• Metuchen YMCA to sponsor events

    The Metuchen Branch YMCA, 65 High St., Metuchen, is sponsoring the following upcoming events: • Oct. 9: Oktoberfest at the Platzl Brahaus. View colorful foliage while working up an appetite for a four-course familystyle dinner. Bus will depart from the Metuchen municipal pool parking lot at 8:30 a.m. Fee: $72 per person. • Nov. 1:…

  • Resident wants to vote against incumbents

    The Edison Board of Education is at it again! Yes, spending our money very recklessly. Were you aware that the board is looking for a superintendent for Edison? It is not enough that we have an acting superintendent and a bona fide superintendent sitting home collecting a paycheck. No, they now want to hire a…

  • Edison H.S. fails to meet state academic standard

    Students are allowed to request transfer to J.P. Stevens BY DAN NEWMAN Staff Writer Over the last month, 50 requests have been submitted by parents in the township’s school district to have their children transferred from Edison High School to J.P. Stevens High School after EHS failed to attain a perfect score from the state…

  • Ahr football rolls to easy weekend victory

    Team has bye week, then faces Colonia on Oct. 16 BY SHAWN LAYTON Staff Writer From the opening kickoff to the final whistle, the Bishop Ahr High School football team dominated Carteret High School in a 49-6 victory. The Trojans held Carteret to just 14 total yards in the first half as the game was…

  • Health Fair at Menlo Park Mall Oct. 12

    The JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) will host a Community Health Fair at the Menlo Park Mall, 100 Menlo Park, #500, Edison, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Oct. 12. The health fair will provide community residents and shoppers an opportunity to talk with rehabilitation experts and professionals; hear about the latest rehabilitation programs available…

  • Pipala’s promises seem more like a threat

    Republican mayoral candidate Dennis Pipala promises to run Edison like a “big business”; sounds more like a threat to me. It’s the threat of the same failed management that Edison taxpayers have seen over the last 3½ years. Our taxes have gone up 4 percent — over $25 million — since the current administration took…

  • Police looking for those involved in swastika incident

    BY DAN NEWMAN Staff Writer Police looking for those involved in swastika incident BY DAN NEWMAN Staff Writer EDISON — In the overnight hours of Sept. 28, following the end of Yom Kippur, three swastikas were painted on the front of Congregation Beth-El in what is the second reported act of religious intolerance recently. Rabbi…

  • Metuchen girls tennis cruising in GMC Blue

    BY SHAWN LAYTON Staff Writer Fresh off sending three of its players into the quarterfinals at the Greater Middlesex Conference Tournament, the Metuchen High School girls tennis team will look to stay in contention for a GMC Blue Division crown. The team is currently 5-1 in divisional play. JEFF GRANIT staff Metuchen High School’s Cori…

  • Boating Safely Course Oct. 10 in Perth Amboy

    The U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary will present the About Boating Safely Course at 8 a.m. Oct. 10 at the Perth Amboy Moose Lodge No. 1360, Convery Boulevard (corner of Lindberg Avenue), Perth Amboy. The length of the course is eight hours and the cost is $60. Upon successful completion of the ABS course, the student…

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