• Health center takeover questioned

    There is a strong possibility that the Wm. Toth Memorial Health Center at Idlewild Road in Edison may be leased for $1 a year to the Jewish Renaissance Foundation, a nonprofit health and community service organization. The Toth Center is presently for the exclusive use of Edison residents. Since the foundation was awarded a federal…

  • Domestic violence awareness raised in October

    October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. The National Resource Center for Domestic Violence reports that on average, 24 people per minute are victims of rape, physical violence or stalking by an intimate partner in the United States. Over the course of a year, that equals more than 12 million women and men. In 2013, more…

  • October is Breast cancer awareness Month

    October marks the beginning of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. This annual campaign provides awareness and information about the disease and stresses the importance of yearly screenings. The American Cancer Society has indicated 12 percent of women in the United States will develop breast cancer and that as of 2014, there were more than 3.1 million…

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    Autumn hues frame the Kingston Mill, Delaware and Raritan Canal State Park, Route 27, Kingston, Mercer County. GENE LENNON/STAFF

  • JCC to host trip to Waldorf Astoria

    The Jewish Community Center (JCC) of Middlesex County will host a trip to tour Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York City Nov. 12, where attendees can learn about the hotel’s unique historic and architectural heritage, and its reputation as a culinary innovator. The trip includes a prix fixe lunch at the Waldorf (menu provided upon…

  • Council wants more time to mull health center for vets, homeless

    By JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent EDISON — Representatives from a local organization sought approval to open a health care center at a recent Township Council meeting, but council members agreed that too many concerns existed to put the issue to a vote at the time. At the Oct. 14 council meeting, Jewish Renaissance Foundation (JRF) President…

  • Diocese of Metuchen to celebrate Blue Mass

    Bishop Paul G. Bootkoski will serve as principal celebrant at the Diocese of Metuchen’s 14th annual Blue Mass to be celebrated 10:30 a.m. Oct. 26 at the Cathedral of St. Francis of Assisi in Metuchen. All are welcome. The Mass honors all active, retired and deceased law enforcement officials from Middlesex, Hunterdon, Somerset and Warren…

  • Bishop Ahr High School

    Bishop Ahr High School’s Lauren Jurcsek brings the ball upfield as she looks to get past Edison’s Monica Roca during the Oct. 15 game played on Bishop Ahr’s soccer pitch in Edison. Bishop Ahr scored a 3-0 victory in the match. MATT DENTON

  • Women mind the gap: gender pay disparity persists

    By JESSICA D’AMICO Staff Writer Despite societal images of female presidential candidates and feminine corporate CEOs, the practice persists of women workers being paid less than their male counterparts for the same work. “When women graduate from college, there immediately is a pay gap between men and women,” said Carol Cohen, president of the American…

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