. The most recent incident took place between 4 a.m. and 7:26 a.m. Dec. 1, police said. A Dell computer valued at $4,800, eight…

  • Bishop Ahr girls swim coach arrested on sex assault charges

    BY DAN NEWMAN Staff Writer EDISON — The head coach of the girls swim team at Bishop Ahr High School was arrested and charged on Dec. 2 with sexual assault, criminal sexual contact and endangering the welfare of a child. Sarah Blessing, 27, has also been a fifthgrade teacher at Park Middle School in Scotch…

  • Many come out to remember a leader

    Lee Mathews, Edison Job Corps Academy director, succumbs to cancer at age 57 BY DAN NEWMAN Staff Writer JEFF GRANIT staff PHOTOS BY JEFF GRANIT staff The Edison Job Corps Academy held a memorial service for their former director Lee Mathews, who passed away on Nov. 29. More photos at www.gmnews.com. JEFF GRANIT staff EDISON…

  • Local youth’s artwork published in national magazine

    Wardlaw-Hartridge School has her work prominently displayed in children’s publication BY DAN NEWMAN Staff Writer Most people looking to have their artwork displayed prominently have to wait many years just to be noticed or recognized. For Edison resident Athena Gerasoulis, the wait was much shorter. The 10-year-old fifth-grader at the Wardlaw-Hartridge School recently had some…

  • Ricigliano names members of transition team

    All members of the team are volunteers BY DAN NEWMAN Staff Writer Edison’s Mayor-elect Antonia Ricigliano recently announced the names of the 10 individuals who will act as the chairpersons for her 22-member transition team. Antonia Ricigliano Among the more familiar names on the list: former Edison Township Council member Bill Stephens (finance chairperson), retired…

  • Auditor details school district’s performance

    BY ENID WEISS Correspondent The Metuchen school board received a favorable report from its auditor regarding its fiscal year ending June 30, 2009, at the Board of Education’s Nov. 24 meeting. The report found “no discrepancies or exceptions” in the board’s accounting, reporting and financial records charting its $35 million in total revenues, according to…

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    JEFF GRANIT staff Ampro Mathews, mother of former Edison Job Corps Academy Director Lee Mathews, kisses a crystal cross given to her and her grandson, Michael, from the student government council during a memorial service on Dec. 4 in Edison. Story, page 4. JEFF GRANIT staff

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