• Metuchen YMCA to sponsor events

    The Metuchen Branch YMCA, 65 High St., Metuchen, is sponsoring the following upcoming events: • Nov. 1: Operation Jersey Cares and Operation DVD. In honor of Veterans Day, the YMCA is collecting donations that will be shipped and distributed to the men and women serving in the military. Collection will end the week of Dec.…

  • Authorities search for suspect in home break-in

    BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer METUCHEN — Police are looking for an approximately 5-foot-10-inch-tall black male in his early 20s who entered a Juniper Street residence last week. The incident occurred at 4:09 a.m. Oct. 22, police said. The victim told police that he got up from bed to turn the heat on. When he…

  • DNA Shoah Project presentation Nov. 1

    Join the DNA Shoah Project, a nonprofit, humanitarian effort to reunite families torn apart by the Holocaust, in welcoming Syd Mandelbaum, cofounder of the project, for a presentation on this unique program Nov. 1, at 5 p.m. at Congregation Beth El, 91 Jefferson Blvd., Edison. Facilitators will be available after the talk to assist those…

  • Tice celebrates a decade at Stelton Baptist

    Pastor says that even with lower numbers, her congregation still comes each week BY DAN NEWMAN Staff Writer EDISON — Ten years after starting her stint as pastor of Stelton Baptist Church, the Rev. Kathleen Tice says she still has more work to do and has no plans to leave anytime soon. “I was in…

  • Diocese of Metuchen to celebrate Red Mass

    The Diocese of Metuchen will celebrate its fifth annual Red Mass on Sunday, Nov. 1, at St. Bartholomew Church, 470 Ryders Lane, East Brunswick. The 11 a.m. liturgy will be celebrated by the Most Rev. Paul G. Bootkoski, Bishop of the Diocese of Metuchen, who will also deliver the homily. In conjunction with the Red…

  • Edison lawyer gets his own stamp

    Chinese native is only state resident to receive honor in his homeland BY DAN NEWMAN Staff Writer Other than true stamp collectors, many of us don’t pay much attention to the stamps we purchase and put on envelopes. But over in the Far East, there may be one stamp in particular that some of us…

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    CHRIS KELLY staff Jodi Castiglia, Manville, sits at her Tastefully Simple booth during The Wardlaw-Hartridge School’s Parents Association Annual Fall Fair on Oct. 24 in Edison.

  • Coyle in the hunt to become next Edison mayor

    BY DAN NEWMAN Staff Writer While there may be some more well-known candidates in the race to be the next mayor of Edison, Joseph A. Coyle says he brings plenty to the table. The 40-year-old says he is running with the Leaders Don’t Wait Party because he wants to see a departure from the usual…

  • Two men charged with luring in Metuchen

    Pair from Brooklyn accused in crime against 17-year-old girl BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer Two 26-year-old men from Brooklyn, N.Y., were arrested last week after they allegedly attempted to lure a 17- year-old female Metuchen High School student into their car as she was walking on Christol Street. The incident occurred at 3:17 p.m. Oct.…

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