• A tasty idea spurs artistic genius

    High-schoolers create mural at ice cream shop BY ENID WEISS Correspondent ENID WEISS Students from J.P. Stevens High School in Edison have created a mural on a wall outside of What’s the Scoop in Metuchen. METUCHEN — In an interesting attempt to counter vandals’ scribbling graffiti on his ice cream shop alley wall, Mike Patterson…

  • Edison resident killed in construction accident

    BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer WOODBRIDGE — A 26-year-old Edison man was fatally injured when he was struck in the head by a 1,500- pound steel plate that slipped off the chains of a backhoe on Aug. 11. The incident occurred at 2:21 p.m. at the Conrail crossing on Blair Road in Avenel, police said.…

  • Jam session

    Left: Barbara Quinlan of the band Blue Roux performs at the Metuchen Senior Citizen Center as part of the Metuchen Recreation Commission and the Metuchen Cultural Arts’ “Summer Concert Series Under the Stars” series on Aug. 13. Above: Jake Jacus (l-r), Hal Hirsch and Matt Klenke of Blue Roux perform. PHOTOS BY TERRY GEERDTS

  • Edison resident gets 18 months for tax evasion

    Man had prior conviction for mail fraud and says mental illness is partially responsible this time BY DAN NEWMAN Staff Writer EDISON — An Edison resident has been sentenced to 18 months in federal prison after he was convicted of cashing checks made out to a fictitious employee of the company where the defendant was…

  • Shelling out memories

    Local kids get involved with charitable cause BY DAN NEWMAN Staff Writer On a rainy day about a year and a half ago, Joe Cascio had his two daughters, Olivia and Sophia, along with his nephew, Jake Iantosca, and nieces, Samantha, Dani, Nicole and Ali Iantosca, at his Metuchen home. Top: From top left going…

  • Plans for Greenway extension in the works

    Metuchen recently awarded grant to be used for project BY ENID WEISS Correspondent The proverbial t’s are crossed and i’s dotted as of Aug. 10, when Metuchen officials met with a grant administrator at the Association of New Jersey Environmental Commissions (ANJEC) to go over tasks and a timeline for creating a plan for the…

  • Edison detective pleads guilty to shoplifting

    BY DAN NEWMAN Staff Writer An Edison Township police detective pleaded guilty to charges of shoplifting from a local supermarket in March where he moonlighted as a security guard. David Yanvary, 54, admitted to stealing $42 worth of merchandise from a ShopRite on March 17, including the DVD movie “Role Models,” a jar of honey,…

  • Photo

    SCOTT FRIEDMAN Carson Tramontin, 4, of Metuchen, checks out his 4½-inch catfish during the annual youth fishing derby at Tommy’s Pond in Metuchen on Aug. 15.

  • Public urged to get ready for hurricane season

    With hurricane season underway, State Police SuperintendentColonelRick Fuentes, Director of the New Jersey Office of Emergency Management (NJOEM) would like to remind all New Jersey residents, as well as first the responder community, to plan and prepare for potential tropical summer storms. The hurricane season usually runs from June 1 through Nov. 30. As evidenced…

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