• Vitable to play at Northwestern U.

    Bishop Ahr senior chooses Wildcats over a slew of other top-level programs BY SHAWN LAYTON Staff Writer Bishop Ahr High School’s Brandon Vitable recently announced his intent to suit up in the Big Ten next year and play for the Northwestern University Wildcats. The 6-foot-2, 310-pound senior center at Bishop Ahr is currently listed as…

  • More of the same is not better

    The elephants weighing down the hospital bed costs are tort reform and illegal immigration. Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid combined have a $55 trillion (that’s $55,000,000,000,000) shortfall — and rising. All are fraught with waste and corruption ($70 million per year) — earmarks of government programs. More of the same is not better. The president…

  • Top Gun finishes season at Massachusetts tourney

    BY SHAWN LAYTON Staff Writer The Edison Top Gun 18 & Under team finished its summer season over the weekend at the New England’s Finest Showcase in Plainsville, Mass. Top Gun went 2-2-1 at the tournament against some of the East Coast’s top teams. The 18-U team opened the showcase with a 4-3 defeat at…

  • Public safety is for the ‘what-ifs’

    I am writing this letter in response to Edison Mayor Jun Choi’s decision to lay off six firefighters. Although I am not a resident of the town, I travel many of the major township roads and highways on an almost daily basis. Some may say that these layoffs are none of my business; I beg…

  • Just toss the calendar

    In the News • MARK ROSMAN Now it is just getting depressing. My latest issue of the AARP magazine arrived in the mail the other day with a nice cover shot of Bruce Springsteen and large type proclaiming “The Boss Turns 60.” Hey, everyone gets older and the fact that Springsteen will turn 60 on…

  • Post office closings? Not with better marketing

    Coda • GREG BEAN Although the U.S. Postal Service doesn’t have an official motto, the one most people believe is the motto is inscribed on the façade of the James A. Farley Post Office in New York City: “Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion…

  • Mom pulls ace out of her sleeve

    Are We There Yet? • LORI CLINCH Back in the day, I was keen as a card shark. I’d set a deck on the kitchen counter, add another to it and say to my little dears, “How many deck of cards does this make?” “Two, Mommy!” “That’s right, you precious little children. You’re smart, and…

  • PRINCETON: Loose Ends: About being born, bred and buttered in Princeton …

    By Pam Hersh Special Writer     The recent brouhaha over President Obama’s birth certificate gives me the creeps, not only because of the hate directed at the President, but also because I see how the ugly “birther” sentiments have crawled into Princeton. We have been lulled by our community’s reputation for being a haven for…

  • ROBBINSVILLE: Town’s oldest-known building being torn down

    by Melissa L. Gaffney, Staff Writer    ROBBINSVILLE — The township has deemed it “unsafe and dangerous.” And it would have been costly to preserve the town’s oldest-known building, according to Business Administrator and Township Engineer Tim McGough.    So, he gave the order to have the Cattail Tavern on Old York Road in New Sharon torn…

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