• Economic forum highlights ways to improve business

    BY ENID WEISS Correspondent Mix the Metuchen Savings Bank and the chamber of commerce, serve at the Forum Theatre Cultural Arts Center, and you have a recipe for success Metuchen-style. More than 70 people were on hand to hear ways to beef up sales during a sluggish economy. Tom Mezzetti, owner of the restaurant Main…

  • Kids day = fun day

    Left: Edward Ge, 10, of Edison (l-r) and Sam Vella, 10, of Monroe, compete in the waterslide relay during the fourth annual Community Friendship Games at Geick Park in Old Bridge on July 15. Above: Players from Edison (l) and Monroe charge for the balls at the start of a water dodge ball game. PHOTOS…

  • Metuchen resident headed to Juilliard

    But needs some help with steep cost of education BY DAN NEWMAN Staff Writer For those who are involved in the performing arts, the Juilliard School is the holy grail. Those bold enough to apply face almost unreal odds of gaining entry into the school, or even making it through just one round of the…

  • Youngster drowns in pool accident

    A6-year-old boy from Texas who was visiting his grandparents drowned after he fell into their in-ground pool on July 15. The incident occurred at 5:30 p.m., police said. Officer David Liantonio said emergency personnel conducted 55 minutes of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) on the child. The boy was reportedly visiting his grandparents with his 8-year-old brother.…

  • Edison lays off six firefighters

    Choi blames firefighters union for cuts BY DAN NEWMAN Staff Writer Six Edison Township firefighters were laid off July 16 as part of Mayor Jun Choi’s plan to close an $8.4 million budget shortfall. Choi blamed the firefighters union for the layoffs, stating that it was the only union that refused to meet with the…

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    JEFF GRANIT staff Adam Robertson, 12, of Edison, competes in the Water Dodge event during the fourth annual Community Friendship Games at Geick Park in Old Bridge on July 15.

  • What does Antonia Ricigliano plan to do?

    After the brutal Democratic Primary here in Edison, we know that we’ll have a new mayor in town beginning in 2010. But what we don’t know is what exactly Antonia Ricigliano plans to do if she wins the seat in the November general election. Like most towns in New Jersey, we face tough decisions regarding…

  • Firefighters want to help in a time of need

    In his letter in the July 8 issue (“Resident Wants Ricigliano to Stop Whining”), Mr. Vinay Limbachia doesn’t let the facts get in the way of his agenda. Since this supposed “budget crisis” was announced by Mayor Jun Choi, the Edison Fire Fighters Association has simply asked for an independent audit of the town’s finances.…

  • Resident wants to know Ricigliano’s plan

    The vitriolic Edison mayoral primary is now behind us. By most, if not all, accounts, it was an exceptionally rancorous campaign season for the township residents to weather. But June 2 has passed and, therefore, so too should the arguments about which campaign was the most malevolent. Congratulations are due to Mrs. Antonia Ricigliano for…

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